Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
In a manor of function the trued and dished wheel acts as the gage. No need to do any other measure to see if the wheel sits off plane WRT the front triangle. One's eyes can see the gaps and overlaps that frame alignment works with. Of course knowing how to interpret what you see...
Before I would consider filing anything I would want to do a full frame alignment lookover. I will not be surprised if there's other issues elsewhere. But this means a rather deep breakdown of the bike to pretty much just the frame and separate fork, not something many will want to do. So I also won't be surprised if the OP only deals with the rear end. I hope this is enough change to make the bike handle/track better enough. Andy
And, I don’t disagree. I believe OP stated 2 different trued and dished wheels had the same problem. I think he said he checked the rear triangle using the string method and it was centered. I never advocated filing. My only mention of filing was posed as a question for those more knowledgable of how to deal with this if his stays are of unequal length AND he has vertical dropouts. If his dropouts are horizontal, the fix is as easy as
02Giant states - center it and ride. No need to measure the stays other than to satisfy one’s curiosity as to how this situation can be. It seemed to me that such curiosity did exist (but maybe it is only my own) therefore I suggested measuring the stays.