Originally Posted by
Trance
most people who buy a new hub do so because regular wheels are dished on one side to make room for the cassette to fit on. this means that the spokes on one side are under higher tension, and less angled. removing all that extra space makes the rear hub more like the front hub, and is only dished a little bit to make room for one sprocket and lockring (as opposed to the usual 9-10)
what? you are correct that a rear wheel is dished for a cassette, but buying a new hub/wheel has everything to do with the thread pattern for a lockring and not the dish. you can redish a wheel and respace a hub without much trouble, but you aren't going to end up with a wheel that accepts a lockring.