Kemosabe70 said:
99t4 said:
Last 3 photos show the RH side dropout is bent. Unless I'm seeing a photographically-induced illusory artifact.
You will want to repair that. If you don't know how or don't have the tools your FLBS should be able to do it for you in minutes.
Do you have any idea how this could have happened?
A photographically-induced illusory artifact? Poor lens choice for subject composition. For example, using a wide-angle lens to take a close selfie will make your nose look huge in relation to the rest of your face. That's not what you really look like, it's a distorted illusion. Not to criticize YOU, but rather your photographic skills (it IS difficult to get good detail shots with cellphones and point'n'shoot cameras) -- none of your photos so far have really been useful to show what your are trying to describe. Keep trying (it's cheap, compared to film) and delete the shots that are too busy/off-angle/don't show enough details. Post the ones that definitively show the problem. Make it easy for the experts here to say "A-HA, that's the problem," or "Nope, that's not the problem." Look at how much time you've wasted, going round and round on this fork dropout issue, for example. Goatman had a good suggestion-- take a perpendicular shot of the fork dropout by itself, and also with the axle installed w/o washers or other fasteners. My suggestion: pretend you are doing a photo shoot-- good lighting, no distracting shadows, dull plain background. Avoid throwing up a bunch of photos that do not clearly definitively illustrate the subject. Watch how soon you get your answer.