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I put a studded winter tyre on the front wheel of my road bike. The bike being designed for a strict maximum tyre size of 25 and the narrowest studded tyres in existence being 32, I had to hack together some steel spacers into the dropouts to move the axle and make the wheel still spin without touching the fork or the brake. From the image you can see how much the axle has been moved by the (since corrected) misalignment of the brake pads.

It's yet to be tested, though. So far it's hanging from the shed roof and waiting for the winter while I'm riding my new bike as long as possible.

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