I know, sounds ridiculous as it is. I've been triathlon/road cycling for a decade now, and have had a road and tri bike nearly that whole time.
Despite all this time, I still have an annoyingly hard time putting on the rear wheel of my ROAD bike. With normal vertical dropouts, nothing fancy. I do have a Powertap on the back, but I don't think it should make it that much harder. It takes me anywhere between 2 and 10 minutes (!!) to get that rear wheel on, and I have no idea why.
I've watched nearly all the Youtube videos out there, including GPLama's wintery one where his rear wheel pops right on in a second. Mine never does that!
I'm fairly certain I'm doing the main steps right - including the key shifting to the smallest size cog in the back as well as pulling the RD backwards, and it eventually goes, but more often than not, the wheel just won't drop fully into place. It gets really close, but I have to mess with it randomly until it suddenly drops in. More often than not, it's catching on the lip of the non-drive side PT hub.
Any tips/tricks you've learned to make this less annoying for me would be appreciated!
(Ironically, my TT-style horizontal dropout Cervelo bike is an absolute cinch to change out the rear - THAT I can do in literally seconds. Especially with a waxed chain which means I can grab the chain to pull it back.)
Despite all this time, I still have an annoyingly hard time putting on the rear wheel of my ROAD bike. With normal vertical dropouts, nothing fancy. I do have a Powertap on the back, but I don't think it should make it that much harder. It takes me anywhere between 2 and 10 minutes (!!) to get that rear wheel on, and I have no idea why.
I've watched nearly all the Youtube videos out there, including GPLama's wintery one where his rear wheel pops right on in a second. Mine never does that!
I'm fairly certain I'm doing the main steps right - including the key shifting to the smallest size cog in the back as well as pulling the RD backwards, and it eventually goes, but more often than not, the wheel just won't drop fully into place. It gets really close, but I have to mess with it randomly until it suddenly drops in. More often than not, it's catching on the lip of the non-drive side PT hub.
Any tips/tricks you've learned to make this less annoying for me would be appreciated!
(Ironically, my TT-style horizontal dropout Cervelo bike is an absolute cinch to change out the rear - THAT I can do in literally seconds. Especially with a waxed chain which means I can grab the chain to pull it back.)