Idiot changes front tire...
Hi all,
I finally got round to removing front wheel just to see if I could do it in my shed, rather than in a thunderstorm fifty miles from nowhere... Well I did, although I very cleverly tried it without putting the bike on a block first, and then couldnt get the axel out, presumably due to the pressure of the weight on the shocks. Then it got dramatic I as then figured I had to lay the bike down, but still couldnt get the wheel in. In the end, managed to find an old block of wood in the garden and with some difficulty managed to pick the bike up onto the block and then realised why you should do it like that in the first place...
My three questions be:
1. How do you change front tire on the roadside without handy block of wood?
2. After I put everything back together, the speedometer is not working, and yes I did connect it. Could it be somethnig to do with the way I attached the wheel?
3. When I put everything back together, wheel spins fine and freely but but something makes a whirring/light scraping sound, is this anything to be worried about? I think its the pads, yet the wheel spins freely enough...?
Any suggestions would, as always, be very welcome!
Many thanks!
Rtw
Last edited by ridetheworld; 5 Jul 2014 at 01:55.
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