trek 1.5 front wheel quickrelease

brucebanner
brucebanner Posts: 256
edited August 2010 in Workshop
Hi, why doesn't the front wheel of the Trek 1.5 pop out once I use the quick release? The back wheel seems to be fine.

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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    did you look closely at the drop outs before posting..? that would have answered your question..
  • porker33
    porker33 Posts: 636
    Spring of the forks....This is a good thing, you don't want it coming out while riding.

    You need to unwind the thread of the q/r skewer a few turns until you can prise apart the fork slightly or lift it straight out.
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    porker33 wrote:
    Spring of the forks....This is a good thing, you don't want it coming out while riding.

    You need to unwind the thread of the q/r skewer a few turns until you can prise apart the fork slightly or lift it straight out.

    what..? did you make that up..?
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    'tisn't the 'spring of the forks', whatever that might be, it's the lips on the dropouts which manufacturers now insist on in order to avoid the attention of enthusiastic American lawyers.

    Just unwind the QR a bit more and j j j jiggle it Granville.
  • brucebanner
    brucebanner Posts: 256
    if it's the lip then why can I easily take out the back wheel?
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Cos the back wheel doesnt have one.
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    keef66 wrote:
    'tisn't the 'spring of the forks', whatever that might be, it's the lips on the dropouts which manufacturers now insist on in order to avoid the attention of enthusiastic American lawyers.

    Just unwind the QR a bit more and j j j jiggle it Granville.
    Yep, affectionately known as "lawyer tabs" or "lawyer lips" http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_l.html
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Cos your back wheel wouldn't fall out of the dropouts if the QR failed and you popped a wheelie.

    File the front ones off if they are annoying you.

    (disclaimer: advice does not apply to carbon dropouts)

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