Hauled my bike out of the barn to begin my commute to work this morning and low and behold, I can spin my pedals in BOTH directions! No wheel drive!
We're expecting 2-3 inches of snow this afternoon so rather than swap out the rear studded knobby for my Avocet cross, I opted for the 4WD truck.
What happened??? It was fine when I arrived home Friday night through the 3-4 inches of snow that piled up then.
My suspicion is the gear pawls in the freewheel hub froze closed. Perhaps I backpedaled a bit on arriving at the barn door on Friday night, and the pawls will not click out to engage.
I'm going to try and leave the bike in a warm place over night tonight and see if I have gears back again tomorrow morning. This has never happened to me before. I don't think anything is actually broken.
Stephen Harding <[email hidden]> spake thusly on or about Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:12:36 UTC
-> What happened??? It was fine when I arrived home Friday night through -> the 3-4 inches of snow that piled up then. -> -> My suspicion is the gear pawls in the freewheel hub froze closed. -> Perhaps I backpedaled a bit on arriving at the barn door on Friday -> night, and the pawls will not click out to engage. -> I suspect you are right. you might want ot use a lighter grease or even an oil in the winter. -- I hurt before the ride so fibro gives me a head start on the rest of the pack. silver lining? [email hidden]
Stephen Harding <[email hidden]> spake thusly on or about Mon, 10 Feb
-> What happened??? It was fine when I arrived home Friday night through -> the 3-4 inches of snow that piled up then. -> -> My suspicion is the gear pawls in the freewheel hub froze closed. -> Perhaps I backpedaled a bit on arriving at the barn door on Friday -> night, and the pawls will not click out to engage. -> I suspect you are right. you might want ot use a lighter grease or even an oil in the winter.
Wierd that this problem didn't occur last week or the week before when temps hit 0-ish (F) and below.
Must have something to do with the snow accumulating in the cluster.
Stephen Harding <[email hidden]> spake thusly on or about Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:36:41 UTC
-> Wierd that this problem didn't occur last week or the week before when -> temps hit 0-ish (F) and below. -> -> Must have something to do with the snow accumulating in the cluster. -> ->
If I am going to have problems it usually happens after it has gotten near or above freezing for a day or two then drops again. My son managed to freeze his chain quite well when we went from 3C to -30C over night. two minutes with a heat gun and we were rolling again.... though he was still mad that I laughed.
-- I hurt before the ride so fibro gives me a head start on the rest of the pack. silver lining? [email hidden]
As a temporary "get back" repair, you can convert the hub to a fixed gear by stuffing twigs, shoelace or weeds between the spokes and the biggest cog. Then the bike will go whichever way you pedal.
"Stephen Harding" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Hauled my bike out of the barn to begin my commute to work this morning and low and behold, I can spin my pedals in BOTH directions! No wheel drive!
We're expecting 2-3 inches of snow this afternoon so rather than swap out the rear studded knobby for my Avocet cross, I opted for the 4WD truck.
What happened??? It was fine when I arrived home Friday night through the 3-4 inches of snow that piled up then.
My suspicion is the gear pawls in the freewheel hub froze closed. Perhaps I backpedaled a bit on arriving at the barn door on Friday night, and the pawls will not click out to engage.
I'm going to try and leave the bike in a warm place over night tonight and see if I have gears back again tomorrow morning. This has never happened to me before. I don't think anything is actually broken.
SMH
-----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- newsfeed.comnewsfeed.comOpen ↗ The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =-----
