http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: freehub - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:53:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12042#post-139739 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:33:17 +0000 TractorFactory 139739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was wondering if anyone here could provide any pointers. I thought I'd gotten pretty up to speed on overhauling my wheels that were cup and bearing types but had to replace my rear wheel a couple of months ago. I don't need to do this just now but the any information may come in useful in future.</p> <p>I was doing and wee mid winter gunk extraction so I took my wheel apart as far as possible. The new one is a Giant 700c 29er wheel on my commuter which has cartridge bearings. I worked out how to reveal these bearings, but in the event of replacement, I've no idea how to extract them.</p> <p>Additionally, on my old wheel, the free hub was screwed on using a large hex adaptor that fitted down the centre of the freehub. Simply a case of unscrewwing and replacing. This new one doesn't have any obvious through the middle unscrewing method.</p> <p>Anybody come across these and can point me in the right direction? Know of any specific tools I might need for it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9329#post-97750 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:01:22 +0000 TractorFactory 97750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On my commute in the other morning, my freewheel mechanism went. Something has crunched inside it and it's gone all clunky. Having just bought the bike new back in June, I've taken the wheel back to place of origin who've said they'll strip it down to find out what's gone wrong with it.</p> <p>I was wondering what other people's experience with this is. Have you ever had the freewheel mechanism fail on you and at what sort of time period or mileage?</p> <p>I do a fair bit of mileage (which I'll probably have to work out for when they get back to me), average 21 miles a working day. </p>