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The aft wheel(s) of a bicycle or tricycle. In most bicycle designs, the rear wheel is the drive wheel but this is not always the case especially with recumbents and tricycles.

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I have a Shimano Deore FH-M530 rear wheel that wobbles side to side, emanating from the hub. I have tried replacing the wheel bearing, which has improved but unfortunately not fixed the problem. When ...
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Video of what it does when pressure is applied to pedals. I bought a used bike. Well I was given the bike paid for it to be delivered. The guy was giving it away cause the gear slips. I'm pretty sure ...
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Brand new Elite Drive 50 disc wheels on a Scott Addict RC15 bike (15 months old) Brand new chain and cassette. Gears are indexed perfectly. No clicking noise on the bike stand. Derailleur is rock ...
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The bearings in my rear hub (Giant OCR Zero with a Shimano hub) are quite worn out and need replacing. I took the hub apart to get the bearing size expecting them to be cartridge style bearings but ...
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I am an amateur tinkerer and usually true my wheels directly on the bike using the brakes mostly (flit it or lift it somehow). This time I have bought new wheels and decided to build a trueing stand ...
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I am trying to take off the magnet light holder from my rear wheel and this spring popped out when removing the red plastic screw and now I can't fit it back in. What is it for? Gears are SRAM S7
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So, the problem I've been having since 2022 has been building a rear wheel for my e-bike. I bought a QS 3kW hub motor from eBay and found out I needed to build it myself. I decided to buy a Spank 26&...
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Hi all I'm at a bit of loss trying to trouble shoot my Surly Long Haul Trucker.I recently bought it used about 3 months ago and then had a new chain and cassette installed. Commuting back from work ...
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WH-R550 has a Shimano freehub with 9 splines. The cassette is 9 speed, 11-25T, model CS-HG50-9. The wheel itself is a little buckled, I could probably attempt to tighten some spokes to improve the ...
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I am currently in the process of cleaning up the rear axle from dirt and excessive grease, legacy of the previous owner. I will be replacing a ball bearing and few other small components, but would ...
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My rear tire is ever so slightly loose - two millimeters at most, but noticeable. I experience this when I apply pressure at the top of the tire, like so: From the other side, there's no looseness at ...
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I'm turning my mom's old bike into a stationary one, I don't know much about bikes and have a few questions. Do I need a quick release skewer for the back wheel? Will something break if I don't have a ...
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Here is my bike: https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bikes/hybrid-bikes/fitness-bikes/fx/fx-1-disc/p/27987/ What appears to have happened is that the axle through my hub has sheared off due to some ...
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I'd like to re-apply grease in the ratchet mechanism of a Mavic freehub (the design is similar to DT Swiss and possibly other brands). The mechanism is very simple to unmount, most of the parts that ...
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With my bike, in the front I just push the axle all the way onto the front fork, then tighten it, perfectly centered and straight. With my rear wheel, it seems to be more complicated: there is some ...
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