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aikigreg

11-10-09 06:35 PM

crazy noob question

Is there something different to installing a front wheel on a fixie than on any other bicycle? When putting my new stripper together the front wheel just plain won't go into the dropout at all. There doesn't seem to be any damage to the front fork.

Flash_BeeZy

11-10-09 06:41 PM

The fork ends might need to be pryed open use like a wrench or something and open them up a lil

LoRoK

11-10-09 06:41 PM

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

Young Version

11-10-09 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoRoK (Post 10017372)

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

:lol:

iBaloney

11-10-09 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flash_BeeZy (Post 10017369)

The fork ends might need to be pryed open use like a wrench or something and open them up a lil

+1. Maybe you should post some pix Aikigreg, it'll be more helpful.:thumb:

Germanicus

11-10-09 10:07 PM

over-sized hub?

Leukybear

11-10-09 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Germanicus (Post 10018392)

over-sized hub?

Wouldn't happen.... it's a bikes direct bike.... they all use the same generic stuff.... :rolleyes:

But there might be a big possibility of the fork being damaged while in transit..... UPS manhandles everything they ship....

shubonker

11-10-09 10:26 PM

Post a pic my good man.

pancake4life

11-10-09 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoRoK (Post 10017372)

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

thats what 've been doing wrong i guess

HandsomeRyan

11-11-09 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoRoK (Post 10017372)

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

http://www.easttnriders.com/forum/im...s/ImaPoser.gif

AModernDrunkard

11-11-09 05:22 AM

The axle may have flat sides that you need to align to put in the fork. Mine did.

BianchiDave

11-11-09 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoRoK (Post 10017372)

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

Nice one :thumb:

hapul

11-11-09 02:27 PM

it could be that the axle isn't completely circular. it could be a larger axle that is filed down/made with flat bits on either end so that it can fit in the standard sized fork. that confused me for a bit the first time i noticed it.

aikigreg

11-11-09 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoRoK (Post 10017372)

You're probably installing it sideways. The tire should be perpendicular to the ground, not parallel.

That was it! Now, could you help me figure out whether it goes rubber side down or up???? :lol:

(I pried it open. Hope I don't ever have to take the wheel off on the road.)

roadfix

11-11-09 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aikigreg (Post 10023429)

(I pried it open. Hope I don't ever have to take the wheel off on the road.)

The fork ends got bent in during shipment. Were fork end protectors installed when you received your bike?

You will take the wheel off when you flat. And you will flat.

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