Hello,

As the title suggests, my 3 speed bike squeaks badly. As I cycle, the squeak gets louder and more high pitched. Even when I stop pedalling (and i'm just freewheeling along), it keeps squeaking.

The problem began when I left the bike in the rain at the train station. I think water has got in somewhere it shouldn't have.

It sounds like the squeak is coming from the 3 speed hub. I've lubed around the hub, but I can't seem to get the little rubber cap off it to put oil inside. Do I need to put oil inside? Could that be the problem?

What i've deduced:
1). It's not the brake rubbing against the wheel. I messed around with those for ages so that they weren't rubbing.

2). It's not the pedals since the squeak persists even when i'm not pedalling.

Any help would be great. I can post pictures too if you like.