Originally Posted by
Hexenmeister
Thanks Liz. I appreciate the laymen's (noob's) speak.
Yes, it is the left side of the wheel, and I also noticed that the wheel was sitting very far forward in the dropouts. I wondered if this might be the problem.
I played with the quick release and was able to get the wheel centered again. Tomorrow I'll see about getting it further back in the dropouts.
I'm hoping this will take care of it. I was planning on taking it out for a its first full ride tomorrow.
Hexenmeister, Hi!
I'm glad to help. Dirtdrop, and amnomad both know that the damn wheel can come forward and lock up against the frame just when you aren't expecting it. Sometimes it'll seem like everything is ok during daily riding then when you go to stand up to get over that rise and putting all your weight on the pedals, just when you don't need to be launched into the top tube, the wheel will pull forward to bind against the frame. That only has to happen once to remember it forever.
As an aside and I know this is unsolicited information, I learned from years of racing to flip the rear quick release lever up and forward a bit so it's between the seat stay and chain stay when it's locked, and the front lever flipped back and up along the side of the fork. The reason for both of these is in the case of someone else's front wheel overlapping the rear wheel and hooking under the rear facing quick release. The same goes for the front if it's pointing forward (and potentially if it's pointed backward if someone comes up along side you) and overlaps someone else's rear.
While standing still try hooking and releasing the lever with a friends bike. You'll be amazed how easy it opens. In a peleton it's a disaster.
Ok, I apologize again for far to much information, but it just came to mind.
Enjoy,
Liz