Zippy
New Member
- Location
- Camborne, Cornwall
Hi. I was fitting my rear wheel back into the frame (MTB), snugged down the QR skewer and tested it for tightness by locking the front brake with my left hand, right hand on the saddle and standing on the left pedal - not astride the bike but standing on the pedal.
The rear wheel pulled out of the frame.
I locked it down tighter and this seemed to do the trick, but I tightened the skewer with a lever as it seemed to need far tighter than hand tight. Makes me wonder what I would do then if I needed to take the rear wheel out during a ride.
I am new to SPD pedals and I am concerned about the consequence of me pulling off and pulling the rear wheel out of its brackets! Could be fatal. However, I always pull off in my easiest gear so the torque is far less than the test I describe above.
The question is should I be able to do this test and expect the wheel to stay put or am I expecting too much of a QR mech?
Skewer is relatively new with a fair bit of bite and frame is clean and dry at the gripping point. However the jaws on the frame are quite shallow so once the spindle is pulled forward the wheel falls out.
(Specialised Hard Rock) - on one side the wheel jaw is blocked midpoint to form a hole which I have never worked out its purpose; stops the wheel from being snugged right back in the spindle housing on this side. I hope you know what I mean!
The rear wheel pulled out of the frame.
I locked it down tighter and this seemed to do the trick, but I tightened the skewer with a lever as it seemed to need far tighter than hand tight. Makes me wonder what I would do then if I needed to take the rear wheel out during a ride.
I am new to SPD pedals and I am concerned about the consequence of me pulling off and pulling the rear wheel out of its brackets! Could be fatal. However, I always pull off in my easiest gear so the torque is far less than the test I describe above.
The question is should I be able to do this test and expect the wheel to stay put or am I expecting too much of a QR mech?
Skewer is relatively new with a fair bit of bite and frame is clean and dry at the gripping point. However the jaws on the frame are quite shallow so once the spindle is pulled forward the wheel falls out.
(Specialised Hard Rock) - on one side the wheel jaw is blocked midpoint to form a hole which I have never worked out its purpose; stops the wheel from being snugged right back in the spindle housing on this side. I hope you know what I mean!