130mm wheel in 135mm carbon frame
 

Hi All, I am currently running 451 wheels in a Dahon Vitesse P20 (2x10). I want to buy a carbon frame (JAVA) but am researching and finding out it has a 135mm rear drop outs. Outside of buying new wheels, any suggestions?

change the axle, in the hub, and add a 5mm spacer on the left end.

re dish.. relative spoke tension, the wheel to center it again ..

Has anyone used these with success?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Litepro-Rea...19.m1438.l2649

I have this on my Raleigh MV modified from 406 to 451 and it needed the spacer for the wheel.

It will skew the wheel to one side though since this is towards the drive side, its not a bad thing.
The problem will be the brake which will have the drive side pad touch the wheel first when braking.
I have no issues in actual use though.

The solution for the above is to re-dish the wheel, but I did not bother with it.

Thank you for your response. So you used these on the rear? The Raleigh MV had a rear 135mm drop out? How much did you have to adjust the rear derailleur? Did it shift properly? Do you think I would have the braking problem if I used side pull brakes? I have some M5 Side Pull brakes I want to install with this package.

The Raleigh MV has a 135mm dropout and needed the spacer for the rear wheel.
Shifting is no problem, and since I run it as a 1x9, its a good thing in that it has pushed the chain line to be straighter towards the last 3 cogs which I use the most.
No special adjustments to the shifters were needed.

My bike has V-brakes and I do think they will conform to the non-centered wheel a bit better.
Not sure about side pull brakes.
That said, the main stopping power for me comes from the front brakes anyway.
I have used this setup for climbing the local hill (only hill actually), which is about 7-8% grade and ascending/descending was fine.
The best option will be to re-dish the wheel.
For me, its just that I did not have problems and this is a commute/beater bike and I avoided the added expense and hassle since I could.

V brakes can be mounted off-set to account for this...
 

V brakes and their frame mounts have the pins for tension. Usually they are mounted with equal tension on both sides, but they can be mounted with more tension on one side to account for wheel offset.