Need bike advice, keep bending wheels, please help?

[GoLefty!!]

I cannot agree that it is the fault of the wheels. Not even the cheapest wheels should be bending to such an extent. I am willing to bet there is some or other fault with the fork that is causing undue strain on one side of the wheel.

 

 

 

[Simonpurdon]

I cannot agree that it is the fault of the wheels. Not even the cheapest wheels should be bending to such an extent. I am willing to bet there is some or other fault with the fork that is causing undue strain on one side of the wheel.

 

I have never seen a lefty close up, so I cannot say what might cause it, but here is an example of a similar problem a friend had. The bike shop also threw the "cheap, weak wheel" story to him.

 

His rear wheel was also going out of true over and over again ( road bike). After spending a fair amount on re-truing, new spokes and wheel build etc, it was discovered that the one side chainstay was slightly longer than the left side chain stay. His frame was replaced under warranty.

 

I realise that the above example is not the same as your problem, but it just highlights what can go wrong.

 

Do you think the front axle being slighty bent might have something to do with it?

 

Also, surely the bike shops that have serviced the bike since the first serious bend should have picked it up before replacing the wheel? Especially after I told them my history of bent wheels, which I did. And most times I sent it in for a service, not just to replace the wheel.

[Eugene]

Do you think the front axle being slighty bent might have something to do with it?

 

Also, surely the bike shops that have serviced the bike since the first serious bend should have picked it up before replacing the wheel? Especially after I told them my history of bent wheels, which I did. And most times I sent it in for a service, not just to replace the wheel.

Is your front axle bent? if it is, there is your problem.

[GoLefty!!]

Do you think the front axle being slighty bent might have something to do with it?

 

Also, surely the bike shops that have serviced the bike since the first serious bend should have picked it up before replacing the wheel? Especially after I told them my history of bent wheels, which I did. And most times I sent it in for a service, not just to replace the wheel.

 

 

 

How on earth did you bend the front axle??? Are you sure its bent? If it is then how do you get the wheel on? The Lefty axle is part of the lower leg. If its a previous version before OPI then its part of the lower leg section but even so its still a 20mm forged axle. IF its bent the wheel will not seat.

 

Please post pics because it sounds to me like you're being fed BS by someone