Strange wheel alignment in forks problem.

curlie467

I have a 2005 specialized rockhopper.
When i first got the bike recently i noticed that if you drop the front wheel in and tighten it as normal then it sits on an angle and you have to mess about to get it straight, i thought nothing of it and that it was a fork issue.
I have now fitted some new Rockshox sid race forks and the issue is still there so i thought it may be the wheel but i have tried a wheel from my other bike and that sits on an angle too.

I am now wandering if it is tricking my eye slightly and it is actually the forks sat in the frame slightly off, headset or frame problem maybe?

Has anyone seen a problem like this before? is it common? what on earth should i try next or should i just live with it?

Once i have the wheel centered the nit causes no problems, the bike steers and rides perfectly.

Chunkers1980

Do you have disc brakes?

Can't really think of anything else apart from both of the wheels you've tried are not dished correctly - very unlikely the frame has anything to do with it.

louse

is it at an angle or just dished incorrectly?

put it in the other way round and see what happens.

curlie467

It is at an angle, whichever way you put the wheel in it sits the same so the wheel is perfectly true and dished correctly, the problem must be the fork legs.
I have heard a rumour about some of the sid forks having a problem with the lowers, anyone heard the same?

cooldad

The wheel should sit in the dropouits and shouldn't need to fiddle to get it straight.

Chunkers1980

Wasn't it the same with the fork previously? 2 forks having EXACTLY the same problem along with 2 wheels having EXACTLY the same problem leads me to think that there is no problem or each fault is exactly the same from both wheels and forks.... confusing.

Ginjafro

Dropouts have small flanges (lawyers lips). Maybe, you have not initially dropped the wheel in corectly and its sitting on just one lawyers lip, hence cockeyed. Just a thought.