Help: How to swap rear tyre on a Dahon Vitesse DH7

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Hi Guys,

FIrst of all, i hope am posting this in the right place

I got my Dahon Vitesse a long time ago (it's been nearly 5 years now) and as incredible as it may sound, i had a total of 2 rear tyre punctures in this period (and i cycle in London!).
The thing is as the punctures were quite nicely spaced in time, i always managed to fix them around the dates of the bike servicing that i got for free when i bought it.
Too bad that i was allowed 2 full services, now am off, and last week i got puncture number 3.

Problem is that i can't, for the life of me, understand how the whole rear hub is supposed to come out in order to replace the tyre (it is a pretty complicated mechanism).

Could someone please point me in the right direction? Videos, manuals, whatever helps... i have done a lot of research but couldn't find anything useful until now.

BTW, for those who don't know, this is the bike

CHEERS!!!

 

[Brommyboy]

Your only complication is the gear cable. This can be disconnected, so look on a Shimano site for the method. I assume it is the 7-speed Nexus, but, as Dahon keep changing their specifications and designs I leave that to you. Once disconnected, then you only have two wheel nuts to undo. Note carefully how the anti-rotation washers go before pulling the wheel out. These must go back in the same places, as they stop the axle from rotating in the drop outs. The chain is unhooked from its sprocket once the wheel is out, unless you have rear facing drop outs, in which case it must come off the front chain ring first. After that you should able to fix the puncture. The wheel is replaced in the reverse order.

 

[robgul]

It's not that difficult to remove the tyre, pull the tube out and patch it in situ (with the wheel still in the frame) ....... saves the faff of taking the wheel out and the potential issues with the gear cable etc. You can do it with the bike upside down, or better in a workstand. You say "replace the tyre" .... if you really mean that then you, obviously, need to take the wheel out!!