question about quick release?

[Kalidurga]

Excuse me for a sec while I wave away all the smoke from the gears turning in my head right now... Ah, that's better.

I'm betting that this is what's causing my gear issue... The wheel is probably aligned wrong laterally at the hub, rather than along the outer edge by the tire. When installing it, I always look at how the tire tread/rim lines up with the brake pads and the top of the chainstays, not in the forks where the drop-outs are. And I have a bad habit of turning the knob on the QR, instead of the lever.

I really love this forum

[HillSlugger]

And I have a bad habit of turning the knob on the QR, instead of the lever.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but why does it matter which you turn? I've been turning whichever one was convenient. It seems to me that the wheel still has to center and that the only difference is how much skewer end is on each side of the forks. The only thing that should affect center is if the wheel is properly seated into the forks.

[KnottedYet]

Ummm, no, it doesn't matter which one you turn, as long as you are consistent.

EDIT: And the rest of this post of mine was waaaaay wrong. Cuz I must've skrewed something else up on my Kona to get the wheel so off center (I assumed it was the skewer, cuz I could completely change the centering of the wheel by playing with the skewer)

Something else was going on with my Kona.

(so just ignore what I said, ok? )