Intermittent free-pedalling and free hub replacement
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:26 pm
Good evening guys -
Seeing that the hills of my commute is too much for my 21 gear Avanti, I bought a old-ish 2008 Giant Farrago with 27 Deore gears.
It was all good until one day the pedal seemed disengaged from the rear wheel (i.e. me pedaling, rear wheel not turning) as I was sprinting away from a red light, resulting in rather embarrassing and painful sight..
I initially thought the chain was slipping but I later found out I could not hear the clicking sounds as the wheel free spins, pointing towards problems in the freewheel / free hub.
I'm NOT an expert in bicycle mechanics in any way, but am I guessing the source of the problem correctly?
Does anyone have any experience in getting this fixed at any LBS? how much did it cost?
Thanks for reading through -
Seeing that the hills of my commute is too much for my 21 gear Avanti, I bought a old-ish 2008 Giant Farrago with 27 Deore gears.
It was all good until one day the pedal seemed disengaged from the rear wheel (i.e. me pedaling, rear wheel not turning) as I was sprinting away from a red light, resulting in rather embarrassing and painful sight..
I initially thought the chain was slipping but I later found out I could not hear the clicking sounds as the wheel free spins, pointing towards problems in the freewheel / free hub.
I'm NOT an expert in bicycle mechanics in any way, but am I guessing the source of the problem correctly?
Does anyone have any experience in getting this fixed at any LBS? how much did it cost?
Thanks for reading through -