Originally Posted by
drglinski
I have popping noises coming from the back axle. Any thoughts on what that might be?
Given that the poor bicycle has had little or no maintenance over 30 years or so, I'd say it's probably the sound of a Free Spirit falling to pieces. You need to put some time and/or money into restoring it and stop asking for random guesses as to what might be wrong. Likely
everything.
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