http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Clicky freehub en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:42:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63192 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:34:11 +0000 Tom 63192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>steveo: <em>"not sure how catastrophic that would be..."</em></p> <p>Pretty catastrophic if the failure is just as you set off and you're out the saddle pressing down on the pedal at the top of the stroke. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63185 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:59:42 +0000 Dave 63185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good luck! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63182 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:19:38 +0000 Stepdoh 63182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks gents. Very gracious. I'll see how far I get on the old one. And how tonight's second interview goes. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63165 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:36:28 +0000 Instography 63165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it's only to see you over a short period, I have a spare 8 speed wheel you can borrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63164 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:32:57 +0000 Grahamn 63164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you think your freehub is about to go , and you<code>ll know it</code>s gone as you<code>ll have no drive , a handy tip is to carry a couple of long cable tie</code>s with you at all times to zip tie your cassette onto your spokes , at least it`ll get you home if nothing else.</p> <p>It<code>s not a difficult job to replace if you</code>ve got a cassette remover and a chain whip to remove the cassette then it`s just a case of an 8mm (i think) allen key to remove the freehub and the new one just screws in normally </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63154 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:46:03 +0000 steveo 63154@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Most likely failure will be pawls break and won't engage so you won't be able to pedal, not sure how catastrophic that would be...</p> <p>If you've got time crack the bearing races open and check if they're dry or knackered that will at least confirm that its the freewheel and not the hub bearings.</p> <p>I've probably got an 8spd 26" wheel in my dads loft you could use if it does get any worse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63151 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:38:47 +0000 Stepdoh 63151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yeah, i'm kind of in... Just. One. More. Month. mood at the moment. Whether that actually bears our of not is another matter.</p> <p>Just worried about the risk of catastrophailure with coxwean aboard. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63141 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:14:18 +0000 steveo 63141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could be one of the ratchet pawls not fully disengaging. Mine has been doing it for a while now, irritating but not enough to make me change it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63137 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:10:14 +0000 crowriver 63137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be. As reported elsewhere, the rear hub on my Raleigh Pioneer had two bearing split in half like dried peas when Eastside looked into it.</p> <p>Worth taking to the LBS, I reckon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5909#post-63111 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:51 +0000 Stepdoh 63111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My freehub is making a regular clicking sound when I'm freewheeling, only when there's a weight on it or its travelling at speed. </p> <p>Is it the bearings going? </p>