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Removing and refitting a rear bicycle wheel

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BEFORE YOU START
  • This pictorial is shown on a mountain bike (MTB) but the same applies to any other type of bicycle.
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Removing the rear bicycle wheel from bike frame and chain

  1. Use a flat spanner to slacken the nuts that hold the rear wheel.
  2. Loosen equally the right and left nuts.
  3. Pull out the wheel.
Dismantle one of the rear brake pads and take out the wheel completely:

Refitting and aligning the bike rear wheel

Introduce the rear wheel axle into the slots of the bike frame.
Slightly tighten the wheel holding nuts by hand.
Now make sure:
1- that your wheel is well aligned to the bicycle frame meaning centered in between the frame tubes as shown below (left)
2- that you pulled your wheel back enough to make sure the nuts are not at the edge. You may use this adjustment to avoid excess chain sag in between the rear and front wheel hubs (right).
Tighten the fixing nuts equally on both sides with a spanner and refit the brake block.

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