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.

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

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

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

over-sized hub?

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

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

Post a pic my good man.

thats what 've been doing wrong i guess

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

Nice one

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.

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

(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.