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  Welcome to the Universal Cycles advice centre. Please use the buttons below to navigate around. Here you will find useful information to help you choose your bike and how to carry out maintenance.
 
Bike Basics
Choosing your bike
Knowing your bike
Receipt & Guarantee pack
Why wear a helmet?
Beat the thief
Clothes sizing chart
 Register Your Guarantee
Repair How To's

Disc Brakes 101
Testing your brakes
Rear Wheel Removal
Wheel Truing Basics
Fixing a Puncture
Patching Inner Tube
Bike Maintenance
Quick Release Wheel
Fitting your Pedals
Removing your Bicycle Chain
Adjusting your gears
Replacing or Re-fitting your crank Arms

 


 
Quick Release Wheel
 
Step 1:
Locate the quick release skewer, this can be found in the kit box.
 
 
Step 2:
Remove the cone shaped nut and spring from the end of the skewer.
 
Step 3:
Slide the skewer through the hollow axle.
Step 4:
Refit the spring (small end into the wheel) then thread the nut onto the protruding skewer.
Step 5:
The picture below shows a correctly fitted quick release skewer
Step 6:
Place the wheel onto the forks ensuring the fork dropouts rest on the threaded axle of the wheel.

IMPORTANT: THE WHEEL AXLE IS DESIGNED TO BE SHORTER THAN A NORMAL AXLE.
Step 7:
Holding the skewer lever in the open position (marked on the lever) hand tighten the nut.
Step 8:
Once the nut has been tightened close the lever ensuring the wheel is firmly secured
For further information refer to your owners manual or call the manufacturers technical helpline on 01268 247000 Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm
 
   
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