Rear hub problems on a cold morning!!!!!
joe boy
Posts: 53
Hello everyone,
This morning, after having just finished a 12 hour night shift i set off home on my usual 8 mile ride home. It was still dark, very cold and and my bike had a good layer of ice over it.
This was not a problem except for the fact that when less than a mile down the road the rear hub just gave up, the ratchet seemed to have gone. :shock:
There was nothing doing and i finnaly decided that i had to run pushing the bike, or i would freeze to death on the side of the road.
Now hear comes the annoying part. When i later tryed to explain how heroic i'd been to my girlfriend, in not wimping out and getting her up at the arsehole of dawn to come and get me, i went to spin my cranks and it seemed to work fine again.
Could it have been that ice got into the hub and caused the problem then later defrosted? Or is this a problem that is gonna come back to haunt me, and i should get a new wheel?
Pls let me know what you think,
Cheers Joe
This morning, after having just finished a 12 hour night shift i set off home on my usual 8 mile ride home. It was still dark, very cold and and my bike had a good layer of ice over it.
This was not a problem except for the fact that when less than a mile down the road the rear hub just gave up, the ratchet seemed to have gone. :shock:
There was nothing doing and i finnaly decided that i had to run pushing the bike, or i would freeze to death on the side of the road.
Now hear comes the annoying part. When i later tryed to explain how heroic i'd been to my girlfriend, in not wimping out and getting her up at the arsehole of dawn to come and get me, i went to spin my cranks and it seemed to work fine again.
Could it have been that ice got into the hub and caused the problem then later defrosted? Or is this a problem that is gonna come back to haunt me, and i should get a new wheel?
Pls let me know what you think,
Cheers Joe
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Hi Joe Boy
had the very same problem a couple of winters ago - lost all drive on a very cold morning. Tried tapping the cassette to see if it would free up - no luck. Eventually sorted it out by spraying Teflon lube into the cassette with the bike layed over on its side. This freed the stuck pawls and hey presto it worked. I can only imagine water in the cassete froze and stopped the pawls engaging. Any body else got any suggestions?0 -
Yep, they can freeze! Usually has to be bloody cold though. Usual fix is to have a slash on it.0
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It was bloody cold!! Although it took ages to get home i was actually warmer running. Hopefully i won't need to get a new hub then.
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P.S. if you think i'm getting the old chap out in those temps think again!!!0
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you could look at getting some new grease pumped through it. this would displace the water...."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
Could also be the bearings in the driver as if these start to go, now and then the driver doesn't engage. Give it a few minutes and then driver will engage fine. If it happens again this could be the problem.DMR Sidekick
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