Bruce Lange wrote:
" I have a question about converting a 130mm Ultegra hub for use on
a bike
that's spaced to 135 mm. I know you can do it by adding a 5mm
spacer and redishing the wheel, but once that's done, how does the
wheel compare to a wheel originally built on a 135 mm hub in terms
of strength?

If you add the 5mm spacer to the left side of the hub, the wheel will
be stronger because the dish will be reduced and the spokes more
evenly tensioned between the left and right sides of the wheel.

This begs the question:

Why not make all hubs such that the dish is zero, right off the bat? Or why
aren't all mountain hubs have the flange spacing of road hubs, so as to make
it stronger?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training