Alex Moulton used 130mm rear dropout spacing on their production derailleur bikes (AM7, etc) beginning in 1983.
Mike Self
Cincinnati
> Dear CR List, Following the Colnago Mexico thread 2 list members have
> said their respective early 1980's Colnago's have 130mm
> spacing....Classic content: was this done on any other makes and
> models,and if so why?I've always associated the 130mm spacing with the
> advent of 8 speed freewheels/cassettes,which I thought to be late 80's
> at the earliest...Yours truly,Martin Walsh in Vienna,VA