I recently bought a new back wheel for my bike cos i'm a fat bugger and the old one buckled. Now my brakes and so on weren't in great shape so my local bike shop refused to change my wheel without fixing those too. Due to cashflow problems I couldn't do this and now I'm trying to change the wheel myself.
The only problem I'm having is taking the cogs from my old wheel (which work perfectly) and transferring them to my new one. How do I do this? I can transfer the tyre, inner tube, inner tape etc easy.
I recently bought a new back wheel for my bike cos i'm a fat bugger and the old one buckled. Now my brakes and so on weren't in great shape so my local bike shop refused to change my wheel without fixing those too. Due to cashflow problems I couldn't do this and now I'm trying to change the wheel myself.
The only problem I'm having is taking the cogs from my old wheel (which work perfectly) and transferring them to my new one. How do I do this? I can transfer the tyre, inner tube, inner tape etc easy.
It depends. There are a couple of different ways that the cogs are attached. Both, however, require special tools that you probably don't have. My advice is to take the wheel to your shop and see if they'll just take the cogs off for you.
Both, however, require special tools that you probably don't have
OK then, Thanks for the advice... Should I take both wheels and get them to put the cogs onto the new one too? I assume that these specialist tools are also required to do this too...
As has been mentioned if you don't anticipate doing any future maintenance it may be worth just having it done for you; but the tools aren't that much if you anticipate future use. $5-8 for a cassette or freewheel tool (has to be the proper style), about $9-12 for a chain whip. If it's a old screw-on freewheel you don't even need the latter.
