Do you check your tyres for debris?

[Petrichorwheels]

I do give the tyres a once over when I have the wheels removed for cleaning. As I have full mudguards it's hard to get at the tyres to see them while the wheels are on the bike.

Does your bike object if you turn it over?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Does your bike object if you turn it over?

I never turn my bike over.
That is a sin against god and against man.
(And all the crap would fall out of my rack pack)

 

[C R]

Does your bike object if you turn it over?

Turning a bike over? The rules, man, the rules .

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Turning a bike over? The rules, man, the rules .

i'm just wondering how certain jobs are done on a bike if never turned over/abused.
How do you get the wheels out - sweet-talk it to handing them over.

 

[Mo1959]

Never turned my bikes upside down either. My brain doesn't compute doing things upside down.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Never turned my bikes upside down either. My brain doesn't compute doing things upside down.

never wondered what's underneath?
Do you crawl under it? - sounds far more perverse to me.

 

[vickster]

never wondered what's underneath?
Do you crawl under it? - sounds far more perverse to me.

Guessng lay it on its side or put on a stand?
personally I just turn my bikes over for wheel removal!

 

[T4tomo]

i'm just wondering how certain jobs are done on a bike if never turned over/abused.
How do you get the wheels out - sweet-talk it to handing them over.

Have you seen race team mechanics turn bikes over when they change someones wheel? (or rather when they used to change someone's wheel pre disc brakes and thru axles, now they just throw the spare bike at them).

 

[Dogtrousers]

i'm just wondering how certain jobs are done on a bike if never turned over/abused.
How do you get the wheels out - sweet-talk it to handing them over.

I've never had the least problem removing/replacing wheels - or indeed any other job - with the bike the right way up. Can't think of a job that would require it. Maybe polishing the underside of the BB.

My aversion to turning it over comes from the days of brake levers with the cable coming out the top. Turn that over and you risk putting a kink into the inner cable and the callipers won't release - giving you brake-rub.

Now I have brifters that cost a bazillion pounds and don't want to scuff them up.

 

[C R]

I've never had the least problem removing/replacing wheels - or indeed any other job - with the bike the right way up. Can't think of a job that would require it. Maybe polishing the underside of the BB.

My aversion to turning it over comes from the days of brake levers with the cable coming out the top. Turn that over and you risk putting a kink into the inner cable and the callipers won't release - giving you brake-rub.

Now I have brifters that cost a bazillion pounds and don't want to scuff them up.

How do you manage out on the road? I use a stand at home, but if I have a puncture when out and about the only way I can see to avoid damaging the rear derailleur when taking out the rear wheel is to up end the bike, there's always a grassy verge that will be kind to the brifters.

 

[T4tomo]

How do you manage out on the road? I use a stand at home, but if I have a puncture when out and about the only way I can see to avoid damaging the rear derailleur when taking out the rear wheel is to up end the bike, there's always a grassy verge that will be kind to the brifters.

either lay it on its non derailleur side on the verge after wheel removal, hang it by it handlebars over a convenient gate, or hand it to your riding buddy and say hold that...

 

[ianrauk]

either lay it on its non derailleur side on the verge after wheel removal, hang it by it handlebars over a convenient gate, or hand it to your riding buddy and say hold that...

This ^^^
It makes me cringe every time I see someone changing a tube with the bike upside down on its saddle and bars,

 

[Petrichorwheels]

I've never had the least problem removing/replacing wheels - or indeed any other job - with the bike the right way up. Can't think of a job that would require it. Maybe polishing the underside of the BB.

My aversion to turning it over comes from the days of brake levers with the cable coming out the top. Turn that over and you risk putting a kink into the inner cable and the callipers won't release - giving you brake-rub.

Now I have brifters that cost a bazillion pounds and don't want to scuff them up.

ah - should have said - flat bar rider here - and the bar ends keep anything delicate (mounts etc) nicely clear of the ground. Flat-bar easier in so many ways.

 

[C R]

This ^^^
It makes me cringe every time I see someone changing a tube with the bike upside down on its saddle and bars,

Laying on the side has a much larger contact area, and hence a much bigger chance of scratching something.

 

[ianrauk]

Laying on the side has a much larger contact area, and hence a much bigger chance of scratching something.

Never had to lay the bike on its side either. Leant gently against or hung on wall, post, bench or such like has always worked for me.