rear puncture-how to get gears/wheel off

[k turner]

Landslide and Marinyork - it is my daughters ex pony that I go to feed once a day and twice in winter. lol

I have a nut and bolt on both side no quick release on the back only front. Can I buy a quick release for the back and how easy would it be to put on.

 

[k turner]

Took me half an hour to work out q.r.on front, was doing it too tight and couldnt shut it. Everything else I loosen on the bike I get some random man to give an extra tighten because my hands are too weak.

 

[Headgardener]

Landslide and Marinyork - it is my daughters ex pony that I go to feed once a day and twice in winter. lol

I have a friend who looks after her daughter's dog more than she does. Although I believe Veronica does take Puzzle for a walk ocaisanly.

 

[annedonnelly]

I think I will have a try just removing it all after feeding time tonight, so that I have all night and all day tomorrow in case something goes wrong.

Katie,

I did mine when I got a puncture in the rear tyre. It is nowhere near as difficult as you think it's going to be.

Have a look at how the chain goes around the cogs/sprockets before you take the wheel off so you know how it should look when you put it back on. Maybe draw a quick sketch or take a pic if you've got a digital camera.

If you have problems tightening/loosening nuts get something to act as an extension bar to give you more leverage. I'm really skinny and weak but with a long tube that fits over spanners, etc. I can shift most things.

Good luck

Anne

 

[rootes]

you canof course fix a pucnture without removing the wheel....

just deflate the tyre and lever of one side of tyre with the wheel still on the bike.. then you can get to the inner tube + feel for the thing that caused the puncture

if you do take the wheel out shift the bike into a high gear ie chain on littlest sprocket at the rear.. then makes putting the wheel back in easier as the derailluer (sp!) is slacker and less in the way

 

[Landslide]

I have a nut and bolt on both side no quick release on the back only front. Can I buy a quick release for the back and how easy would it be to put on.

Your nutted rear axle will be solid, whereas a QR will need a hollow axle to pass through.
Changing the axle will require removing the cogs from the rear wheel, removing the solid axle (you'll need thin cone spanners for this), replacing all the ball bearings that fall out of the hub (and invariably roll under the fridge), putting in the hollow axle, adjusting the bearings so they're not too tight, not too loose, then sliding the QR through the hollow axle and putting the wheel back into the bike.

Not worth the hassle IMHO.

If/when you need to replace the wheel (through a prang or just wear and tear) you could upgrade to one with a hollow axle.

 

[k turner]

Landslide - too right, couldnt manage all that I will stick with the nuts for now. thanks for the info.

Managed to take it off and put it back on OK. Another hurdle, now just to wait for that rear puncture, at least I know I wont be on the side of the road for 4 hours. lol.

 

[swee'pea99]

Well done K! Just a thought...quick release wheels do save a lot of faffing around, if you do any amount of riding (I reckon on at least one visit from the p*****e fairy a month). It might be worth keeping an eye on ebay for one within easy reach of you, at a good price. Since there's no great urgency, you can afford to wait till the right one comes up...(and at the right price).

 

[k turner]

Thanks sweetpea, will put it on the back burner for now, as I only do two miles to feed pony once a day in summer and twice a day in winter, if I can work up to that, I am disabled, and not going to do much more riding than this. I am only going 4 to 8 mph, (on new computer) and watch the road carefully for nails with my 3" thick specs. lol