http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Wheel /casstte swapping? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:41:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247772 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:31:58 +0000 crowriver 247772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think it will be a huge problem unless the cogs are really badly worn, which is probably unlikely? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247771 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:48:11 +0000 gembo 247771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Two different bikes sounds like the solution? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247762 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:43:03 +0000 wingpig 247762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A chain significantly newer than the teeth it's supposed to drive will skip. If that would be a problem then it's only five minutes to swap the cassettes, depending on how glaggy they are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247760 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:30:48 +0000 stiltskin 247760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If there is only light wear you can normally get away with it. Once the drivetrain has been used a lot then you get problems sticking a new cassette into the system. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247759 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:28:39 +0000 chdot 247759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"there might be an issue with the chain and different cassettes, with different levels of wear"</p> <p>True, but <em>if</em> bikes get similar use unlikely to be much of a problem.</p> <p><em>Might</em> encourage you to replace chains before everything else wears too much. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17648#post-247758 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:17:47 +0000 SRD 247758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>MrSrd and I seem to have been given different advice at different points. Would appreciate your collective wisdom. </p> <p>Are there issues that make swapping wheels on and off a bike a problem? </p> <p>MiniSrd's been doing go-ride and MrSrd ends up swapping her cross tyres for road tyres frequently. tonight we were in a rush, and I suggested that instead of swapping her tyres, he just put my wheels (with cross tyres on), onto her bike (they're both 700). </p> <p>We'd similarly been discussing buying a second set of wheels, so as to make life easier generally (as folk do with spiked tyres etc). </p> <p>But MrSrd thought that he'd been advised not to do this - that there might be an issue with the chain and different cassettes, with different levels of wear. (Maybe he'll come along and explain this better). </p> <p>Anyway, is there any reason we should swap tyres rather than wheels? </p>