So when will Gerard (of Cervelo fame) finally post or share his video (or still photo slideshow)?
This is the promised demo video of the miraculous, grease-free, and ultra fast wheel removal (and wheel intallation) technique that we can all use on his “track” dropout bikes (i.e., the P3, P2K, etc.)?
you beat me to it. thanks for reposting, Greg/ORD.
i know many a folk looking for this prized video. let’s keep this at the top.
mr. vroomen, any progress?
This would be nice to see.
I love Cervelo - been riding one for years. I have a huge amount of respect for Gerard. However, that is one thing that I need to have an explanation for and a bit of a clinic on - fast and clean rear wheel removal/replacement with the track drop-outs. Not for my bike - it’s an Erye Road with regular, real dropouts - it’s for my girlfriends P3. I seem to manage to mangle the process some how and there is grease and dirt everywhere. With my bike, I can do it clean.
Gerard, please give us the goods.
Fleck
This is something I can actually do!!! Well, almost grease-free (but it would help if I kept my bike really clean). Sorry, I can’t explain it though. My friend made me practice it about 100 times (both on and off) last fall prior to my IM race. He (my friend, a P3 rider) can get it on and off fast and clean.
clm
You know, I thought it was just me. 15 years of racing and riding bikes and, when I got my new QR frame this year, I can’t for the life of me figure out how the hell to change a wheel.
I had the “Rae Dawn Chong” technique down pat, but these backwards dropouts have me stumped.
I sent Gerard a message, so perhaps we’ll get some interesting info one of these days.
It’s not that hard, and I just touch the chain with one finger. Put chain on the small chainring and the small cog. Flip the brake calipers open. Loosen the quick release. While standing behind the bike, hook your right index finger under the chain about 2 inches in front of the cassette (top part of chain). Pull back on the chain so that your finger goes up and over the cassette, and pull the chain about 2 inches past the cassette (there will be plenty of slack to do this, since you are in small ring, small cassette). The chain will be off the cog now. Slide the wheel straight back and out of the drop outs.
To re-install, do somewhat of the reverse. (Frankly, when I first got my P3 I had a tougher time re-installing). Hook chain with finger, pull it back, put the cassette about 2 inches in front of your finger, and let the chain wrap around the small cog. Now the chain will be looped around the small caog, and then you just let the whole thing slide forward into the dropout. Tighten the QR, close the calipers.
Thanks for the info, but I am told that it is possible to do WITHOUT touching the chain–that is what I would like to know…
I do it without touching the chain, although it might be a little faster if you touch it with one finger.
Small ring and smallest cog. Pull wheel straight back, far enough that the cogset clears rear der. and everything else. Move wheel down to get under the der. and towards the bike then move the wheel left to clear it from the chain.
Installation is the reverse. Do it fast and it works. If you think about it or try and do it gently it will take forever and involve grease on multiple body parts.