Yesterday I posted this on Bikeforums.net:<\/p>\n
Rear Tires Rubbing the Inside of the Left Chainstay<\/strong><\/a> The first comment was from gregf83: (several others offered ideas as well)<\/p>\n “I would check the dish on your wheel. If multiple wheels are offset and too close to one chainstay then it’s an issue with your frame. You could always re-dish your wheel to fit the frame but that might be a hassle if you swap wheels”<\/em><\/p>\n I had not thought about the dish being wrong but when I brought the Stradalli inside it was clear that was the problem. I got a private message from another person with an offer to help and a truing stand.<\/p>\n I had to dig out my ancient (1980’s) wheel truing stand from under the dust. Putting the wheel in the stand I could see it was true. So I started to work on the dish. It took a while and I thought I wasn’t making any progress. I doubted myself and went to one bike shop to see if they could check the dish but they didn’t have or couldn’t find their dish gauge. Next I went to Bike Barn Atascocita and they had a gauge. It was 2 mm out of dish. I was considering leaving it with them until he said a week and $35 to $45. So I took the wheel back home and continued. After loosening the non-drive spokes a 1\/2 turn and tightening the drive side spokes I changed the dish 2 mm to the drive side. Putting the wheel in the frame it is now centered much better than before. I will check the Duck tape after a ride to see if it has any marks.<\/p>\n Before thinking of the dish being out of whack I ordered two 700×23 Gatorskin tires in case the 700×25 Gatorskins were the cause. The bike came with 700×23 Schwalbe tires. If that was the case I had three 700×25 tires but no bike to put them on. Now with the dish corrected I will put the 700×25 on the rear and the 700×23 on the front. It is almost time to change tires if I ever get to ride again. The weather is not cooperating at all!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday I posted this on Bikeforums.net: Rear Tires Rubbing the Inside of the Left Chainstay I ride a Stradalli RP-14 Carbon bike. A few months ago I noticed a spot on the inside of the left chainstay where the tire …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[1767,4699,4870],"class_list":["post-29114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","tag-bike-repair","tag-stradalli-rp-14-carbon","tag-wheel-dish"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-7zA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI ride a Stradalli RP-14 Carbon bike. A few months ago I noticed a spot on the inside of the left chainstay where the tire rubs. I think the problem might be from a wide tire. The tires that came with the bike were 23mm wide. I had a problem with flats on the rear tire so I changed to a 700×25 Gatorskin. A couple of weeks ago I wondered if the tire was still rubbing so I put some blue painter’s tape over the spot. Today I removed the rear wheel and saw the tape was worn away over the spot. My rear tire has about 4900 miles on it so I will need to replace it soon. I have some 700×25 tires but I decided to buy a pair of 700×23 Gatorskins. I hope the 2 mm makes a difference on the rubbing.<\/em>
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 To help keep the tire from rubbing the frame I put a piece of Duck Tape over the spot. (Duck Tape fixes about everything, right?)<\/em>
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The weather in SE Texas has been frigid for months so I have not been riding much. This might have been a good thing. I have tried moving the rim from side to side to simulate the rubbing but I can’t move it enough with my hand to touch the chainstay. I suspect my full weight and body movement out of the saddle may be enough to flex the wheel to the side. I checked the spokes and all are tight.<\/em>
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I was wondering if I put a very thin washer on the inside of the left side of the skewer if this would move the wheel to the right.<\/em>
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Anybody have this problem?<\/em><\/p>\n