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Hi All,

Does anyone know if there is any difference to the left and right spacing on the front wheel? would running the front wheel backwards cause alingment issues?

Background to question.
About 3 months ago while racing I had a crash were I ran on due to brake fade. The brake fade came on real quick and I have never had it before. I ended up fracturing my pelvis so I havnt touched my bike since but today I started to have a look and pull a few things off and I noticed that my front wheel is on backwards!! I put the wheel on so there is no finger pointing but I was wondering if anyone knows if this could have contributed to the brake fade?
Only eyeballing both sides of the rim it appears to be the same but I am guessing it wouldnt take much for it to make a huge difference.

Shouldn't make a difference mate.
I did my best time with my front wheel in backwards
Thanks Red_dave!

It wouldn't make any difference at all after about a lap or so to bed in the pads.

Wattie wrote:Shouldn't make a difference mate.
I did my best time with my front wheel in backwards
Thanks Red_dave!

It wouldn't make any difference at all after about a lap or so to bed in the pads.

Yep. Shouldn't make difference

Yeah thanks for that. I didnt think it would make a difference either as it didnt cause any handling issues. Other than having no brakes the bike was perfect!
My old 01 R1 front wheel had different spacing but there was no way the wheel could be mounted in backwards.