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Easy-X
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PostPosted: 11:26 - 11 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
The most obvious one is somebody adjusted the chain slack, and trusted the markers on the swing arm were accurate/the same either side.

You should be able to tell if the rear is aligned by eye, lying on the ground, using the lined up edges of the rear tyre as a reference, but string or a straight bit of wood is how I did it in the early days.


One of these makes the job trivial:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ejUAAOSw7dtiPxIz/s-l500.png

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363777606252

Especially handy if a bike doesn't have alignment marks.
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PostPosted: 12:04 - 13 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ejUAAOSw7dtiPxIz/s-l500.png

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363777606252

Especially handy if a bike doesn't have alignment marks.


I bought one of those....waste of money.Yes,it showed that the back wheel was aligned correctly,so I misaligned it out of proportion and it still showed the wheel was correctly in place.This may well have been because the axle was loose and the clamp goes onto the sprocket.If the sprocket has a carrier with rubber dampers it would be giving a false impression.

As a quick check,I would look to see if the tyre has equal space either side in the swing arm.
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 13 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mk I eyeball if I'm in a hurry, straight edge if I'm not.

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PostPosted: 23:12 - 13 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
You may have dominant eyeball syndrome. You are looking for hazards on your left side like dead cats and suicide pigeons that are subconcsiouly making you steer.

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PostPosted: 10:10 - 14 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Old Git Racing wrote:
You may have dominant eyeball syndrome. You are looking for hazards on your left side like dead cats and suicide pigeons that are subconcsiouly making you steer.

OGR


If one bollock was bigger than the other, could that produce the same effect? Asking for a friend...
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 14 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
It that old hookes law. " within the elastic limit, the extension (compression) of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied to it" Preload!
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