I love this guy. He gives a very clear explanation of what needs to be done avoiding jargon, or phrases such as "It's easy." 'Cos it ain't until you've done it a few times.
So helpful to have different examples to compare with what kind of bike you have! For those of us that know nothing about bikes, it is a lifesaver video!
Figured I probably knew what to do but really appreciate park tool's videos making me feel more confident about changing my tires alone now. In other news, I love that "disengage the noodle" is a real technical term 😂
Absolutely fantastic! Detailed, well shot, excellent sound, tons of details covering all aspects. I am actually looking forward to changing both tires!
Thank you for this thorough instructional video! I changed my inner tube for the first time with the guidance of this video. I appreciate your attention to all the little details, including the notes on what minute mark to skip to to move to the next step.
thank you so much for this! Also watched your "replace tires and tube" video and finished changing everything on my bike within 1.5 hours for the first time! Now I know how to do it easily the next time! Thank you so much for the learning experience.
Amazing. Thank you so much. You guys are legend. Using this and your other video on repairing a flat tyre, I was able to put a new inner tube on my back wheel. Everything else I looked at on the internet to help just led me astray and had me pulling my hair out.
Thanks so much. I would've just bought a new bike before but I was able to replace the rear tube watching your tutorial. Very helpful and generous of you to share
Never had a bike with gears until I got my Fast Ripper 3 week ago. Thank you for this video, now I know I won't fuck up my derailleur when removing the rear wheel!
Just changed my inner tube for the first time and I just started biking just a month ago, removing the rear wheel is quite hard because my rear derailleur doesn't pivot as much as the video shows so when returning my rear wheel I ended up unscrewing my rear derailleur just to have enough space. Overall it was a new experience for me.
Thanks!!! I had to pop both tires off to fit my bike in my car then I wound up needing an emergency back wheel install instructions. I could not fig out how to coordinate connecting it w the derailer & chain. Your instructions saved me from an embarrassing trip back to the shop🙈🙏🏽
Possibly. If you replace the entire axle assembly, yes, but you must match the cone profile. Possibly all you need is an axle. If your axle is M10 x 1mm, then it is easy with a new axle. If you are 3/8" x 26 tpi, then not so easy.
Great detail...very good. Just started riding again after many years out. Used to be able to change inner tubes for fun but learning all again from scratch. Was trying to figure out how to release the brakes to get the wheel off first. Your great explanation helped a lot! Thanks.
Thanks for the this video! I was able to remove the front wheel on my new bike several times for transport purposes. On this last try though, it looks like one of the brake pads is far too close and also a little high up, causing friction on the tire. Any ideas how to fix this?
Mudguards and racks can make this more difficult but the steps are still the same. Sometimes you will need to unscrew the axle nuts or quick release all the way.
Great video, thank you! I had no idea how to get the rear tire off before but now I have done it for the first time. It was very helpful showing all the different brake mechanisms too.
Having difficulty w my rear tire it's kinda wide 2.5 in not much free space the side with the cogs fits in nicely all the way to the back but the other side.... for 1 the marking from the factory install is not as far back, and it does make a rubbing sound
@@parktool Thanks for responding. Yah , I get the orientation and placement of the parts related to the axle. I think that was well explained in the video. What isn’t clear to me is where the dropouts are placed relative to the parts on the axle. The portion of the axle, where the dropouts should come in contact with, is covered by the spring. Should the dropout be place directly on the spring or should the spring be pushed to the inside or to the outside of the dropout?
The drop out should really never come in contact with the spring. The wheels axle will rest against the drop out and the spring just pushes the qr out on both sides to make it easier to install. The springs should not support the wheel in anyway. They are there to make install and removal easier. One the QR is close the outside face of the QR will come in contact with the dropout and the spring will be neatly held inside ready for the next time the wheel is removed.
Do some thru axles not have a lever to turn? I'm 99% sure my bike has a thru axle, but I see no lever that I can turn to unscrew and remove it. It looks like an allen wrench might be used instead. The bike is a Specialized Diverge E5 Elite, if that helps.
I followed the instructions s got the wheel off and on, but now the chain is slipping gears on the rear wheel. Could this be because I tightened the wheel nuts off centre ???
That could be. If you removed the quick release entirely, be sure the springs got on in the correct orientation. If wrong it could hold the wheel at an odd angle.
Seating the rear hubs in the dropouts before installing the thru axle on my bike is tricky. The width between the dropouts is just a tick wider than the hubs, and I really have a problem installing the rear wheel when not using a repair stand. The hubs will slip through and grind the stays. It appears this is due to the stays not being under compression when the thru axle is removed. Is this normal? The bike is stock. So, there are no mods to factory components.
There should be a bit of a step in the drop out to prevent the hub from going too far. The outer diameter of the hubs end cap is not a set standard and some have a larger diameter and some a smaller. If the hub has a small diameter and the bike is setup to accomodate a larger diameter, lining them up can be a bear. There is not a great fix for this unfortunately.
I couldn't find a lockout on SRAMx5 rear derailleur and getting the big tires on my 29er in there a disk and the solid axle type is more challenging and not covered here.
Damn, I was in a hurry earlier replacing a tube and forgot to shift to the smallest cog on the rear derailleur. I didn't realize until after replacing the wheel and now the shifter is really tight and hard to shift. And the derailleur is completely out of whack where as before it was in almost perfect adjustment. It won't even shift to the largest cog now :(. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. The shifter is the twist kind with numbers on it.
Great and very helpful videos on this channel! Thank you for sharing all this knowledge! Quick question: Where should the thru-axle lever of the rear wheel point to when it is installed? The video shows twelve-o-clock position, but there seem to be many opinions on the internet and on the trails. What do you recommend for maximum safety?
The location is typically personal preference. I would have it pointed either straight up or straight back on the fork. Or would have it pointing in between the seatstay and chainstay or straight forward on the rear. Most thru axles do give you the option to move it where you would like. in my mind max safety would be straight up on the front and in between the stays on the rear. Hope this helps!
What does gcn say to close the skewer spin the skewer handle until tight open it then turn the nut a little bit and close it. even my manual says to keep it open tighten the nut then close it with the handle never mentioning to spin the handle so what is the correct way I really don't want to damage a pair of carbon fiber forks
The two methods are achieving the same outcome and can both be used. This is a Goldilocks type adjustment.... not too tight, not too loose. Whether turning the handle or the nut you are doing the same thing. Give it a few practice try's and you'll get the hang of it nice and quickly.
I removed my bike's rear wheel for the first time ever, and replaced an inner tube successfully, thanks to all this good advice. Great videos!
Me too!
Took me over 2 hrs and damaged two tubes as bent the presta valve!
Eearrgh arjejck😢
Thank you for posting this video. I'm a 71 year old lady who changed the tube and put the wheel back on my bike!
I love this guy. He gives a very clear explanation of what needs to be done avoiding jargon, or phrases such as "It's easy." 'Cos it ain't until you've done it a few times.
So helpful to have different examples to compare with what kind of bike you have! For those of us that know nothing about bikes, it is a lifesaver video!
Figured I probably knew what to do but really appreciate park tool's videos making me feel more confident about changing my tires alone now.
In other news, I love that "disengage the noodle" is a real technical term 😂
The detail in these visuals and explanations is really impressive. Truly a 5 star vid.
I am restoring an old Japanese Tiger Road bike. This demonstration was fantastic, very concise. My equipment is old but principles are the same.
Absolutely fantastic! Detailed, well shot, excellent sound, tons of details covering all aspects. I am actually looking forward to changing both tires!
first time someone is showing what will happen if u squeeze the brake lever when the wheel is removed. thumbs up 👍
M Iftekhar Abir you obviously don't watch seths bike hacks
Erm...
SETHS BIKE HACKS.
I made that mistake once, wish I'd seen this before.
Its lot worse on cars.
Another excellent video from Park Tool. Their well-deserved reputation for excellence is reflected in these videos.
Thank you for this thorough instructional video! I changed my inner tube for the first time with the guidance of this video. I appreciate your attention to all the little details, including the notes on what minute mark to skip to to move to the next step.
thank you so much for this! Also watched your "replace tires and tube" video and finished changing everything on my bike within 1.5 hours for the first time! Now I know how to do it easily the next time! Thank you so much for the learning experience.
It's always a pain.. the trick is more practice makes it less of a pain!
I had removed my rear wheel to transport my bike and don't know how to put it back. Glad to find video like yours to help me out.
I don’t even have my own bike yet....but I’m trying to get informed since I’m buying one soon....I really like this video
Thank you! Your awesome. Your saving me a lot of money! I got tired of taking my bike to the shop and paying $20 everytime I got a flat.
These video's are filmed and explained very well. Thank you!
Amazing. Thank you so much. You guys are legend. Using this and your other video on repairing a flat tyre, I was able to put a new inner tube on my back wheel. Everything else I looked at on the internet to help just led me astray and had me pulling my hair out.
Thanks for showing so many different types of bikes/systems!
Wow, what an incredibly thorough, well filmed video.
2:38 just when I thought I knew everything about my bike you guys came through clutch for Shimano 💪🏾💯🤝🏾
This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. Perfect job. Thank you
Thanks so much. I would've just bought a new bike before but I was able to replace the rear tube watching your tutorial. Very helpful and generous of you to share
Bought a new bike?!! kinell, someone's clearly very well to do! XD
Never had a bike with gears until I got my Fast Ripper 3 week ago. Thank you for this video, now I know I won't fuck up my derailleur when removing the rear wheel!
Just changed my inner tube for the first time and I just started biking just a month ago, removing the rear wheel is quite hard because my rear derailleur doesn't pivot as much as the video shows so when returning my rear wheel I ended up unscrewing my rear derailleur just to have enough space. Overall it was a new experience for me.
Fantastic instructional. Because the wheel replacement at 3:40 breaks my brain, I'd love to see the closeup replayed from rear and top-level views.
Thanks!!! I had to pop both tires off to fit my bike in my car then I wound up needing an emergency back wheel install instructions. I could not fig out how to coordinate connecting it w the derailer & chain. Your instructions saved me from an embarrassing trip back to the shop🙈🙏🏽
Hi I have a bike with solid bolt type axel disc brake system. Can I convert it to quick release system
Possibly. If you replace the entire axle assembly, yes, but you must match the cone profile. Possibly all you need is an axle. If your axle is M10 x 1mm, then it is easy with a new axle. If you are 3/8" x 26 tpi, then not so easy.
Wow, one of the best tutorials I've seen on UA-cam. Fixed my very first puncture just by simply following your instructions.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Been riding for many years and just changed my first tube.
The killers
These were great instructions. I’ve never done it before and your instructions were very clear. Thank you for putting this together
Calvin is my hero! Such great advice
There's one problem, I'm too weak to unscrew the pegs
Same
ask ur dad lol
@@S.0OSY lmao like i have one
;-; he wasn’t home
Eat weetabix
Great detail...very good. Just started riding again after many years out. Used to be able to change inner tubes for fun but learning all again from scratch. Was trying to figure out how to release the brakes to get the wheel off first. Your great explanation helped a lot! Thanks.
THank you so much. Your videos are so professionally made, easy to follow and straight to the point. Thank you again!
@3:07 Is it important what position the QR spring is in? does it matter? Is the fork sitting in-between it? I don't want to damage it.
We have a video for that.
ua-cam.com/video/Y-Bho7aMw5E/v-deo.htmlsi=ehJDQ8CzkOwWstcp
thanks for the video and great instruction! I just replaced the tube on my bicycle's rear tire!
Best explanation in the market. Thank you.
Excellent video - Thanks for producing.
Wow, this helped me alot! Who knew it was this easy!
Thank you. Even do I tought I knew all this i still found couple of good tips. 👍
Thanks for the this video! I was able to remove the front wheel on my new bike several times for transport purposes. On this last try though, it looks like one of the brake pads is far too close and also a little high up, causing friction on the tire. Any ideas how to fix this?
thanks so much for all the brake tips in the beginning!!! that was where I was getting stuck
Best video so far.... Cover 2-3 different set of wheel....
Just changed out the tube and finished it up... Thx for the video guys!
Even with this video I still can't get my wheel off, guess I'll just take it to the shop lol
@Quinton Yosef omg iv been using it too and it's so great
whyyyyyyy it literally takes 2 seconds
@AC Bikes ikr, you just pull a lever, use ur hand to unscrew the thing, and ur wheel comes off in 5 seconds or less (at least for disc brake qr axle
@@linemedia666 it might be an unused, old, or broken type of release mechanism
@@commenter1639 yeah that is true but im just cringing at the fact that someones gonna take their bike to a shop to take off the wheel
Thank you!! I sure was worried I would screw something up, but this described it so well, I didn’t mess anything up! Great video!
You saved my life sir with this great video, thank you very much!
That's very helpful. You gave the idea of almost all types of bikes. Thank you so much for sharing the video.
Good graphic detailed procedure explanation. Thumbs up!
Great video could change my inner tube because of this!
What happens when there are mudguards and racks? Do you have to take them off completely or just unscrew the nuts at the axle?
Mudguards and racks can make this more difficult but the steps are still the same. Sometimes you will need to unscrew the axle nuts or quick release all the way.
OUTSTANDING!!!! Super helpful and in extreme detail !
no
@@Ryan-yg8jd what do you mean no?
Dude this comment is 2 years old.
@@voltagemaster5841 the comment is 2 years old dude
@@voltagemaster5841 i guess Ill wait another year for a response
How do you put the chain in the right place? Manually? Or by setting the shifter and what number is that, 1 or 7?
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks, Internet Dad.
Geeze this sure is a lot more involved than I thought!
Very simple and clear. Thank you!
I have a hub gear on back wheel of electric bike. Any special instructions for this?
4:26 through axle system
Nice video. With this information I can better manage my wheels and keep them fit for the road. Thanks
Does this work for any kind of bike
Clear as mud. I couldn’t understand much of this because I’m not a mechanic.
what are the bicycle brands used in the video?
Thanks for sharing this knowledge
Great video, thank you! I had no idea how to get the rear tire off before but now I have done it for the first time. It was very helpful showing all the different brake mechanisms too.
Having difficulty w my rear tire it's kinda wide 2.5 in not much free space the side with the cogs fits in nicely all the way to the back but the other side.... for 1 the marking from the factory install is not as far back, and it does make a rubbing sound
Thanks for the video, it's very helpful, explained very well
What do you do with the springs? They are covering the axle right where the dropouts should go.
The small end of the tapered spring goes towards the hub. One spring on each side.
@@parktool Thanks for responding. Yah , I get the orientation and placement of the parts related to the axle. I think that was well explained in the video. What isn’t clear to me is where the dropouts are placed relative to the parts on the axle. The portion of the axle, where the dropouts should come in contact with, is covered by the spring. Should the dropout be place directly on the spring or should the spring be pushed to the inside or to the outside of the dropout?
The drop out should really never come in contact with the spring. The wheels axle will rest against the drop out and the spring just pushes the qr out on both sides to make it easier to install. The springs should not support the wheel in anyway. They are there to make install and removal easier. One the QR is close the outside face of the QR will come in contact with the dropout and the spring will be neatly held inside ready for the next time the wheel is removed.
Thank you for the video, can you do a tutorial video on how to install disc brakes
Stay tuned! Coming very soon.
Park Tool thank you appreciate it!!
@@parktool you can replace cantilever brakes with disc?
Thanks, this was very helpful.
Do some thru axles not have a lever to turn? I'm 99% sure my bike has a thru axle, but I see no lever that I can turn to unscrew and remove it. It looks like an allen wrench might be used instead.
The bike is a Specialized Diverge E5 Elite, if that helps.
It does seem to be a thru axle. Look on the left side for a hex hole, and use the correct size. 6mm or 5mm, both are seen. Turn counter clockwise.
The tricky part is centring the wheel in the frame,when putting back
Very helpful and comprehensive, thanks.
I followed the instructions s got the wheel off and on, but now the chain is slipping gears on the rear wheel. Could this be because I tightened the wheel nuts off centre ???
That could be. If you removed the quick release entirely, be sure the springs got on in the correct orientation. If wrong it could hold the wheel at an odd angle.
Can I convert a regular bike to the quick release type?
What if rim brake quick release on the caliper arm is smooth to close on the front and hard to close on the back? Needs lube or something else?
Seating the rear hubs in the dropouts before installing the thru axle on my bike is tricky. The width between the dropouts is just a tick wider than the hubs, and I really have a problem installing the rear wheel when not using a repair stand. The hubs will slip through and grind the stays. It appears this is due to the stays not being under compression when the thru axle is removed. Is this normal? The bike is stock. So, there are no mods to factory components.
There should be a bit of a step in the drop out to prevent the hub from going too far. The outer diameter of the hubs end cap is not a set standard and some have a larger diameter and some a smaller. If the hub has a small diameter and the bike is setup to accomodate a larger diameter, lining them up can be a bear. There is not a great fix for this unfortunately.
Nice and clear instructional video, i click the subscribe button
I couldn't find a lockout on SRAMx5 rear derailleur and getting the big tires on my 29er in there a disk and the solid axle type is more challenging and not covered here.
And what do you do if you got a puncture in the middle of nowhere and have no fancy bike stand? DO you have a video for that too?
tips on removing wheels without bike stand?
turn it upside down
this video makes this task easy
because it is
Damn, I was in a hurry earlier replacing a tube and forgot to shift to the smallest cog on the rear derailleur. I didn't realize until after replacing the wheel and now the shifter is really tight and hard to shift. And the derailleur is completely out of whack where as before it was in almost perfect adjustment. It won't even shift to the largest cog now :(. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. The shifter is the twist kind with numbers on it.
Do we have to re-index the gear??
If the gears were properly adjusted, removing and replacing the wheel will not change that.
Awesome videos. Exactly the info I needed.
Great and very helpful videos on this channel! Thank you for sharing all this knowledge! Quick question: Where should the thru-axle lever of the rear wheel point to when it is installed? The video shows twelve-o-clock position, but there seem to be many opinions on the internet and on the trails. What do you recommend for maximum safety?
The location is typically personal preference. I would have it pointed either straight up or straight back on the fork. Or would have it pointing in between the seatstay and chainstay or straight forward on the rear. Most thru axles do give you the option to move it where you would like. in my mind max safety would be straight up on the front and in between the stays on the rear. Hope this helps!
Park Tool. That was very helpful. Thank you very much!
I am so mechanically challenged! How do I know what kind of brakes I have?
Is there anyone out there who makes house calls? I cannot figure this out on my own.
Straight to the point 👏👌
Thanks for the great video!
how'd you get superdave to narrate?
Can't find that button that locks it in place
Any issue with removing the wheel with the bike upside down?
No issues there. upside down works great!
very educational! good job. makes it look so easy
thanks this really helped me with my repco mountain bike
Is it fine if it flexes the rear triangle and front fork?
ZMan99999 no flex should happen. Loosen quick release tension
Do I have to remove the breaks I can but it's annoying
There are only a few bike designs that require brakes to be removed. You should be able to get the wheel in and out with brakes in place.
very helpful. thanks much.
Hey, great video only downside are the ads
Good video as always from Park Tool, BUT you didn't show how to do it on the thru-axles were you are supposed to use a hex wrench key.
Screw it in and tighten to indicates torque spec.
What does gcn say to close the skewer spin the skewer handle until tight open it then turn the nut a little bit and close it. even my manual says to keep it open tighten the nut then close it with the handle never mentioning to spin the handle so what is the correct way I really don't want to damage a pair of carbon fiber forks
The two methods are achieving the same outcome and can both be used. This is a Goldilocks type adjustment.... not too tight, not too loose. Whether turning the handle or the nut you are doing the same thing. Give it a few practice try's and you'll get the hang of it nice and quickly.