Originally Posted by emilymildew
edit: I thought of another question. The wheels are strange to me - on the one side is a nut like I'm used to (my old bike is not quick release) and on the other side is a nut that is inside a weird plastic disk. What's up with that?
if i'm thinking of what i'm thinking, then that plastic disk was put there for shipping protection. take metal nut out of plastic disk, then toss plastic disk. use nut normally.