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Old 07-24-13, 07:25 AM
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FBinNY 
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I repeat my earlier post. Build the bike and ride it before fixing what may not be broken, or making a fixable problem worse.

Short of having a frame table, or other plane from which to take consistent accurate measurements, it's impossible to identify the true nature of the misalignment (if any) and correct it. Alignment errors can add or cancel, so you need to see the big picture before starting in. If you measure one thing and "correct" it you might end up making things worse from a functional standpoint.

In the end, the only meaningful test of whether a frame is aligned decently is to ride it and see how it tracks.
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