I've been advised in the past to be careful if your freewheel or freehub isn't clicking. The clicking sound means that that spring- loaded pawls are engaging with teeth inside the mechanism. It's the pawls engaging with the inner teeth that makes the bike go when you pedal forward.
Back when we would inject grease into our freewheels (there was a special grease fitting you could buy), we were told to ride carefully during the blissfully quiet period with fresh grease to avoid stripping the pawls. --Eric Norris Sent from my iPhone 3G On Jan 26, 2009, at 3:36 PM, k5osx <k5o...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a phil 'riv' hub with an IRD freewheel. One thing that I've > noticed when out > riding is that when I'm coasting, there is no click-click-click sound. > Is this a > function of the hub, or the freewheel? And does it indicate a well > lubricated > hub or freewheel, or will this be a life-long characteristic? > > It is nice to be able to ride silently, but no longer can I pedal > backwards to > announce my presence to pedestrians. > > thanks, > robert > > > > --Eric Norris Sent from my iPhone 3G --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
