[dirt-dart]

a few days ago i got my wheel warrantied from specialized because i craked a hub and stuff. they sent me an ex 721 on a stout hub. i got it back and i have been riding on it for a few days and did a snow race at alyeska(and won) and i never noticed any diffrence, but i was showing my little sister my bike and she pointed out that the whole rim is offset to the left side by about a quarter inch! the rim is perfectly straight, but the knobs on the tire are about 2 millimeters from the frame on the non drive side, and the tire had about 3/4 of an inch of clearance on the drive side and i was wondering if this could be a problem? and i checked to make sure the axle is in correctly, and it is.

thanks

 

[missiongravity]

Sounds like the wheel is out of dish. Have your LBS re-dish the wheel, shouldnt be more than $15-20 as it does take a little while to do properly.

 

[Wumpus]

Quite a few of specialized bikes have "zero dish" rears(big hit, p-bikes...) and the wheels have to be offset to fit. That is probably what you got.

 

[elf 232]

if it works and you won ummm than id say theres no big problem...

 

[dirt-dart]

i guess that makes sense about the dish thing and all, but i guess the only problem will be putting on a bigger tire, but i dont really think i need anything bigger than a 2.5.
thanks for answering my question!

 

[sanjuro]

Specialized wheels for the P bikes are offset by 6mm.

You can redish it, but the wheel is dished correctly (for a Specialized).

 

[ctrailfreak]

Tighten all the spokes on the side furthest from the frame by one full turn. If it's not enough, losen the oposite side 1/4 turn and make one more full turn on the other side.

All you're doing is pulling the wheel back over to the other side. Just make sure that you don't over tighten the one side and have the other side loose. And make sure you turn equal on all spokes per side.

 

[elf 232]

my enduro wont even take anything larger than a 2.3 w/o offset rims but isnt really a prob for XC.