Originally Posted by
HillRider
I've got a dishing tool and i know how to use it. Our problem seems to be with semantics not technology. I'll repeat what I asked above, if you have a wheel where the rim is symetrically centered over BOTH the locknuts AND the hub flanges is it still "dished" by your definition? How about all (non disc) front wheels? Are they dished?
Properly built symmetrical dual-flange front wheels as I've already stated will have both aspects of "dish".
1. Appearance of a "bowl" (dish) on both sides of the wheel - flipped either way horizontally.
2. Rim centered between lock nuts (dish / dished).
It's with the use of a single-flange hub equipped wheels (such as the Aerospoke) that you can lose the appearance of dish - but as noted already, the rim technically still has to be dished (centered).
The exception to single-flange hubbed wheels is of course the Pino Marinoni bulb shaped aero disc wheel that he created for a track bike sometime back. (Picture is somewhere on the CR website...)
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As a side note, note that an Aerospoke type wheel for rear multi-speed setup also loses the "appearance" of dish as well...but still must be dished.
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