Originally Posted by
thinktubes
I did a wheelie on a bike with wingnuts on the front wheel....once.
Wow, that makes those stoopid CPSC-mandated wheel retainers we had to deal with decades ago seem almost reasonable!
Originally Posted by
randyjawa
Hand tight is definitely NOT adequate...
You know, the new rear wheel came with an oversized axle length to accommodate differing dropout spacing, and with the wheel on the bike and nuts tightened down, there's a good 10mm of axle threads sticking out on either side. I guess I could put wing nuts outboard of the hex nuts just for looks.
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Last edited by tiger1964; 01-13-22 at 02:41 PM.
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