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Old 05-12-17 | 01:51 PM
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wannabemekon
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Originally Posted by FBinNY
The real consideration here isn't any fixed or specific measurement. It's how the bike rides.

If it steers true, with no sense of pulling to either side, than the fork and wheel are fine, even if the the wheel is much closer to one blade than the other.

...Otherwise, how it rides is trumps.
Well, I've ridden it for about 5 months, almost all of that with fenders (and hence without noticing the issue). Only after removing them recently and spending five hours staring at my wheel (I look like a less-skinny version of Chris Froome) did I notice it. But I've always found the bike a bit less than stable at high speeds on our local big hills. And I've found it hard to ride without hands. I wouldn't say I feel like it "pulls" to one side, but there is something slightly unnerving at high speed (I'd guess over 40-50kph; I have no garmin/gizmo)--a kind of wavering.

Thanks for the replies.
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