Gazelle (long shot) question

[DebW]

It's possible that the cable for your brakes came as a unit (wire, housing, pinch bolt, barrel adjuster) and doesn't come apart, as did the brake cables on my 1954 3-speed (there's a picture link in my 3-speed thread that shows both ends of that cable). The SA catalog picture shows a barrel adjuster on the housing end. Your bike doesn't have that. Is that an adjuster on the pinch-bolt end? If there is an adjuster, I'd say to screw it in all the way and then see if there is enough slack to remove the cable from the u-bolts. But in your case, if that is an adjuster, looks like it's already bottomed out. Another way to get cable slack would be to pull the cable off the brake lever. There should be a ferrule between the housing and lever that you can pull back and then slip the wire through the groove. The anchor end should also pull out through a groove.

[Triskeliongirl]

Do you need to release the brake to remove the wheel? Perhaps if you simply deflate the tire it can come out without releaseing the brakes.

[roadfix]

Unless you're replacing the tire or tube, another option is to simply pull out the tube and patching it the old fashioned way, without removing the wheel.

[Mimosa]

If you just want to patch the hole then leave the wheel in.

If you want the replace the inner or outer tube then pull back the brake lever at the drum. You then should be able to remove the part with the red stopper. Then pull out arms of the front wheel protector. Then you can pull the wheel out.

[Geonz]

I did it, I did it

One of the guys at www.bikejournal.com gave me directions (and annotated the picture even, tho' I didn't notice 'til I was done!). It still took forever (I blogged the whole process if you're totally bored) but now I think I could do it on the road.
Goign to swing by the bike shop with it anyway 'cause *something* is rattling, and everything is built in on that sweet little thing, so that shouldn't be. I charged on it into work this morning, though.

[Mimosa]

Aren't those good old dutch bikes the greatest.
Wait until the moment that you need the replace the rear tire ... that's just SO much fun with these bikes *not*

[Geonz]

YEa, my LBS guy thought that it was the rear and started talking chain case Those tires are pretty sturdy, though.