Hi everyone,

I have an odd problem. I have a new wheel and new freewheel. When I tried to install the freewheel yesterday, I turned it clockwise to tighten it. The freewheel seemed pretty good as I was turning it to get it on.

However, about 4/5 of the way to the end, it started to get "sticky" where the freewheel will turn clockwise but no longer easily turns counter clockwise.

When it's only about 1/2 way in, the freewheel turns counter clockwise just fine.

In the end, I tightened it but when I tried to ride the bike, sure enough, the freewheel was not turning backwards and when it did, the chain would just flop down.

I thought maybe I needed a freewheel spacer but my LBS guy said that it shouldn't be necessary. He asked me to bring the wheel in so that he can look at it.

Anyone here have any thoughts? I apologize for the dark and blurry video but it was taken with my cell phone and i hope you can see what i mean. It's almost like this bike is now a fixie.

http://youtu.be/Rbf4y6enn6g