Putting a tougher set of wheels on your bike for riding in winter will save your summer wheelset from the salt, grit and grime of the off-season months, helping to make your most expensive racing hoops last longer.
If you're a beginner, and you're thinking of changing your wheels for the first time, here's how to do just that in five easy steps.
1. Remove your front wheel
Let's get the easy one out of the way. To remove your front wheel, open the front brake caliper's quick-release (QR) – usually situated just below where the cable enters the brake – then flip the wheel's QR lever and unscrew the nut at the other end, until the wheel is loose enough to drop out.
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Most forks come with safety tabs to avoid accidental releases these days, so make sure the QR skewer can clear these or remove the lever entirely, taking care not to lose the two small springs that sandwich between the ends of the skewer and the hub.
For those with thru-axles, the job's only marginally more difficult – simply flip the lever like you would for a 'regular' quick-release (see above), then rotate anti-clockwise until it comes loose from the fork.
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2. Then remove the rear wheel
3. Transfer those tyres
4. Swap over your cassette
5. Fit the winter wheels
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