Ran into some trouble today. I was out riding today on my backyard trail and as I was hopping up over a small, flat rock (no more than 6" high), I heard a bad, sudden snapping type sound. I hopped down, rolled away, and noticed that my freewheel was no longer ratcheting cleanly and that my chain seemed to be catching in the rear derailleur as a spun the crank arms backwards.
I stopped, took the rear wheel off, spun the cassette and there's definitely somthing up with the rear hub/cassette. It isn't wobbling or anything, it just does not sound even or crisp as it ratchets. Bike rode home fine, but I'd planned on riding all weekend.
Anyone have any bright ideas? I think the quickest way to get past this will just be buying a complete new rear wheel from the LBS as its a no-name hub and the rim has a couple of flat spots. I just wanted to get some other opinions, I know when I take it down to the LBS they'll take care of me but if this is something where I can buy a lockring tool and rebuild the hub myself in the matter of a morning, I'd probably take that over waiting for them to rebuild my current hub.
I stopped, took the rear wheel off, spun the cassette and there's definitely somthing up with the rear hub/cassette. It isn't wobbling or anything, it just does not sound even or crisp as it ratchets. Bike rode home fine, but I'd planned on riding all weekend.
Anyone have any bright ideas? I think the quickest way to get past this will just be buying a complete new rear wheel from the LBS as its a no-name hub and the rim has a couple of flat spots. I just wanted to get some other opinions, I know when I take it down to the LBS they'll take care of me but if this is something where I can buy a lockring tool and rebuild the hub myself in the matter of a morning, I'd probably take that over waiting for them to rebuild my current hub.