Ive just coldset my frame to 130mm but when i fit the wheel straight between the chainstays it sits crooked at the brake bridge (the wheel is straight). If i fit another wheel it fits straight. What could be the issue here?
by avwijkvisuals
Ive just coldset my frame to 130mm but when i fit the wheel straight between the chainstays it sits crooked at the brake bridge (the wheel is straight). If i fit another wheel it fits straight. What could be the issue here?
by avwijkvisuals
10 Comments
Is it crooked or is off center?
Because it’s hard to tell from the photos. It could be just off center.
You may need to re-dish that wheel, assuming the rim is still parallel to the centre line of the frame.
I clarify this because ‘crooked’ is usually used to mean at an angle, but here it still seems to be parallel, just off to one side.
> If i fit another wheel it fits straight. What could be the issue here?
It is not uncommon for wheels (and even tires!) to vary a small amount in dish. I don’t see enough in the first photo to be concerned, and the second photo is taken off-angle and thus appears to be exaggerating the gap unevenness.
This wheel does not have a casette on it, maybe that could be the problem?
I had the same problem, the wheel wasn’t 100% true but someone had been messing around with the rear axle and it just needed a small washer after the non-drive side before the spacer then nut and it’s all fixed – you also got to check the brakes don’t rub either but they can be fixed easily.
I’ve had a wheel be crooked because it was improperly seated.
Try taking it off and re-seating it in the stays, tightening each side evenly. I assume you don’t have a QR and it’s just bolts on both sides.
I’ve had this issue when I don’t tighten the rear wheel properly (ie too tight on one side)
Let me guess.
* You are NOT an experienced framebuilder, nor do you have any sort of alignment jigs or other tools of the trade.
* You bent your frame using 2x4s on your garage or basement floor, using YouTube and other online sources as your guide.
How close am I?
If the wheel is indeed set in the drop outs evenly, then the most likely explanation is that you got the drop outs themselves out of alignment when you bent them apart
Is it a new wheel? If so it’s probably the dish of the wheel that is wrong.
Move the wheel on the axle.