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    Rear wheel off to one side. Not bent or warped and properly seated.

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    1. chris_ots on

      What’s going on here? Was taking a look at my GFs bike because she said it was feeling weird and noticed the wheel is completely offset.

    2. MinimalMojo on

      Doesn’t look like the non-drivetrain side is seated in the dropout properly. You can see the axle is not perpendicular to the frame. So my guess is that once it’s seated properly then you’ll be good to go.

    3. poop_hadouken on

      I am thinking it might be a few things:

      * I know you said it, but the wheel may not actually be seated in the drop outs properly. The amount of the skewer I see on the left hand side makes me a little suspicious. Try mounting the wheel with the bike right side up.

      * The hub axle might be bent. Replace the hub/get a new wheel.

      * The wheel is out of true. Can be done at LBS or at home with the right tools, some can be improvised.

      * Probably less likely, but maybe the tire isn’t seated on the rim properly. Tires will usually have some kind of radial line to compare against the rim to determine if it is seated correctly. The spacing between the rim and that line should be fairly uniform. If not, then tire is not seating properly on the bead.

    4. stillridesbikes on

      Grab a wheel off another bike laying around hopefully.. and see how it fits. That will tell you real quick if it’s the wheel or the frame

    5. falafelbunker on

      Is it a cannondale or a cannondale wheel? Cause they have a weird dish offset

    6. ShallotHead7841 on

      Is this your bike from new or second hand? Have you or a previous owner put the mech through the back wheel? Doing this at speed puts huge forces through the frame and can bend the rear triangle off-centre towards the drive side.
      Best way to tell is through checking the frame alignment with string, advice for which you can find online.
      Hopefully not the case, because this is an aluminium frame which means it can’t be safely fixed.

    7. dunncrew on

      Flip the wheel around so the cassette is on the wrong side. What does it look like then ?

    8. chilean_ramen on

      can be a frame factory issue or wheel alignment.

      see if other wheel has the right offset, if it its the case just center the wheel with a spoke wrench, 1/4 turn to tight the drive side spokes, and 1/4 turn to unscrew the non drive spokes. if it doesnt its enough, go from 1/8 movements until the wheel its completly true.

      so, if the other wheel its not in line with the frame probably its a factory defect, bent frames its really common, sadly you can only fix it if the bike its mede of steel, Im sure that you cant align an alloy frame.

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