aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Mentioned: 511 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7348 Post(s)
Ooh, ooh, I have a good one. This is not the worst bike, but it lived among them. It was a Polish made child's bike with, I think, 16" wheels. The dropouts sloped the wrong way, so when you stood the bike up and went to tighten the axle nuts, the wheel would move forward in the dropouts. My boss taught me the ONLY way to put the wheel in.
OK, now picture this carefully.
Sit on the ground behind the bike. Your tush must be on the ground firmly.
Put both feet on pedals.
With one hand, pull the bike backwards, towards you.
With the other hand, tighten the axle nut.
Switch hands and repeat.
Oy.