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disappointedwithqtek
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Hello,
researching my name looking for replies to a more recent post I came
across some replies to an earlier demand I hadn't yet taken into
account, hence this followup post.
Original post:
I can't sem to find the answer to a peculiar problem, that my local
bicycle repairman has been unable to fix.
Case in question is a MTB with ca. 2000 Deore XT. I had it in storage
for approximately three years while abroad (where my more recent bike
was stolen). Now when I ride it with my feet on the pedals, but without
actually pedalling, the rear wheel will rotate the chain forward which
doubles up on itself. This is very annoying, also because when I start
pedalling again, there is no immediate response, because the slack
chain has got to be reeled in first. If I roll forward and raise my
feet off the pedals, they will spin too (which they aren't supposed to
do). Oddly enough they don't spin if I just push the bike (no weight on
it).
The bike repairshop man says that due to the long storage duration, the
lubricant in the rear wheel bearings has become "resin-like" and
sticky, and he cannot fix it.
Do I need a whole new wheel? Suggestions please.
---
Thanks again for the several suggestions, that I should get a better
mechanic, and the explanations how to do the repair myself.
I tried #1 who wasn't at all enthusistic, told me that it would take 2
weeks (high season then) and cost EUR50 without guarantee that it would
work.
Doing it myself was beyond my capacities/tools. So I opted for option
3, buying a set of two new wheels incl hubs for EUR70, given also that
quite a few spokes were somewhat loose or bent. Sue enough the front
brake squeaks since, but otherwise fine now.
The last poster had been "thrown off" by the fact that the pedals/chain
would behave normally (ie not rotate) if the bike was merely pushed as
opposed to me sitting on it, rolling. In reply I would have to say,
that there was no further damage to the wheel or frame, and that the
bike had no supension. So why the occurence of the phenomenon was very
reproducibly load-related remains somewhat ill explained, but at any
rate I have gotten rid of the problem.
Thanks again,
Daniel
researching my name looking for replies to a more recent post I came
across some replies to an earlier demand I hadn't yet taken into
account, hence this followup post.
Original post:
I can't sem to find the answer to a peculiar problem, that my local
bicycle repairman has been unable to fix.
Case in question is a MTB with ca. 2000 Deore XT. I had it in storage
for approximately three years while abroad (where my more recent bike
was stolen). Now when I ride it with my feet on the pedals, but without
actually pedalling, the rear wheel will rotate the chain forward which
doubles up on itself. This is very annoying, also because when I start
pedalling again, there is no immediate response, because the slack
chain has got to be reeled in first. If I roll forward and raise my
feet off the pedals, they will spin too (which they aren't supposed to
do). Oddly enough they don't spin if I just push the bike (no weight on
it).
The bike repairshop man says that due to the long storage duration, the
lubricant in the rear wheel bearings has become "resin-like" and
sticky, and he cannot fix it.
Do I need a whole new wheel? Suggestions please.
---
Thanks again for the several suggestions, that I should get a better
mechanic, and the explanations how to do the repair myself.
I tried #1 who wasn't at all enthusistic, told me that it would take 2
weeks (high season then) and cost EUR50 without guarantee that it would
work.
Doing it myself was beyond my capacities/tools. So I opted for option
3, buying a set of two new wheels incl hubs for EUR70, given also that
quite a few spokes were somewhat loose or bent. Sue enough the front
brake squeaks since, but otherwise fine now.
The last poster had been "thrown off" by the fact that the pedals/chain
would behave normally (ie not rotate) if the bike was merely pushed as
opposed to me sitting on it, rolling. In reply I would have to say,
that there was no further damage to the wheel or frame, and that the
bike had no supension. So why the occurence of the phenomenon was very
reproducibly load-related remains somewhat ill explained, but at any
rate I have gotten rid of the problem.
Thanks again,
Daniel
