Here's is the deal. A couple of weeks ago I crashed at Gisburn. When I got on the bike after the crash I noticed that when changed into the bottom ring, the front derailleur ground against my back tyre. So my dad took it into the bike shop the next day when I was at college and apparently the frame has been bent. He is saying this because the wheel is not centrally aligned between the stays like the picture below.
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However, I'm not convinced. This is because hardened alloys kink when they bend (there aren't any kinks on the frame, anywhere), if it was bent and the wheel was skewed out of position then gear changing wouldn't work properly and the rotor wouldn't fit into brake caliper. the front derailleur looks bent inwards. What I want to know is whether it's normal for the wheel to be not centrally aligned between the stays on the Stiffee and whether you thing the frame has been bent or not.
Thanks
-James
I assume the wheel runs true?
A couple of spokes are a little loose but it's running true.
Pretty sure mine doesnt run perfectly in the middle, will get a photo for you....
Ok mines not as pronounced as yours, but it defo isnt in the middle, I remember being worried when I first got the frame. I got over it.
Take the wheel out and put back in the other way round, if its still off to the same side, the frame is bent.
Mine was looking weird but wasn't sitting in the drop out properly. Do you have another rear wheel to try?
I've seen Stiffee, Handjob & Hummer all with the wheel non centred in the frame (but not by as much as yours) what happens if you put the wheel in the wrong way round?
If you run a string from dropout round headtube and to other dropout and then measure the stringline at the seattube on left and right it should give you a rough idea of any borkedness.