Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
This might be better posted to the frame builders forum...
All I see are drop outs that might not be parallel with each other. Their faces might be well centered WRT the main triangle, but we don't now that form these photos. Have you done the "string" test? Do you have wheels that are properly dished and true to use as gages? Do you have "H" type tools for drop out alignment? $mm of off centered rear end would be easy to see with a Park *** tool. Andy
*** is Frame Alignment Gage
Correct, not disclosed in sale, dropouts were not square. String within 1/2 mm although I have little faith or understanding of it as Andy Gilmour in Tucson straightened a tweeked Reynolds 753 (Reynolds engineers said can not be cold set) frame and fork that is a beautiful ride with string way off. Used my nicest wheels, 1/2mm lateral and almost twice that radial. I would love to borrow a Park dropout alignment tool to see if the bolts I use work as well as I think they do. Thanks for the good point after an unknown crash or storage mishap not just focus on the obvious issue, I sould have everything checked. Andy has a Marchetti so he can check the frame alignment for us.