Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
and I also disagree that it's hard or difficult to correct for. Not a nice fix but usually able to be lessened or eliminated.
... Andy
...yes, certainly the commonest workaround for this is filing the one of the dropouts to allow the rim to center in the frame. Still not ideal, but certainly cheap enough.
I've heard about people bending one or the other seat stays, to bring the dropouts more into alignment, but I've never tried that myself.