front wheel dish on disc wheel

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by the blur
so i just got a new set of mountian bike wheels built up, and mounting them on the bike i noticed that the front wheel (which is disc) is not centered in the fork. i guess this makes sense since the wheel would be stronger if the spokes are the same angle, but will it ride funny to have the wheel off center? do all disc wheels have this lateral displacement? or are they usually dished so that the rim remains in the center, to compensate for the rotor on one side?

Yes, it will ride funny if the rim isn't centered.
No, properly built wheels have the rim centered.
Yes, they are dished to compensate for the rotor on one side and the rim is centered.

the blur said:

so i just got a new set of mountian bike wheels built up,
and mounting them on the bike i noticed that the front
wheel (which is disc) is not centered in the fork. i
guess this makes sense since the wheel would be stronger
if the spokes are the same angle, but will it ride funny
to have the wheel off center? do all disc wheels have
this lateral displacement? or are they usually dished so
that the rim remains in the center, to compensate for the
rotor on one side?

I think you'd better take it back to where you got it. Front
wheels should be in the centre of the forks.If it is not
central, then your steering will be very strange. Alan.

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the blur said:

so i just got a new set of mountian bike wheels built up,
and mounting them on the bike i noticed that the front
wheel (which is disc) is not centered in the fork. i
guess this makes sense since the wheel would be stronger
if the spokes are the same angle, but will it ride funny
to have the wheel off center? do all disc wheels have
this lateral displacement? or are they usually dished so
that the rim remains in the center, to compensate for the
rotor on one side?

The rim must be in the centre of the fork, but the hub
flanges will not be equidistant from the dropouts. Rear
wheels on virtually [1] all derailleur bikes are the same -
have a look.

[1] I used to have a bike with a 5 speed freewheel and
managed to build a completely dishless rear wheel for
it, based on a 6 speed hub with different spacers.

Blur-<< so i just got a new set of mountian bike wheels
built up, and mounting them on the bike i noticed that the
front wheel (which is disc) is not centered in the fork. i
guess this makes sense since the wheel would be stronger if
the spokes are the same angle, >><BR><BR>

Not correct!! Turn the wheel around and if it is offset the
other way, the wheel rim isn't centered between the hub axle
flats. It is a version of a rear wheel, with unequal tension
on the spokes...but the rim should be centered!!!

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Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Qui Si Parla Ca
Blur-<< so i just got a new set of mountian bike wheels
built up, and mounting them on the bike i noticed that the
front wheel (which is disc) is not centered in the fork. i
guess this makes sense since the wheel would be stronger if
the spokes are the same angle, >><BR><BR>

Not correct!! Turn the wheel around and if it is offset the
other way, the wheel rim isn't centered between the hub axle
flats. It is a version of a rear wheel, with unequal tension
on the spokes...but the rim should be centered!!!

Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.comOpen ↗ "Ruote convenzionali
costruite eccezionalmente bene"

haha stupid me. i had the bike up in a stand when i put the front wheel on, and it wasn't even in the dropouts. the dish seems to have corrected itself.