Thread: Rear hub or freewheel locking up
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Old 11-03-15 | 05:57 AM
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Pedaling backwards can cause the chain to go slack if you are cross chained, because the chain is not going in a straight line, and gets hung up trying to self-center. The common fix is not to pedal backwards.

Spinning the rear wheel backwards is supposed to move the drive train too.
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