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Bike Frame Warped/Skew?!


skipperw

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Yesterday arvie when I hopped on the trainer, I noticed something that freaked me out somewhat. My bike seems to be at a slight angle to the left. That aside, the saddle does not sit above the rear wheel...is this remotely possible/normal? It's carbon.

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Check and make sure that your wheel is in straight, centre of your wheel should be in the centre of your brake caliper...on a road bike. Good quality bike should be aligned almost perfect.

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It is perfectly possible but there is an easy way to check for frame alignment. Remove the wheels and suspend the frame in a bike workstand of sorts. Improvise if you don't have a stand i.e. put it upside down for instance. Now take a ball of string and tie it somewhere, say the rear dropout. Wrap the string around the frame in a symmetrical way. Through the dropouts, over the headtube, around the seatpost etc etc. Like a bicycle macramé. Now look at the gaps on the left and right between string and frame. It is very, very easy to spot a misalignment like that.

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