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mike86
05-31-05, 06:11 AM
Hi, I've got a problem with my bike...well...my girlfriends bike and I'm panicking as I think I've broke it well and truly...this website is the only website where I think I might be able to find help!

Anyway, I got my girlfriends bike off her as she doesnt use it much and I took it out just now for the first time..when I got it off her the gears were not quite right (the chain was on the wrong sprockets for what the gears were set to) and whilst I don't know a great deal about bikes or gears I had a mess about and thought I'd fixed it. Apparently not. The smallest sprocket on the back set has completely shattered and now all the other sprockets are loose and obviously the gears don't work...anyway, my main concern is, can the broken sprocket be fixed? :o :( If I makes any difference then the front has three sprockets and the back has six...

Please help :(

FarHorizon
05-31-05, 06:36 AM
Your back wheel uses a "thread on freewheel." These are readily available on e-Bay, and at your local bike shop. Since special tools are required to remove/install, take the wheel to your local shop & let them replace it. Shouldn't cost much. ($30?)
mike86
05-31-05, 06:40 AM
Cheers! :D

sydney
05-31-05, 07:01 AM
Your back wheel uses a "thread on freewheel." These are readily available on e-Bay, and at your local bike shop. Since special tools are required to remove/install, take the wheel to your local shop & let them replace it. Shouldn't cost much. ($30?) How do you know it's not a cassette?
CRUM
05-31-05, 07:58 AM
Whether it is a cassette or FW, the $30 charge is in the ball park to have it replaced. Maybe $35 or so if it is a casstte. At least in my shop it is. For a problem such as this, Ebay seems a tad drastic and you will still need the right tool to take off the old and replace with new. Just take it to a local shop you or your riding friends like. They should be able to fix you up in quick order.
FarHorizon
05-31-05, 09:41 AM
How do you know it's not a cassette?

I don't, Sydney - I was under the (obviously mistaken) impression that all 6-speed stuff was thread-on freewheels. That's the only 6-speed rears I've ever seen. Since you asked the question, there are obviously some 6-speed cassettes around - I learn something new every day!

Thanks!