Resolving the PITA job of putting the front wheel on!

[Mikerb]

I carry my bike in the van on a fork mount....a fixed one, not the one in the pic. That one is for standing the bike in the house. So first job when I get to the trail is to fit the front wheel. Dont like turning the bike upside down in the muck so it it is always a fiddle..mostly because the boost spacers need to be pushed in. So this is my solution!

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

All I used to do was flip the bike over so the handlebars are resting on the side of the van.

 

[Mikerb]

…...the forest car parks I mostly use are often just a series of deep puddles!!

 

[Gary]

WTAF?

your Levo looks a bit angry



When did putting a wheel in a fork become this difficult?
Seriously.

also... isn't the entire point in a mountainbiker having a van so that you can put your whole bike straight in?
My car can take TWO complete mtbs with both wheels on straight in easily.

 

[Mikerb]

My van also has a rack in it normally carrying 4 windsurf boards 4 masts 3 booms 6 sails etc etc!
Putting the front wheel on is fiddly because the boost spacers have to be pressed in to fit the fork.
ps "A" for a "actual"??

 

[Gary]

Yeah. Actual.