You don't put the wheel on the frame by pushing down on it with your weight. You need to spread the frame with your hands and then slide the wheel in.
3 mm means you just need to spread the frame by 1.5 mm on each side. It shouldn't require much force. You can see this by flexing the frame with your hands (with no wheel). Check with a ruler to see how small 1.5 mm is. The wheel may not go on the drive side too easily because your rear derailer (RD) is not aligned properly. Put your RD in the smallest cog in the rear cassette and put the chain onto the smallest cog before you try to slide it into the dropouts. If you don't do this already, then it's a great method for fixing flats. Toshi On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Michael Richters <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > I won't file it. But you're not listening. It is not okay. I can't > even get the wheel in by putting my weight on the bike. In order to > apply enough force to get it in there, I am likely to hurt myself > and/or drop the bike. It's not about damaging the dropouts. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
