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freewheel noise?
Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and then pedal
again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rear wheel from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seems to happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals hard again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it's the hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. |
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freewheel noise?
Callistus Valerius Wrote: Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and the pedal again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rear whee from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seems t happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals har again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it's th hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. It is the freehub. The pawl engagement mechanism is the trouble -- daveornee |
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freewheel noise?
Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and then
pedal again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rear wheel from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seems to happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals hard again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it's the hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. It is the freehub. The pawl engagement mechanism is the trouble. is there anyway to fix that? |
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Callistus Valerius Wrote: Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and then pedal again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rea wheel from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seem to happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals hard again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it' the hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. It is the freehub. The pawl engagement mechanism is the trouble. is there anyway to fix that? Sometimes removing the freehub or seal and dripping in some oil wil help. If you remove and replace the seal, you must exercise extrem care to not damage the seal. Another fix is to totally replace the freehub. Rolf may have used a Hugi hub with "start ratchet". You will need t do some research to match up the model with what is avaialble. wouldn't open it without a drawing and some documentation. Take a loo at the Hugi 240 and see if it is a match for your hub -- daveornee |
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Callistus Valerius wrote:
Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and then pedal again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rear wheel from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seems to happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals hard again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it's the hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. Does this really indicate that anything is seriously wrong? Does it hurt anything? |
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freewheel noise?
Rear wheel of a Rolf comp. When I pedal, and then coast, and then pedal again, I hear either a clank or a clunk. I switched the rear wheel from a 9 speed bike to an 8 speed bike, and hear the same noise. It seems to happen everytime, after I let up on the gas, and then hit the pedals hard again. Never happens when I'm in a constant pedaling motion. Maybe it's the hub, I don't know much about how the hub and freewheel interact. Does this really indicate that anything is seriously wrong? Does it hurt anything? It doesn't hurt the performance at all, so far. But these loud clunks and clanks, make the bike feel clunky, if you know what I mean. |
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is there anyway to fix that?
Sometimes removing the freehub or seal and dripping in some oil will help. If you remove and replace the seal, you must exercise extreme care to not damage the seal. Another fix is to totally replace the freehub. Rolf may have used a Hugi hub with "start ratchet". You will need to do some research to match up the model with what is avaialble. I wouldn't open it without a drawing and some documentation. Take a look at the Hugi 240 and see if it is a match for your hub. I'll look into that, thanks |
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freewheel noise?
Claudius Vitalis wrote:
Does this really indicate that anything is seriously wrong? Does it hurt anything? It doesn't hurt the performance at all, so far. But these loud clunks and clanks, make the bike feel clunky, if you know what I mean. Both my bikes do this. One is new and one is 5 yrs old. I thought it was normal. Thanks. |
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freewheel noise?
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:11:57 -0500, catzz66 wrote:
Claudius Vitalis wrote: Does this really indicate that anything is seriously wrong? Does it hurt anything? It doesn't hurt the performance at all, so far. But these loud clunks and clanks, make the bike feel clunky, if you know what I mean. Both my bikes do this. One is new and one is 5 yrs old. I thought it was normal. Thanks. It is. Or it may be. You can _make_ almost any of them do that, all it takes is an aggressive pedaling motion when you start. Normally I'd consider it user error and needlessly hard on the bike. The question is does it clunk when you pick up the pedals smoothly and ride with a bit of finesse? Ron |
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freewheel noise?
Or it may be. You can _make_ almost any of them do that, all it takes is
an aggressive pedaling motion when you start. Normally I'd consider it user error and needlessly hard on the bike. The question is does it clunk when you pick up the pedals smoothly and ride with a bit of finesse? Ron No, I'm doing it smoothly. The wheel has 12,000 miles on it, and it only started clunking, maybe the last 400 miles. |
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