Originally Posted by
andrewclaus
Another item to check is that the dropouts (the ends of the frame that the wheel clamps into) are spaced and aligned properly. If you haven't changed wheels or been in an accident, this is probably okay.
Definitely recommend you check this, but it depends on the bike as to whether it might have come out of the box like this. Not uncommon for older bikes to have fork tips and/or dropouts not correctly aligned. Production has become better about QC items like this.