Hi all, I just had my new Foil built up and have noticed that the tyre/wheel seems to be closer to the left hand seat stay than the right, it’s not a huge difference but enough that caught my eye. I also seem to be able to flex the wheel very easily to touch the frame on the left, perhaps loose spoke tension? Someone else mentioned I might need to have the wheel dished. I’ve tried to capture it in the photo below. Can anyone else confirm if this is normal? The gap seems more consistent from below at the chain stays. The seat stays look pretty symmetrical to me but maybe they are shaped slightly different, not sure! Thanks in advance 🙂
by jake154
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Double check, triple check that wheel is in the dropouts correctly (provided they are vertical dropouts). If you check this and its still crooked, or the bike is thru axle. Then you’ll need the wheel to be dished over/trued. Seeing as it is a new bike however, I would take lots of photos and send them to the seller before having it fixed.
First, just make sure the wheel is fully in the dropouts of the frame if it’s a quick release. Usually attaching the wheel while it’s on the ground is sufficient.
Next, you could check dish by flipping the wheel around. Not always straightforward, as caliper and rotor or other bits could prevent you from flipping and plopping it in there willy nilly. Might need to unbolt stuff to do this. But if you can, and the wheel is now off centered to the other side, then it is likely a dish issue.
Otherwise, it could be a frame issue or some other alignment problem.
Could be a dish issue, wheel out of true, tire bead issue, or a number of other issues. Probably best to bring it back to the shop you had build it up for you.
Separately, even if the wheel was centered, that tire looks to be a bit tight on clearance.
a wheel out of dish is not guaranteed to always have low tension, but it is common that a poorly dished new wheel is a result of a poorly built wheel, and thus low spoke tension would not be surprising.
ask if the shop that built it has a tension meter . I don’t trust wheel builders that only rely on “feels tight to me”. If you are paying a shop for professional service, they better be using professional tools.
I love Scott bikes (I have 2), but their QC is shit. Get someone to measure the rear triangle, to make sure it’s 142mm and go from there.