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Originally Posted by
Aubergine
If the freewheel pawls are stuck, the wheel will still be able to move forward. Stuck pawls just turn the freewheel into a fixed gear.
Or a no gear bike. We see more freewheels with their pawls not engaging then we do of freewheels that are "locked up". Andy
I've followed this thread with some interest. From what is really meant by "
my pedals won’t move forward" to what the problem turns out to have been. Like so many threads here I suspect the problem is relatively easy to find with the basic deductive process, easiest done with the bike in hand.
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Last edited by Andrew R Stewart; 04-20-19 at 07:21 PM.