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Subject:Re: Putting on tires: three hands
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:53:19 -0500

---- Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I stick the wheel on so it's center opening is on the hub, then rotate it
> and the hub until a wheel hole lines up with a hub hole on the right side.
> (I'm right handed.)  Then I just hold wheel with one hand, you don't have
> to hold it up, the hub is carrying the weight.  Once you get that one bolt
> in, rotate wheel so that hole is at the top.  Then all the other holes are
> pretty much lined up.  It's pretty easy.

Not for all of us.  I struggle, as clearly others have or they would not have found all the contortions they use.  And not all us old codgers can contort so easily any more, despite regular workouts.

>
> Edward

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David McNeely