[brooksby]

This might be the wrong crowd  but does anyone have any tips on removing the rear wheel from a bike which has road & stirrup brakes, a full chaincase, and a Sturmey Archer three speed hub gears?  Need to patch a hole in the tube, and have no experience of doing that without taking the wheel off…

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[brooksby]

We didn’t go out for a ride

We didn’t go out for a ride yesterday (too darned hot), but rode it around the back garden for a bit and the tyres are still inflated this morning.

[Hirsute]

Hoping to read success on

Hoping to read success on this after the w/e.

[brooksby]

Oh don’t say that!

Oh don’t say that! 🙁

[Hirsute]

Yeah but will it still be up
Yeah but will it still be up tomorrow?

[brooksby]

Quick update: all sorted.

Quick update: all sorted. Removed the tube and just hung it out, pumped it up to find the hole, marked with chalk, did the thing with a traditional puncture repair kit… Found a thorn in the tyre which I removed.  The only hiccup was that there’s so little clearance between the rim and the brake pads on a rod and stirrup system that I had to take one pad off so I could wiggle the last bit of tube back in.

Took me twenty minutes, and that included shuffling the bikes in the shed so I could get this bike out!

[Hirsute]

Does your wife have the login

Does your wife have the login, as I’m not sure you will survive based on your posts in here !!

[chrisonabike]

Looking forward to reports

Looking forward to reports about how you’ve managed to bodge tubeless / carbon fork / 105 / wireless shifting on there.

[brooksby]

I just wanted to say thank

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s posted on here to help with my problem.

I’ll let you know after the weekend if the bike is up and running 

[brooksby]

ChasP wrote:

I’ve also  got an old Superbe, you don’t need to remove the whole chainguard there’s a removable section at the rear to allow wheel removal. I’ve also read(Although not done it myself) of mechanics just undoing one wheel nut and spreading the frame to remove the tyre.

I’ll have a look, thanks.  TBH having watched a couple of videos and read the blog post that Chris has linked upthread, I think I’ll have a go at patching the tyre without removing the wheel.  At the weekend, in case all goes pear-shaped…

[brooksby]

ChasP wrote:

Tyres are not uncommon, still used by dutch style bikes look for 650a or the etrto number 37-590, even sold by Decathlon.

Oh, is that 650A?  Didn’t realise: thank you.

[brooksby]

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Maybe see if you can contact the person on this channel for tips.

Thanks – I’ve already watched a few of their videos.

They have a thirty minute video on ‘the history of the Raleigh Superbe’ over a twenty odd year period: incredibly detailed.

[ChasP]

I’ve also  got an old Superbe

I’ve also  got an old Superbe, you don’t need to remove the whole chainguard there’s a removable section at the rear to allow wheel removal. I’ve also read(Although not done it myself) of mechanics just undoing one wheel nut and spreading the frame to remove the tyre.

[ChasP]

Tyres are not uncommon, still

Tyres are not uncommon, still used by dutch style bikes look for 650a or the etrto number 37-590, even sold by Decathlon.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Maybe see if you can contact

Maybe see if you can contact the person on this channel for tips.

 

[IanMSpencer]

I’ve done a few Dutch bikes
I’ve done a few Dutch bikes in my time and it is indeed a nightmare to remove – needs taking off the cover, undoing the gears, unstrapping the hub brake etc. Probably a nice hour off and on.

The theory is that if you can patch – patch. If you can locate the puncture, move it to the bottom, pop off a bit of the tyre, wrestle out the inner tube, patch and pray.

[Author]

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