Maybe mine is asymmetric also, and maybe that's what the guy at the other bike shop saw when he told me one fork was in front of the other. Anyway I took the bike back to the shop tonight where I bought it. A different guy checked out the fork, wheel, tire & fixed the flat. He said everything looks ok now.

Whatever the guy did last night to the wheel has it almost dead center, so I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. He was out, so I couldn't ask him, & there were no notes.

Maybe it's just a case of bad luck as far as the flat, and bad communication/service from the tech dept. I still have his msg on my phone saying "you can come get your bike..........they said everything's good to go.............that's just how they make 'em" (referring to my way-off center tire).

I also have no idea why nobody checked the wheel to begin with. Everything I read says check the wheel or the fork if the wheel is off center. You'd think the tech would know that better than me.

I found out also that he may have sent the bike to their local chain store wty dept, not the manufacturer. So that's probably why it got back to me so quickly.............maybe it never left the city.

By the way it's a steel fork.