Was going to cold set, but.....

[fr188]

This morning I was going to cold set my Carlton pro from 127mm to 130mm, I've just been springing the frame to fit a 130 wheel
I started to check the frame alinement, with the Seldon string method,which was all ok, I then measured the space between the rear dropouts & I was expecting it to be 127mm but it has stretched to a perfect 130 mm over the course of a couple of months, that's the easiest cold setting I've ever Not done, I checked the rear dropout alinement & it's good to go, anyone else experienced this stretching

 

[MacB]

No but I once overstretched a steel frame and went from springing them out to pulling them in, also managed to get the out of alignment as well. I used the lump of wood method for that, next time I used a threaded rod and that went smoothly.

 

[midlife]

Strictly it can't stretch as you have not breached the elastic limit of the metal simply by springing it 2mm each side, nor has it suffered "creep".

That's a fancy looking tool

 

[smokeysmoo]

That's a fancy looking tool

It is that. It's far more pleasing to the eye than the length of threaded bar, some nuts and washers I've used in the past