frame backwards?

[DebW]

Maybe you mean the fork is backwards? ie. the handlebars were tightened 180 degrees out of line. If so, your brake will be behind the fork instead of in front of it.

[Kim1976]

Maybe you mean the fork is backwards? ie. the handlebars were tightened 180 degrees out of line. If so, your brake will be behind the fork instead of in front of it.

Sorry, I think it is the fork... Bike parts are foreign to me. My husband used to work in a bike shop on the weekends back home, and he even doesn't know what is wrong, which kind of boggles me, considering he can fix his own! Oh well .. We are going to take it in. Here is the picture I took earlier today..

[violetpurl]

Your fork is backwards!

[maillotpois]

i am only looking at a small photo on my phone and the fork sure looks backward to me. who put it back together?

[TsPoet]

Pretty bike, though, once you get that fork worked out, you'll have a nice ride.

[Kim1976]

My husband put it back! But, he doesn't know how it got that way... I wish I had taken a before picture .. The only thing I can think of is when the movers packed it up, they assembled it wrong!

I wish I could fix it, but my luck, I would screw it up & it would be in pieces??

This is my first bike since I was a kid, and I really, really like it! I have gotten up to 20 mph on it, and it rides really good.

[malkin]

You're going to like it way better with the fork the right way round!

[Kim1976]

You're telling me!!! Every time I go in the spare bedroom & see it, I just look at it and shake my head! I'd much rather ride than go to the gym!

[DebW]

All you have to do is loosen the stem bolt where the handlebars fit into the top of the fork (it's a threaded fork, so the headset adjustment won't be affected), rotate the fork back around (making sure the cables don't get tangled), realign the stem, and tighten it up again.