Replacing front wheel when you have disc breaks

[onlineamiga]

Hi all,



I have the revolution country explorer. And I did the most stupid thing ever yesterday. I went on a nice bike ride, but took the bike in the car. After finishing the bike ride, i loaded the bike back into the car, got all my gear off it and drove home. When I came to take the bike back out of the car, I realised I had left the front wheel behind!! arghhhh! (i had to take the front wheel for it to fit in)


So i whizzed back (about 25 min drive) and bloody typically it had gone F**kin Pikey B*stards!
Its not the first time ive done that. Previously I left the bar bag behind too once doing the same thing. luckily the bar bag was empty, but that too had gone

So I'm on the hunt for a new wheel. Now I could ask Edinburgh Cycles to ship me one, but as I live in Spain its going to be timely process so im wondering if I can get one from a local Decathlon or something.


Now the bike has disc breaks. The question is, when you buy a wheel, does the disc cylinder bit come with the wheel? Or is that seperate? are there different sizes of these cylinders? If if its seperate do i need to ensure the wheel is for a disc break system? I guess i just need to make sure i get the right wheel.

Now, can someone tell me how the sizes work? My back wheel has no markings on it, but the tyre says: 28x1 1/4 x 1 3/4

Obviously I want to make sure the wheels match up already. I know 28 is the size of the wheel in inches. But im not sure what the 1/4 x 1 3/4 is.. is that the width somehow? If someone can confirm exactly what wheel size i should be looking for, that'd be great.


Cheers for your help as always guys... and remember Learn from My Mistake... Do a full walk around the car before driving off when youre loading a bike into it

 

[Globalti]

It's BRAKES not breaks.

Are you sure the wheel size is 28"? It should be 26", check again. If it is, you've no problem; any 26" front wheel with a disc should fit as long as the disc is the same diameter. Losing the front wheel is less of a disaster than losing the rear where you would have all kinds of things to worry about.

 

[onlineamiga]

Im pretty sure it said 28". The spec on the tyre on the website for the bike is: Continental, Sport Contact, 700 x 32c.

 

[Alien8]

Obviously I want to make sure the wheels match up already. I know 28 is the size of the wheel in inches. But im not sure what the 1/4 x 1 3/4 is.. is that the width somehow? If someone can confirm exactly what wheel size i should be looking for, that'd be great.

That's right, a tyre marked "A x B x C" means approximate (outer) diameter, height and width.

A tyre marked "A x B" means approximate (outer) diameter and width.


Rim width to tyre width is not an exact science but something like a range (rim to tyre width) of 1.5 to 2.0 will be fine.

See the CTC or Sheldon Brown for more finer details.

 

[Globalti]

OK, I've just Googled your bike and it's quite rare; it has 700 wheels and disc brakes. I doubt if you'll find that in Spain and TBH I doubt if anybody will be able to find a use for your wheel. Best contact the retailer who sold it to you to be sure of getting the right wheel and disc.

 

[Moodyman]

As advised above.

You need to buy:
1) 700c disc compatible wheel that can take 32mm tyres.
2) a 160mm disc rotor

Also, make sure it says 6 bolt* in the wheel and rotor description.

* The other option in centre lock which may be incopmatible with your system

 

[onlineamiga]

Thanks for the advice guys. I think i'll get Edinburgh Bicycle to ship me one down. I am such an idiot. its annoying coz i wanna get back out on the bike and now its probs gonna take a week or so for the wheel to arrive.

 

[Piemaster]

You need to buy:
1) 700c disc compatible wheel that can take 32mm tyres.
2) a 160mm disc rotor

Also, make sure it says 6 bolt* in the wheel and rotor description.

* The other option in centre lock which may be incopmatible with your system

Does it matter that much? So long as its a 700c wheel, the disc fits the hub (6-bolt or centre lock) it should be good to go. I've got 2 wheels for 1 of my bikes, a 6 bolt disc one and a dynohub with centre lock