Bodge ahoy. I want to improve my 1×11 chain line and was wondering about spacing the cassette over by a small amount towards the dropout. Spacers are easy to come by however I can see two potential issues. 1. Needing a deeper lock ring and 2. possibility the 10 my not be supported by the free hub enough. So has anyone tried this and did it work.

I know that I can alter chain line at the chaining end, already done this and have reached the limit of what can be done here before frame/ring interface or chain/tyre rubbing (650b+).

The other crazy idea is modifying (steel frame) the rear end to be asymmetric to the right and then dishing the rear wheel back into line.

I’ve just spaced my cassette to the right using a 0.5mm spacer to adjust chain line. Seems to have enough threads engaging on the lockring. Haven’t really tried it in anger yet but it works fine in the workstand

Cool, be interest to know how you get on. Did the 11t still seem to sit on the freehub splines ok?