Originally Posted by markjenn

Hi, I'm building up a new CX bike from a reputable framebuilder and have noted that the rear triangle appears to be laterally displaced about 1.5-2.0 mm right of frame centerline as measured at the center of the rear dropouts. (The problem looks worst at the seatstays since the bike has fairly wide tires - with 35mm tires, the clearance on one side are about 8mm while they're 12mm on the other side, so it's visually noticeable.)

The builder says this is within normal production tolerances and that I can recenter the wheel if I like by simply redishing it slightly.

This is my first from-scratch build, so I'm unclear what's acceptable tolerances here. Any guidance?

- Mark