Description
This essential kit includes everything you need to remove the rear wheel on your single-sided swingarm velomobile. Tools included are: axle bolt holder, rear wheel ratchet holder, and a bearing alignment tool.
Hub pawl ratchet holder for rear wheel of velomobiles with single-sided swingarms. The holder depresses the pawls so you can install the wheel. Once things are in place, you would then remove the ratchet holder. The small hole allows you to insert a piece of string or wire with which to remove the holder.
This design comes courtesy of NUeB from a remix of a design from RobertS in the german velomobile forum. If you have your own 3D printer, you can find the design on the Printables website Rear wheel ratchet holder – velomobile tool by NUeB | Download free STL model | Printables.com
The axle bolt holder tool firmly holds the bolt with a tension fit. The long handle makes it much easier to reach into the rear wheel well to insert the bolt. Inspired by a different design from NueB, which you can also located on Printables.
The bearing alignment tool allows you to more easily align the bearings before inserting the rear axle.
Used together, these three tools make reinstalling your rear wheel slightly less horrible (sorry, no bandaids included.) Don’t need the entire kit? You can also order each item separately below.
