Front wheel off centre...

felix.london

Anyone know the French for "dishing" ?

"ma roue avant a besoin de bomber" is "my front wheel needs dishing" according to Google Translate...

More laughs for the staff in the lbs :oops:

nicklouse

felix.london wrote:

Anyone know the French for "dishing" ?

"ma roue avant a besoin de bomber" is "my front wheel needs dishing" according to Google Translate...

More laughs for the staff in the lbs :oops:

as per usual Parktools can help

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-hel ... preadsheet

Mmm maybe not in this case. but might help with other bits


Opps yes it does.

comparateur d'alignement de roues

njee20

45 grams - serious business.

Save 45 grams off every component, that adds up.

felix.london

@ nicklouse - Excellent! Now that is a useful spreadsheet! Cheers.

(I just need to learn all those words and I can get a part time job in one the bike shops...)

felix.london

The axle is not central in the hub i.e there is more thread showing on one side than the other :?

Will drop to the shop tomorrow morning and hope my SS build turns up tomorrow too for minimal downtime.

nicklouse

felix.london wrote:

The axle is not central in the hub i.e there is more thread showing on one side than the other :?

Will drop to the shop tomorrow morning and hope my SS build turns up tomorrow too for minimal downtime.

The axel not being central is not important and it does not need to be.

felix.london

But if it was, the wheel would be central. The wheel is out by the same amount that the axle is off (if you know what I mean :? ) And it's out of alignment with the frame not just the fork.

cooldad

It makes no difference because the dropouts butt up against the hub. The axle could be 10m long and make no difference to the wheel in the dropouts. Just a bugger to fit between trees.

felix.london

Yeah right, of course. Well something's up. Think the hub could do with a service anyway and guess the wheel just needs to be dished (or "comparateur d'alignement de roues" as they say in this part of the world - cheers again for that link nicklouse!)


Thanks for your help chaps

cooldad

Maybe you've gone blind in one eye and it just looks skew..

felix.london

cooldad wrote:

Maybe you've gone blind in one eye and it just looks skew..

hahaha - I did go for an eye test a few weeks ago and apparently I could do with some glasses but no, it's def off.

journey_man_pro

ive got this exact same problem. rim is deffo off centre from the hub on mine so its gone back to the shop as its only 8 weeks old and has never been right.

Pe4e

Just noticed my front wheel is also about 5mm out. Roughly how much does dishing cost as I need to work out whether it's worth doing. Thanks for your help. Pete.

nicklouse

It needs doing as one side of the shell has lost the spoke tension so the wheel is not as strong as it should be.

Talk to your LBS.