Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
This comes from doing enough repairs and such on frames to know that many are not all that well aligned from the factory. If I do a repair I assume the job of frame alignment being right after, regardless of if the frame was straight before.
OK, so before I dismantle anything I need to measure and record everything including the offset of the dropouts to frame centerline. When it goes back together the rear axle must be parallel to and level in relationship to the bottom bracket.
The seat tube does need to be shortened, but she now says only 2"-4". My main concern will be re-attaching the seat stays to the seat post. I do not have a seat tube reamer and that is a lot of welding that the builder did originally. Perhaps a die grinder could do the cleanup?
I am not sure what's up with that seat post clamp. Normally there would be a slot in the seat tube correct?