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I've just changed my job and have decided to commute 2 or 3 times a week on a singlespeed road bike. Decided on a Day One Disc and I'm going to change to Marathon Plus' tyres but the daft question I have is to do with fitting the rear wheel. It comes fitted with track bolts which are fine but if I get a puncture do I just carry a spanner with me or is there a different tool/can a QR of some sort be fitted?
Cheers chaps/chapess's
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I have a QR on my singlespeed rear wheel and it works OK, but you'd probably need chain tug(s) if you don't have them already and depending on the type they might need a spanner.
If you have mudguards you might need to release them to get the wheel out, which in my case means an Allen key so you'd still want some tools handy.
My SS has QR but it also has vertical dropouts and a tensioner. Don't know what a Day One has but if it's vertical then no issues at all, if it's horizontal make sure you can do the QR up pretty tight!
You'll need to carry a spanner. More importantly, given that the spanner you carry will be shorter than the ones that you have in your workshop so make sure that you use the shorter spanner when fitting the wheel at home. You don't want to tighten the nuts as hard as you can with a big spanner and then try to loosen them with a small one. DAHIKT 🙂
Cheers guys, horizontal drop outs so it sounds like I'm better off sticking with nuts.
Mr Salmon - thanks for the pointer, had,'t thought about guards getting in the way!
drofluf - that could have been embarrassing re spanner length!!
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This is IMHO the best fixie/singlespeed tool, comes with wingnuts to fit to bottle cage mounts.
Only use QR if its what your wheel comes with. not worth changing.
Also I ran a slime inner tube in my commuter, worth the extra weight.
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I run a Surly Tug nut with a hex key QR without any problems on my 1x1 (horizontal dropouts) - that way I don't need to carry any tools that I wouldn't be carrying anyway and the hex key gives some extra security. If you wanted to do this you'd need to swap out the axle on your rear wheel for a hollow one first.
If you don't want the faff then just get a Surly Jethro Tule or similar as above. If you're carrying spare tubes etc it's really not going to be all that much extra to lug around.
Marathon Plus tyres are pretty robust in any case so punctures should be pretty few and far between.