Full send, yeah, minor alignment issues happen to everyone nearly, but to have a frame so far out of alignment that "passed" QC and it not be something you didn't see regularly from them is not cool - if you derailleur hanger were that far out of alignment, you wouldn't get good shifting anywhere on the cassette and your chain would be going into your spokes.
I know you only get as good as you make the Asian manufacturers give you, if you don't QC right there at the factory, you're S.O.L. FYI, Banshee and loads of other bike company frames come out of the same factory as Niner, yet I've never seen this sort of massive alignment issue from them - how they are now since the whole bankcruptcy and re-financing I don't know or don't care to.
June 2, 2023, 10:34 a.m. - Lynx .
Full send, yeah, minor alignment issues happen to everyone nearly, but to have a frame so far out of alignment that "passed" QC and it not be something you didn't see regularly from them is not cool - if you derailleur hanger were that far out of alignment, you wouldn't get good shifting anywhere on the cassette and your chain would be going into your spokes. I know you only get as good as you make the Asian manufacturers give you, if you don't QC right there at the factory, you're S.O.L. FYI, Banshee and loads of other bike company frames come out of the same factory as Niner, yet I've never seen this sort of massive alignment issue from them - how they are now since the whole bankcruptcy and re-financing I don't know or don't care to.