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Step 2  Un-box The Ascent Bike Trainer Stand 

The Ascent Trainer  stand comes packaged in a plastic bag with an upper and lower Styrofoam block.  Keep the box because you can use it to ship the pedal power generator later after you are done. 

Road bike or Mountain bike with "Quick Release" axle

The Ascent bike stand is supposed to work with a road bike or mountain bike that has the quick release  lever.    You know the kind that doesn't require you to use a wrench to remove your bike tires.  You can get it to work with a regular bike axle that has nuts on each end, but the risk is that the stand may release the bike when you are riding it and cause personal injury.

NOTE!!   It does NOT work with a beach cruiser type bike which is a bike with a single rear gear.  This is because the axle is too short on a one gear bike.