quick release installation

If it's a Tacx trainer, all they really need is a reasonably large knob at the end of the axle. I'd try doubling up on the axle nuts first, see if that provides enough engagement.

Otherwise you can't just "install a quick release system", they require a special axle for the skewer to run through. It is possible to replace one type of axle with another, but it takes some skill and tools.

If you really have to have a Q/R wheel I fear that you might be up against quite a few issues. The Pista probably has a narrower drop out spacing than those wheels that usually comes with Q/Rs require, so finding another wheel with the right configuration might not be that easy.

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I have a Bianci Pista and just bought a trainer so i can ride indoors during the winter. My wheels don't use a quick release...they just bolt in, but the trainer only attaches to a wheel with a quick release. Do I have to buy a whole new wheel, or can I install a quick release system?

The trainer's mounting mechanism should clamp down on a solid axle rear wheel as readily as it does on a quick release wheel ...

So, I doubt that you will need to change the wheel ... BUT, you will want to change the tire because trainers will shred a normal road tire ...

In the past, I have recommended the use of an OLD, non-roadworthy tire ... others have commented on how the resultant dust can be a nuisance.

CONTINENTAL makes a special tire whose compound is optimized for use with a trainer.

BTW. It could just be me, but I have never had a trainer (beginning with "Wind" trainers a few decades ago) whose resistance matched riding on the road ... so, you may find that you'll want to fit your bike with a really large (56t, or larger) chainring + as small a cog as you can find (e.g., a threaded 13t from an "old" Shimano 8-speed cassette if you can't find a Track Cog).

just change the bolt on skewer for a quick release skewer. a track bike ( "Pista" ) needs a shorter axle in the back. Trainers mounting mechanism's can be tricky... sometimes you need to change the " nut " of the skewer to match the trainer mounting system,

Once i did just the contrary on the front hub, i took a road quick release hub and converted into a bolt on track hub

lets hope you have a magnetic trainer so you can manually change resistance, since you have just 1 gear on the Pista.

thanks everyone....

the mounting mechanism is designed to fit the ends of a quick release. sounds like i'll have to find nuts to put on the ends of my axle that will fit it....is anything like that available?

take your wheel to the bicycle store and ask them to help you out. if their nut fits your axle's thread, then just buy 2 quick-release skewers and take out the 2 nuts you need. The oval shape nuts from Mavic fit the best in my experience. Be aware that you cannot ride outside with such a setup because the axle is going to be a bit loose to your bike, for that you need to undo the changes.

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just change the bolt on skewer for a quick release skewer.

And what is a bolt on skewer?

or bolt-on axle, meaning a track hub axle with bolts system, sorry...

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the mounting mechanism is designed to fit the ends of a quick release. sounds like i'll have to find nuts to put on the ends of my axle that will fit it....is anything like that available?

Okay, let me try this again by asking ...

• Did YOU try to mount your bike in the trainer, yet?
  

I'm going to guess that you haven't because unless there is something peculiar about your trainer, a "TRACK" hub will fit unless you are using Wingnuts to secure the wheel in the bike's frame.

The Rear Hub's AXLE NUTS should (will!) nest in the "cups" that normally hold the ends of a skewer -- I just checked, BTW.

they don't at least in an " Elite " trainer, i did try with my track bicycle, if you force it you will damage the trainer's cups and/or the axle bolts.

@ alfeng...my wheel is secured to the frame with simple nuts that are significantly smaller than the cones that the trainer uses to mount a bike.

Okay ...

That's really unfortunate.

IMO, you should consider lacing up a 700c wheel for use with your trainer rather than swapping the axle.

If you have-or-get a vintage Campagnolo OR Shimano rear hub (there are other brands, of course!) which uses a Freewheel, then you can narrow it to 120mm from 126mm (which is its probable, current size) AND THEN lace the 700c rim of your choice to it ...

• you may need to buy different spacers to adjust the left-right flange spacing
  

With a Campagnolo Nuovo Record hub, if you center the hub flanges for a 120mm spaced hub, then the chainline should be close to "correct" when using a BMX (ACS) Freewheel.