wheel spacing
06-16-10, 07:33 PM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 15
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
wheel spacing
I just replaced my rear wheel with a new one and now that I've already thrown the old one away(trust me it was trashed)I notice that it sits closer to one chainstay than the other.Is that normal?
06-16-10, 07:48 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,438
Bikes: NOYB
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
No.
Either the wheel isn't installed properly, the wheel isn't dished properly, or your frame is bent.
Either the wheel isn't installed properly, the wheel isn't dished properly, or your frame is bent.
06-16-10, 07:57 PM
#4
Thrifty Bill
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,501
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Mentioned: 94 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1214 Post(s)
Liked 900 Times
in
595 Posts
+1 Bent frame.
06-16-10, 07:58 PM
#5
Used to be Conspiratemus
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hamilton ON Canada
Posts: 1,504
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 292 Post(s)
Liked 245 Times
in
163 Posts
^ No, not normal, unless you have a weird frame design that I've never heard of.
First make sure the hub axle is fully and symmetrically seated in the dropouts (particularly important if you have horizontal dropouts.) Still off-centre? Next, install the wheel backwards from normal -- ignore the chain -- and observe whether it is now a) closer to the same chainstay or b) closer to the opposite one. If a), the frame is bent. If b), the rim is not centred over the hub axle. Because of the width of the gear cluster on the right side, most rear wheels have to be asymmetric: the rim has to be off-centre relative to the flanges and spokes in order to be centred between the axle ends (and the chainstays)
If you know how to true a wheel, then you can re-centre the rim; otherwise take it back to the seller (with the bike so you can show him) for diagnosis and correction.
If this is a "boutique" wheel that is not made of standard user-serviceable hub, rim, and spokes, I am stumped. Post a pic?
First make sure the hub axle is fully and symmetrically seated in the dropouts (particularly important if you have horizontal dropouts.) Still off-centre? Next, install the wheel backwards from normal -- ignore the chain -- and observe whether it is now a) closer to the same chainstay or b) closer to the opposite one. If a), the frame is bent. If b), the rim is not centred over the hub axle. Because of the width of the gear cluster on the right side, most rear wheels have to be asymmetric: the rim has to be off-centre relative to the flanges and spokes in order to be centred between the axle ends (and the chainstays)
If you know how to true a wheel, then you can re-centre the rim; otherwise take it back to the seller (with the bike so you can show him) for diagnosis and correction.
If this is a "boutique" wheel that is not made of standard user-serviceable hub, rim, and spokes, I am stumped. Post a pic?
06-16-10, 08:42 PM
#6
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 15
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
^ No, not normal, unless you have a weird frame design that I've never heard of.
First make sure the hub axle is fully and symmetrically seated in the dropouts (particularly important if you have horizontal dropouts.) Still off-centre? Next, install the wheel backwards from normal -- ignore the chain -- and observe whether it is now a) closer to the same chainstay or b) closer to the opposite one. If a), the frame is bent. If b), the rim is not centred over the hub axle. Because of the width of the gear cluster on the right side, most rear wheels have to be asymmetric: the rim has to be off-centre relative to the flanges and spokes in order to be centred between the axle ends (and the chainstays)
If you know how to true a wheel, then you can re-centre the rim; otherwise take it back to the seller (with the bike so you can show him) for diagnosis and correction.
If this is a "boutique" wheel that is not made of standard user-serviceable hub, rim, and spokes, I am stumped. Post a pic?
First make sure the hub axle is fully and symmetrically seated in the dropouts (particularly important if you have horizontal dropouts.) Still off-centre? Next, install the wheel backwards from normal -- ignore the chain -- and observe whether it is now a) closer to the same chainstay or b) closer to the opposite one. If a), the frame is bent. If b), the rim is not centred over the hub axle. Because of the width of the gear cluster on the right side, most rear wheels have to be asymmetric: the rim has to be off-centre relative to the flanges and spokes in order to be centred between the axle ends (and the chainstays)
If you know how to true a wheel, then you can re-centre the rim; otherwise take it back to the seller (with the bike so you can show him) for diagnosis and correction.
If this is a "boutique" wheel that is not made of standard user-serviceable hub, rim, and spokes, I am stumped. Post a pic?
Thanks a million guy! Ijust ran through it with a spoke wrench and corrected the dishing.It's almost perfect now.
