Hi, long story short, I tried to fit a new (to me) rear wheel and the tyre was touching the frame's swingarm on the non-driveside. The distances from each side of the swingarm to the rim, are 15mm one side, and about 35mm the other!
Anyway, at first I thought it had been damaged in transit, but the wheel is perfectly true! Whether this is something that is done to fit asymmetric frames, all I need to know if there'll be enough adjustment in the spokes to correct this? (the wheel is a Stan's (hub and rim), so I'm guessing it came from the factory like that, rather a custom build).
I can soon find out at my LBS, but might save myself the journey as I've the option of sending it back. Cheers.
First off, check it's the wheel by flipping it round in the frame to see if your clearances have reversed too. If it is the wheel, re-dishing will require more tension in the spokes on the side with the largest clearance,and less in the other side, so you'll need to check if you have enough leeway in the spoke/nipple to make this adjustment (e.g. if the spokes that need tightening are already poking 2 or 3mm through the nipple, or the ones that need loosening have thread showing where they aren't fully engaged, then it's a non starter),expect pulling the rim by the required 10mm to require a few full turns of the nipples.Hope that helps.
Some frames aren't symetrical either. Check the dish on the old wheel.
sure your frame isn't on the piss? my KTM frame was and made it look like the wheel was faulty, manufactures don't tend to accept this though
I helped a colleague unpack a Forme bike, that was waaaaay our - so much that sitting on the bike made the tyre contact one stay.
I'm sure you've done it already but its worth checking its the wheel and not simply that the tyre isn't centred
Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to take it to my LBS, as I only do minor tweaks to my wheel's anyway.
There's nothing wrong with my frame, plus it's had two sets of wheels that were bought separately fitted before without this problem.
I can't check my old wheels, as they were stripped down and the hubs sold. No, it's not the tyre - the measurements above are how far the rim is out.
I need to make sure they can be altered or I'm not going to be able to send them back if the job's started and can't be done. You might be wondering why I don't just send them back - I just haven't seen any others with this hub/rim combination for sale, let alone in the condition they are and at the price I paid.