Originally Posted by
SJX426
I don't blindly drop a wheel in the forks. I hold the wheel in the DO with a finger around the rim by the brakes. I can feel if the axle is touching both DO bottoms or not when I center the tire in the fork based on the center of the tire and the brake mounting bolt/nut or hole in the fork as a reference. I then use the QR to close while looking at the centered tire in the fork.
This pretty much describes what I do, too. Mainly, I use the brake center-bolt as a reference, aligning the middle of the tire tread with it. Then, I clamp the QR or axle nut, as the case may be. I should probably worry more about dead-accurate dishing, etc., but my bikes usually seem close enough for government work.