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On my ride yesterday, the freehub was sticking a bit and making jerking noises. Today I was removing the wheel and the cassette was properly torqued. The Chinese qujick release was very tight and luckily the Shamal quick release is getting here in the mail today. I think that the supertight quick release was jamming something up though it appeared normal. Can you think of any reason why this would have been acting this way?
I put a Specialized stem on the Colnago and torqued it properl. It has a large surface area and the catbon bar won't move. I discovered the Flite Max t0 be uncomfortable and replaced it with a short 3D sersion that works very well on the Time.
I expect it to ride normally except for the fast steering. The ride straightened the tires out on the rims so looking down it doesn't seem to have crooked rims.
On 10/6/2025 2:11 PM, cyclintom wrote:Thanks for the sujggestions.
On my ride yesterday, the freehub was sticking a bit and making jerking noises. Today I was removing the wheel and the cassette was properly torqued. The Chinese qujick release was very tight and luckily the Shamal quick release is getting here in the mail today. I think that the supertight quick release was jamming something up though it appeared normal. Can you think of any reason why this would have been acting this way?
I put a Specialized stem on the Colnago and torqued it properl. It has a large surface area and the catbon bar won't move. I discovered the Flite Max t0 be uncomfortable and replaced it with a short 3D sersion that works very well on the Time.
I expect it to ride normally except for the fast steering. The ride straightened the tires out on the rims so looking down it doesn't seem to have crooked rims.
As Mr Merriman noted, that's the cassette body (in one way
or another).
If the body runs freely in your fingers out of the bike,
could be an axle spacing/crossload problem. Could be
non-parallel frame faces, such that the axle flexes when the
skewer is tightened. Could be interference at the outer edge
of the lockring, frame touching lockring or some such.
Could even be a damaged seal which doesn't drag until the
skewer is closed.
On Mon Oct 6 14:24:42 2025 AMuzi wrote:
On 10/6/2025 2:11 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On my ride yesterday, the freehub was sticking a bit and making jerking noises. Today I was removing the wheel and the cassette was properly torqued. The Chinese qujick release was very tight and luckily the Shamal quick release is getting here in the mail today. I think that the supertight quick release was jamming something up though it appeared normal. Can you think of any reason why this would have been acting this way?
I put a Specialized stem on the Colnago and torqued it properl. It has a large surface area and the catbon bar won't move. I discovered the Flite Max t0 be uncomfortable and replaced it with a short 3D sersion that works very well on the Time.
I expect it to ride normally except for the fast steering. The ride straightened the tires out on the rims so looking down it doesn't seem to have crooked rims.
As Mr Merriman noted, that's the cassette body (in one way
or another).
If the body runs freely in your fingers out of the bike,
could be an axle spacing/crossload problem. Could be
non-parallel frame faces, such that the axle flexes when the
skewer is tightened. Could be interference at the outer edge
of the lockring, frame touching lockring or some such.
Could even be a damaged seal which doesn't drag until the
skewer is closed.
Thanks for the sujggestions.
Start at the beginning, wheel out of bicycle.Out of the bike the Freenub spins perfectly smooth. This sticking thing is odd because it occurs about every three revolutions of the wheel. It does not happened every revolution as you'd expect of a bad bearing. I have the idea that the axle may have been bent at one time or another.
Turn the cassette with your fingers and ensure there's no
roughness, catching, irregular noise. Press down on the
sprockets (pressure toward the spokes) and repeat, observing
anything untoward.
Try to rock the cassette assembly, pressing toward the
spokes on one side then the other, looking for play and
listening for a click or grind noise. Same test inverse;
pull up on one side then the other to see if the body is
properly installed in the hub.
That's a reasonably good test of the cassette body and its
bearings for gross damage. If you find no problems, move on
to more esoteric areas as above.
On Mon Oct 6 17:29:36 2025 AMuzi wrote:
Start at the beginning, wheel out of bicycle.
Turn the cassette with your fingers and ensure there's no
roughness, catching, irregular noise. Press down on the
sprockets (pressure toward the spokes) and repeat, observing
anything untoward.
Try to rock the cassette assembly, pressing toward the
spokes on one side then the other, looking for play and
listening for a click or grind noise. Same test inverse;
pull up on one side then the other to see if the body is
properly installed in the hub.
That's a reasonably good test of the cassette body and its
bearings for gross damage. If you find no problems, move on
to more esoteric areas as above.
Out of the bike the Freenub spins perfectly smooth. This sticking thing is odd because it occurs about every three revolutions of the wheel. It does not happened every revolution as you'd expect of a bad bearing. I have the idea that the axle may have been bent at one time or another.