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got a new fork, some sort of Look carbon blades pretty thing. when i put a perfectly dished wheel in
it the wheel is a bit off to one side, around 2mm to one side near the brake mounting hole.
i perused the archives, but couldnt find something that mentioned what w3as acceptable
misalignment/fork misconstruction measurements. example:
paul southworth in '93- "One pretty good indicator of mismatched blade lengths is to align the fork,
the stick a known-good front wheel in it (no tire) that is perfectly dished (ie, no dish at all) and
see if the brake bolt-hole in the crown lines up with the center of the rim (ie, the valve hole).
It'll be pretty far off if there is even a millimeter or two of blade-length discrepancy because the
distance from the axle to the rim will effectively exaggerate the difference."
is my fork fine?based on my unexpert look, id guess that the discrepancy comes from a slightly less
well fit dropout on one side, which effectively makes one blade a fraction longer. the
off-centeredness wont stop me from putting in the tires i want to use, and i imagine i can adjust
the brakes to deal with the small offset, but is there something i dont know?
and- if i should or can fix this, is a little bit of delicate filing in one drop out (kinesis Al
drops) acceptable? i imagine this would make cnetering the brakes nicer, if the offset didnt matter
for anythign else.
thanks, anthony
it the wheel is a bit off to one side, around 2mm to one side near the brake mounting hole.
i perused the archives, but couldnt find something that mentioned what w3as acceptable
misalignment/fork misconstruction measurements. example:
paul southworth in '93- "One pretty good indicator of mismatched blade lengths is to align the fork,
the stick a known-good front wheel in it (no tire) that is perfectly dished (ie, no dish at all) and
see if the brake bolt-hole in the crown lines up with the center of the rim (ie, the valve hole).
It'll be pretty far off if there is even a millimeter or two of blade-length discrepancy because the
distance from the axle to the rim will effectively exaggerate the difference."
is my fork fine?based on my unexpert look, id guess that the discrepancy comes from a slightly less
well fit dropout on one side, which effectively makes one blade a fraction longer. the
off-centeredness wont stop me from putting in the tires i want to use, and i imagine i can adjust
the brakes to deal with the small offset, but is there something i dont know?
and- if i should or can fix this, is a little bit of delicate filing in one drop out (kinesis Al
drops) acceptable? i imagine this would make cnetering the brakes nicer, if the offset didnt matter
for anythign else.
thanks, anthony