Step 1, snag 1

So I didn't manage to get anything done last night, but instead woke up early this morning and swapped the tyre, installed the puncture guard and put it on the bike. Something looked odd and the wheel was rubbing on one brake pad even with the brakes disengaged.

Looking at the tyre nearest the frame it showed that it was much closer to one side than the other:



Thinking about this my first thought was that I needed to put some spacers in on one side, or adjust the axle inside the hub. Adjusting the axle didn't look too easy and adding spacers would increase the width required between the drop-outs so that was undesirable too. Speaking to some cycling enthusiasts at work I found that there is a "dish" adjustment where they loosen the spokes on one side and tighten them on the other essentially moving the whole rim left or right across the centre line of the axle. This sounds like the fix required so I will drop the bike into a bike shop tomorrow and have them adjust it.

Stay tuned.