Originally Posted by BobG

In 1999 I was with an ACA TansAm tour. A group member bent his rear wheel beyond repair in Walden CO. The best we could do to get him back on the road was with a wheel we found at a local hoarder's garage. The only problem? The hub was a few millimeters smaller in dropout width than his original hub. We installed it anyway and just tightened the quick release enough to flex the gap shut.

However, It was an aluminum frame! Several days later it developed a crack at chainstay/BB junction from the stress. I don't recall if it was a Trek. It would not have happened on a steel frame. He had to have another bike shipped from home while we layed over at Yellowstone.