Hi. Over the weekend i had to remove my road bike front wheel so i could fit my bike into my car along with 3 other bikes. Had a ride with the guys and all was fine.
But today while i was about to go for a quick spin i noticed that i did not correctly install my front wheel. Trying to the best of my abilities for 30 minutes... i could not get the wheel squarely centred. I've tried installing with the bike inverted and even got my brand new bike jacket stained by grease in the process!!! 🙁 But to no avail. The wheelstill scraped the brake pads when i spun it. Its definitely my installing error cuz i've just had my bike serviced before the weekend.
What did i do? Exasperated, i decided to forgo cycling and log onto www.cyclingforums.com to rave a little.
Anybody can give me some help what i gotta do? I'm having cycling withdrawal already...
Hi. Over the weekend i had to remove my road bike front wheel so i could fit my bike into my car along with 3 other bikes. Had a ride with the guys and all was fine.
But today while i was about to go for a quick spin i noticed that i did not correctly install my front wheel. Trying to the best of my abilities for 30 minutes... i could not get the wheel squarely centred. I've tried installing with the bike inverted and even got my brand new bike jacket stained by grease in the process!!! 🙁 But to no avail. The wheelstill scraped the brake pads when i spun it. Its definitely my installing error cuz i've just had my bike serviced before the weekend.
What did i do? Exasperated, i decided to forgo cycling and log onto www.cyclingforums.com to rave a little.
Anybody can give me some help what i gotta do? I'm having cycling withdrawal already...
Actually you might not be doing anything wrong. When you took the wheel out the tire may have bumped the brake pads causing the brake to misalign. Then when you put the wheel back in, the pad would rub.
Hi. Over the weekend i had to remove my road bike front wheel so i could fit my bike into my car along with 3 other bikes. Had a ride with the guys and all was fine.
But today while i was about to go for a quick spin i noticed that i did not correctly install my front wheel. Trying to the best of my abilities for 30 minutes... i could not get the wheel squarely centred. I've tried installing with the bike inverted and even got my brand new bike jacket stained by grease in the process!!! 🙁 But to no avail. The wheelstill scraped the brake pads when i spun it. Its definitely my installing error cuz i've just had my bike serviced before the weekend.
What did i do? Exasperated, i decided to forgo cycling and log onto www.cyclingforums.com to rave a little.
Anybody can give me some help what i gotta do? I'm having cycling withdrawal already...
What I do is hold the front brake on as I close the quick release hopefully this will center it.
What I do is hold the front brake on as I close the quick release hopefully this will center it.
Sounds like a good idea actually OneRing, will go give it a try. Thanks.
Hey Lioscco. Naa don't think i hit the brake pads. I'm one of those people who'll give their bike a bed to sleep on at night so i'm very careful with any knocks and stuff. haha
My suggestion is to set your bike upright on it's wheels before you push in the quick release lever to tighten it. That way the weight of the bicycle will seat the axel square in the dropout.
My suggestion is to set your bike upright on it's wheels before you push in the quick release lever to tighten it. That way the weight of the bicycle will seat the axel square in the dropout.
FWIW - I had the same problem and the bike shop told me the same advice as Retro Grouch mentioned above - worked like a charm.
My suggestion is to set your bike upright on it's wheels before you push in the quick release lever to tighten
Ah. I've got no bike stand or bike repair post, so i was struggling to level my bike while juggling with the wheel. Must have tightened the lever while bike was at an angle.
Sounds like a common sense advice but now that you mention it... so simple yet true.
Your forks should be straight, so why fit the wheels so it doesn't sit perfectly in the drop out? What if it slides back to square while riding and starts rubbing?
I'd say you deflected the front brakes while transporting the bike with the front wheel off, its easy to do, and easy to fix.
Fit the wheel so it sits flush in the front fork drop outs, then tighten. It should say seated perfectly in the drop out. Then grab the entire dual pivot brake assembly and twist it about the pin into the fork so it sits centre again. You can't just push on one side you have to twist the entire thing, but usually only a mm or 2.
The brakes are the most likely culprit and easiest to fix. Just move them so they are no longer rubbing after you have installed the wheel. But couldn't He have knocked the wheel out of true if he was not careful with the transport?
Your forks should be straight, so why fit the wheels so it doesn't sit perfectly in the drop out? What if it slides back to square while riding and starts rubbing?
I'd say you deflected the front brakes while transporting the bike with the front wheel off, its easy to do, and easy to fix.
Fit the wheel so it sits flush in the front fork drop outs, then tighten. It should say seated perfectly in the drop out. Then grab the entire dual pivot brake assembly and twist it about the pin into the fork so it sits centre again. You can't just push on one side you have to twist the entire thing, but usually only a mm or 2.
If you can move your brakes as suggested, to realign, you may want to tighten them after they are realigned so that they don't move out of alignment again. Moving them when they are properly tightend does pose the risk of bending the calipers on some lower-end models of brakes. Be careful. I learned from my mistake.
Just make sure when you put the wheel on, you are completely in the dropouts. I've seen someone have their wheel almost pop off in a turn because they didn't have it seated correctly.
Also, don't clamp down on the quick release so hard. When I got my first road bike and didn't know any better, i used so much force with the quick release that it was near impossible to get it off. It doesn't take that much to hold it on.
Someone experienced can show you both these things.
