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If the joint popped when cold-setting, it wasn't brazed correctly and it was fortuitous that you unearthed the defect in the shop...
i disagree. all that matters is that it didn't "pop" during the
lifetime of use assigned to it by the maker, be it at 120mm
or 126mm, etcetera. no one gave the "shop" carte blanche
or even baton rouge to manhandle the dimensions "just because
the industry changed its hubs/gears specs over the ensuing years".
e-RICHIE
chester, ct