531 double butted cold setting limit

I put my Ron Cooper frame in to be painted at Colourtech in Dartford years back. It was 126mm spacing and I had some nice mavic wheels with the correct spacing that I planned to use.

When I dropped the frame in I got a nice surprise, in a small workshop at one end of the building Ron Cooper was there and still building frames.

So I asked him to fit a second set of bottle mounts which he duly obliged.

When I got the frame home I was quite puzzled as to why my nice mavic wheels didn't fit properly.

Turned out Ron had re-spaced the rear end for me and didn't mention it..... Fun times and a pleasure meeting the man himself

But I guess what I'm saying is that Winston Vaz will have the skills to re-space that Roberts frame
I opted out of buying the Roberts frameset and have bought a Bob Jackson 531SL frameset that has been cold set from 126mm to 130mm!
 
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