after a fit of flats on the front rim, ive finally have the new tires installed, now that its in decent running shape i was able to get a good read on her..
the handling is ok.. still doesn't glide like you want it to... can't figure out whats wrong,, the fork issue seems to be the culprit.. i thought after the redish and tweaks it would be ok, but it still pulls to the right...
maybe new forks are in order? hate to say it but i'm leaning that way,

there is definitely something up with dropouts, the left drop out looks like it has been filed, and the right looks normal. when the rim is just sitting in the forks there is a quite a bit of play in the filed dropout, now i can lock it down with a QR to get it to stay.. im thinking maybe a washer or something on the axel to give it a little bit of clearance? im kinda out of ideas.. any thoughts? i really don't want to file the other drop out if i don't have to, i've never filed drop outs before and i don't want to make it worse... anyway im kinda bummed about this whole thing..