How to put the front wheel on a bike

re: How to put the front wheel on a bike

John A Thomson — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:13:34 GMT

I suppose the "no tech" idea is only correct if you don't consider all the engineering and technology that went in to make this a modern bike that meets modern needs. Think back 20 or 30 years and answer how many bikes at disk brakes? How many had quick release wheels? Etc, etc?

Just because the bike doesn't ask you if you'd like to pedal the wheels doesn't mean its not tech :-). Maybe we need an intelligent bike that responds like this:

"I see you are trying to pedal up a hill. Would you like me to change to an admin level gear?"

We've come a long way since the penny farthing :-). Modern bikes are full of tech and beautiful engineering.

re: How to put the front wheel on a bike

Paul Beyer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:16:47 GMT

Get in mate, discs are a bit of a pain in the ass but the guy at the bike shop told you right, it's generally quite easy to drop the bike onto the wheel from the top - make sure you unwind the quick release bolt from the axle a little more than you need to - that'll give you the freedom to shove the disc through the pads when you're popping it on.

Here's a bit of a pimp for a great MTB video which'll get you spurred up for summer too!

http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/roam/index_roam.html

Good Luck!

re: How to put the front wheel on a bike

Steve Lamb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:16:17 GMT

John> Absolutely!

re: How to put the front wheel on a bike

Steve Lamb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:17:05 GMT

Paul> Very cool - thanks for sharing