Hi, I've just bought a Apollo xc26s cross country bike which i had to build for myself but after finishing we realised that the front wheel was shacking, so do you know how to tighten a quickrelice wheel???
2007-07-08 00:27:10 · 8 answers · asked by PJ 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
I also forgot to say that the front wheel is disc brake and also quickrelease
2007-07-08 00:34:47 · update #1
Well i would best describe it as rattling, the wheel seems to be shacking side to side slightly.
2007-07-08 01:01:30 · update #2
I don't know nor do I care, but it sounds like the wheel bearings might be loose. I really would take it back to the shop where you purchased it and have them look at it. It should have some kind of warranty on it.
2007-07-08 01:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Gender Different 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the 'olden days' when I learned to ride, a 'touring bike' was any bike you could bungee a sleeping bag to. All bikes were standards in those days and you made it a sport bike or touring bike by your choice of accessories. Today they make bikes like the Gold Wing that are no good for anything -but- cross-country trips at freeway speeds. Motorcycle touring is an exercise in 'traveling light'. You take just what you need, and if it's your first time you will find that next time you'll need even less. You can carry enough for a week in a backpack, but you can also get 'throwover bags', or bungee stuff on the seat behind you. I find sportbikes just really uncomfortable. If I spent six hours on one of those animals I would need a chiropractor. But I'm older. It might be easier for someone younger. My advice would be to do one long day-trip. Say 200-250-300 miles, or 100-150 miles out and then back in a day. As you relax at home afterwards, ask yourself 'Do I want to do this several days in a row?' And see how your body feels the next morning.
2016-04-01 03:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you've not put the quick release on right. I find it easiest when the bike is upside down, as you can then let gravity seat the wheel properly in the fork. Then you need to turn both sides of the QR to tighten it, so that when you flip the lever to a 90 degree angle it bites. Then it will be tight as it needs to be when you push it all the way closed. Maybe you were tightening the quick release like a wingnut?
Other than that the cones may be loose, and if you don't want/know how to do that, take it back to Halfords and get them to sort it as you just got it.
And in future, DON'T GO TO HALFORDS!!
2007-07-08 08:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it can be that you put the wheel incorrectly.
Remove the wheel, and then put the fork back in, but before you tighten the quick release, put some pressure on the fork downward so that both boots of the fork are correctly seated on the hub, and then tighten the QR.
Another thing that might be happening is that the wheel is out of true, and if so, it needs to be trued. Go to a bike shop to have them fix this.
2007-07-08 03:37:14 · answer #4 · answered by Roberto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The simple solution is to tighten the side nut and quick release by turning them, and then snap close the Quick Release. Be sure both ends of the axis are in place inside the fork.
If that is not the solution, maybe your wheel is not trued, a bike shop will do that for you.
Hope this helps.
2007-07-08 05:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like you need to tighten the cones a bit. I have this on one of my older wheels with quickrelease. I don't even get the tools out. I just grab the two retaining nuts and do an easy quick little twist to tighten. I put it back on clamp the quickrelease back down and voila no play or as you put it shacking.
2007-07-08 04:17:50 · answer #6 · answered by B S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shacking?
2007-07-08 00:55:47 · answer #7 · answered by silverbullet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apollo XC26 aka Halfords special, serves yourself right for buying from a shop who only cares about the sale not the person
2007-07-09 07:15:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋