Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
As an alternative to wing nuts, keep a wrench in your car. I have several nutted axles among my bikes, and of all the ways to deal with it, I finally decided that a wrench is the simplest. Loosening the nuts takes a few seconds.
I've got a full socket set in the car at all times for roadside emergencies.
Down side of that is it doesn't help with a flat tire 5 miles from the car.
I'm expecting with this new bigger bike my kid can extend from the 2 miles we used to ride from the car to about 5 miles. I don't want to be 5 miles from the car and have a flat tire I can't fix. Nor do I feel like carrying a wrench with me. I'd like to be able to yank the wheel off without tools so I can do whatever I need to do where ever I need to do it.
It's a solid idea for just getting the bike in and out of the car. But I'd like that flexibility away from the car.
I'm rolling with the wingnut plan. It's the cheapest easiest way to do what I'm looking to do. And I can't possibly screw up the wheel by doing it. (I mean...I COULD....but I won't)