Re: [CR]Frame alignment obsession?

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From: "Jon M. Schaer" <jschaer@columbus.rr.com>
To: "Neill Currie" <neill1234@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20011219003345.66699.qmail@web14004.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Frame alignment obsession?
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 01:13:03 -0500


----- Original Message -----
> I guess my objection, is that you would be
> getting the owner to go filing dropouts and
> such_before_simply putting a caliper on the brake
> bridge to see if, in fact that was the problem.
> How long could such a simple initial check take?
>

Not at all. I was suggesting possible ways to isolate the problem, and IF it came down to the seat stay length, then filing was the most realistic solution. But a properly dished wheel and a few measurements seems to point to the bridge, so the mystery ends there.

Jon Schaer
Columbus, OH