If you start hearing crunching when your rear wheel is spinning or if the rear wheel seizes up completely, you know it’s time to overhaul your freehub. Or, if you have a freewheel, you’ll need to completely replace the freewheel since it’s a functioning system that...
What do you do when you’re riding along and it sounds like someone is eating Doritos inside your rear wheel? Crunch, crunch! If you answered, ‘turn your music up louder’ and keep riding, you’ll probably be replacing your freehub soon. If – like I did recently – you...
The different axle choices for my mountain bike have always baffled me. There was a time when I was trying to install my bike’s rear wheel, but I was not sure of the thread size I needed to use. In the end, I decided to go to my local bike shop and have my rear...
My old 26 inch MTB had quick release skewers, but my upgraded 29er has thru axles – I was wondering, what’s the difference between a Quick Release and Thru Axle? Both quick release skewers and thru axles are metal rods that keep bicycle wheels in place. Skewers use a...
