Help needed removing rear wheel on a Charge Tap

looceefir
looceefir Posts: 3
edited November 2009 in The workshop
Hello all! My FLBS is closed til Tuesday and my bike friends are confused as to what's going on with my bike.

I have a puncture. I would like to replace the tube. I have disconnected the gear cable from the Nexus hub on my bike, but I can't get any slack on my chain to lift out the wheel. The axle is as far forward in the horizontal drop-outs as it will go.

I've seen some people (e.g. here http://www.bikeradar.com/beginners/foru ... t=12590523) allude to easy ways to remove the wheels on a Tap, and I wondered if anyone knew of it here?

This is my guy:

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Help! What's the trick I'm missing?

Comments

  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Try unshipping the chain from the chainwheel rather than the freewheel then you can pull the wheel out of the dropouts.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • looceefir
    looceefir Posts: 3
    Thanks for the tip -- I've tried to do it that way but I can't seem to find any sort of give to shift the chain off the chainwheel. Do you have any ideas for how to lever it off?
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    There should be just enough slack in the chain to lift it off the chainwheel, if not then you're looking at splitting the chain and adding a link to stop this in future which will mean a slight reset of the brake pads.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.

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