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Old 07-30-02, 06:12 PM
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Bent axle

I put a new rear wheel on my soon-to-be-reborn cyclocross bike. It wasn't really a NEW wheel, per se, since I had it built up with a new rim and spokes and with an old hub from a wheel I trashed last year.

Settled completely in the dropouts, however, it's crooked. It diesn't wobble, it's just off the vertical axis by about 2.5-3mm at the rim [what is that, one or two degrees?]. At first, with horror, I thought it might be the frame, but the wheel is equally crooked on my other bikes, and other wheels seem straight in this frame.

Am I missing something, or is this, indeed, a bent axle? Does anyone know what is involved in getting a new axle for a Campy Daytona hub?
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