Why does my bike make a clicking sound when I am not pedaling?
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2018
- In this video, I had the opportunity to cut open a rear hub and show you how it works.
It is a commonly asked question on why your bicycle makes a ticking noise when you are coasting and I hope the video helps explain why.
Let me know what you think in the comments below
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It's so cool how anyone can just view and learn about things like this on UA-cam for free from people like you that have taken the time to both show and explain all of this. I guess that makes me sound like an "old head" but seriously this was an excellent explanation and demonstration of how the clicking sound happens, what goes on and the design behind it. I have loved bicycling for years both casual and on a road bike and it amazes me how complex a seemingly simple bicycle is. I can't believe there are actually people that gave you a thumbs down on this video. I think you did a great job! Thanks!!!
Glad I could help you
Agreed
As a mechanic in the bike industry thank you for this video i know how these work and how to work on then but i cannot explain it to people you did a great job explaining the details for people to understand bravo!!!!
Thank you for the great explanation. I kinda knew what the mechanism was but it’s so great to see it inside out in detail like you explained! Keep up the great work! Thanks
It take real skill to explain a subject so well and to have people listen to the whole video. Thank you.
I personally love the sound and I'm glad I know the what/why/how behind it. Thank you!
Nice!
Me too I love the noise and the new bike I got now is not doing it lol so I need to investigate like he said maybe to much grease but anyway very good explanation 👍
Best explanation of this mechanism I’ve ever seen. Better than any animations and with the close-ups it’s really easy to understand. Really nice work!
Glad you liked it
A very good explanation of the hub and how it actually works. Thanks, James for sharing your knowledge with a novice.
Thanks James. Just bought a new bike that clicks, whereas my others never have. Now I understand why!
*God knows how much love I have for that freehub calming sound*
I'm gonna change my perspective of the sound thanks to you! I have a lot of hearing sensitivity and all I could focus on was each click being so loud, I never thought of it as calming but realized, you know, I can change it to that through associations with music, feelings, and words. Riding always feels so freeing.
Excellent explanation, James. Thank you so much.
Glad you it helped you
Clear explanation James, I have been searching for working principle of a freewheel, your video gave me the best results. Thumbs up
Glad it helped
Thank you James, your explanation and visual demonstration made perfect sense! Ride on!
Glad to educate
Great easy to understand video. You answered my question!
Excellent. Thank you for this. Been riding bikes for 40 years and could not answer the question when a good friend asked me "what is that clicking sound". Now I know and so will my friend.
Nice, glad to solve the mystery!
I love the bell 🛎! Great video thanks. I had a mind to stop the clicking but now I’m glad to hear it because I understand what it is and how important it is. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thx James!! I glad you clarified that because I was literally grabbing my keys to the car to go and return the bike I just bought 👍
Glad I could help!
LMAO...
Lolll
Excellent video James The Bike Guy. Very good explanation. I've learned something. Thanks
Glad I helped you learn something!
Thank you, great video! I originally wanted to get rid of the sound somehow but when I saw some ppl find it calming, I decided I'll do my best to make it calming for me too since it's supposed to happen, and there's really no way around it. I like the free feeling of riding so I'll connect that sound to it😊
Your video is perfect! It has good camera work and and naming of the parts was very professional. I'm so glad I took the time to research this component that i've wondered about since I was a kid.
Thank you so much!
THE BEST LESSON VIDEO I've seen!
Great explanation on how a hub works. Enjoyed this video.
Thanks James! I was wondering for the longest time whats making that distinct sound in my bike!
Thank you!! Bike noise was driving me crazy and no other video explained it like this with a clear example using the actual part. Perfect video!!!
Thank you for the explanation. This makes a lot of sense for the woom 3 bike we just bought for the kid.
Great video and a very good explanation of how the hub works inside. 👍
Thank you so much, dude! I've been banging ym head vs. the wall trying to figure out what the noise - was! Thank you!
Great video on how a hub works. Thanks.
Awesome video, I can't imagine a better way to explain it. Gracias!
That is awfully kind of you
I literally felt like I was going crazy trying to find out what was wrong with my bike dude, thank you a lot for this vid
This helped me a lot. I thought there was something wrong with my rear wheel! Thank you!
Best explanation Video on UA-cam, Thanks A lot!
You're too kind! Thanks for watching.
THANK YOU! Saved me a trip to the bike store
Great video! I learned something today!
Sweet that is the goal!
Thank you for the explanation for my 7 year old son to learn the mechanics! Him and I enjoyed it!
Excellent video and explanation. Thank you.
Thanks for that, I was after a silent hub but think I'll stick with mine now knowing that its healthy to have a click. Great vid 👍
Glad you liked it, and enjoy the clicking!
Take it a part, put some grease in there, it will make it quieter. Not too much or it won't work properly.
Just bought i new bike "Cube Agree C:62 Race Disc" .
Such a loud clicking noise, going to take a while to get used to it. The attention is nice for the bike because of the sound ;)
Just what I was looking for.
Thanks man
Good job Jame
I thought something wrong with my cassette.
After I watched your video... I know why my rear hub clicking noises .
Glad I could help!
Add lub and the clicking will be more quiet.
Exactly what I needed 👍🏼
Thank you I have been wondering to know this since childhood
Glad I could help.
I have had several 10 speeds that have made that sound and I actually like it. I recently purchased a 10 speed, it's an older one, from what I could find it's an early 1970's. It's a Nishiki Olypiad. It was really dirty and I had to replace tires, tubes, rim straps to protect tubes. Spent a week doing some detail cleaning and ordered a cassette removal tool do I can take the wheel apart and clean it real nice. I noticed today it has a bit of side to play in it. I really like the fact it came with quick releases on front and rear wheels. The play and remembrance that there is no clicking sound brought me here. Do when my tool arrives to remove the cassette, having access to free wheel is there a lock ring or something keeping the hub attached to wheel? Just trying to get an idea of what I'm getting myself into and if I'll be able to possibly restore that clicking sound.
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Excellent and very clear explanation, Thanks bro. 💐✌️
Wow I had no idea. Awesome video!
Very cool and great advice, mine sounded ridiculously loud... LBS greased the hub w some kind of lubricant and NOW NEAR SILENT !
Really great explanation! Thank you!
Thanks for the info. I was ready to take my bike back as my brand new mongoose had the click noise and my old Diamondback had none.
I have a Diamondback I just bought and it doesn't make the click. Is this normal?
And am now smarter than I was when I woke up this morning. Thank you for taking the time 👍🏼
At least more informed ;-)
Excellent communicator & well put together video.
Thanks for watching, and the kind words
Amazing video!
Excellent video
asked this question many times, first time i understood the answer:) thank u
I was just wondering what’s happening mechanically when you coast on a bike! Not something you think about often but interesting. Good explanation.
Glad to help!
Well shown and described - really good!
Thanks for watching!
Very well prepare and explanations, Thank you...
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the video . So , it really turns out my hub bearing needs replacement
Very good explanation, a great video! Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Very well explained. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video man. Subscribed.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Thanks, very informative!
Thanks. Very nice explanation
Glad you liked it
Me and my GF have the same bike and I was wondering why her bike makes that sound so loud and I can barely hear mine. Thanks a lot for the video!
Excellent explanation. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Thanks James, excellent explanation..
Glad it was helpful!
I am 58, all these years and now I know how the noise happends. Thanks bike guy a million
Excellent job in explaining this! Thank you for taking the time to educate us, I appreciate. Other than adding grease, is there anything to quiet it down?
Thanks for explaining the noise on my bike.
Glad to help
Excellent explanation!!!
Thanks and glad I could help!
Thank you! Best explanation and video for freewheel mechanism. please update your title, then people who search for freewheel mechanism will get this video.
Well, this isn't a freewheel mechanism so I wouldn't want to mislead anyone. This is a freehub. Similar function but different type of parts.
Thanks for the video
Thank you perfect explanation.
Thanks for this video. I was worried about this since my bike is from Amazon and I have no way to get it to a shop 😂
Great explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
best explanations !
Great 👍🏻 thanks for this video, by the way I like the loud noise 🚲
Sweet
Thanks James that was awesome
You are welcome, glad I could help!
This kind of stuff is what makes youtube great
Took my gravel bike out for the first time in a while yesterday and I really noticed it was much louder than my road bike. Thought I was going nuts and something was wrong - this explains it. Thanks!
Great man👍
Very helpful. Thanks.
Sure thing, glad I could help
My Rocky Mountain Instinct Alloy 30 2022 new makes the pawl ticks that are way loud! TICK TICK TICK!.......annoying! My wife's bike is not quite as loud and she has the Instinct Alloy 10.
A year or so has gone by and mine doesn't click as loud as it use to thankfully.
The engineering on these hubs looks so intricate that it is a wonder how they made these things many years ago. Obviously not as intricate so many years ago i think, but a search told me that the freewheel hub was invented in 1869. That is amazing!
I finally found a good explanation
Glad to have helped a happy riding.
Awesome info!!
Glad to provide it
Wow this was helpful. I have a ten speed road bicycle and wondered what made that unique noise when I spun my tire...
I looked up on my computer “what makes that unique noise specific to a ten speed” and “What makes that clicking noise on my rear wheel” and the computer kept returning that my bicycle was broken or i stretched my chain....! ......
Thanks for the “break down” !! 👍🏻😎
Sure thing, glad I could help!
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for watching!
omg thanks i didnt know what is hub thank you so much man
Glad I could help
Thank you!
You are welcome!
Thanks James!
sure thing!
fantastic. thanks.
You are welcome!
Nice video.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing James! Can the hub be switched out to make the clicking noise or to stop the noise or is wheel replacement the only option??
Very helpful video 💯💯💯💯💯
Glad you found it helpful
@@Jamesthebikeguy Thank u For Sharing your knowledge...💯 Everything makes sense now..🚴👍
Thank you!!!! I just bought a bike and it’s making that sound…. I thought there’s something wrong with it 😅
i have a vintage shimano dx hub that is completely silent - is there a mechanical difference between that and a contemporary hub?
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My mtb was making this noise but now it does not should I take it in to get looked at or just leave it?
Hi great explanation, if the sound of my hub when free wheeling Is clicking but then at a certain point makes a louder sound would this indicate broken pawl?
Well if the louder soud occurs when you are coasting at a higher speed it is absolutely normal, but if the sound is more like a little bang, metaly pop or a grinding sound, that can indicate a broken pawl of some other issue in your drivetrain.
I have a french road bike and probably one of my favorite things about it is that it is silent at all stages of pedaling or coasting. I can be riding right next the person I am riding with (my front tire by their rear before it) and unless they turn to look if I'm there they wouldn't know.
Their bike makes enough noise for both of us.
My favorite ride is an 11mi stretch of paved bike path between two cities and i can easily pass who I'm riding with and then I can ride in complete silence. We both have head/tail lights on our bikes. Mines the original 12v theirs is battery. We ride mostly at night because i am unable to perspire, so i get overheated just standing in the sunlight, that makes a 22 mi round trip in daylight impossible. In middle of the Midwest it seems like even though we both have our headlights on my bike is silent so I disturb the wildlife left but they hear them coming and have about wrecked them a few times buy suddenly running out in front of them. Animals react to me as well however they don't run out in front of me. I don't want to hit a deer or a raccoon in my car let alone while I'm on a bicycle.
It's I'm sure so quiet because i have packed the hubs with high temp red grease because that is what I have to use in the hydrologic commercial paper cutter, I figured if it works to keep a 44-inch razor sharp knife blade from jamming up it should be able to keep up couple inch hub from jamming up. Guess it was just a bonus it made everything silent. The bike was given to me 2017 but the person who gave it to me brought it to the United States when they moved here from the Netherlands in early 80s and they have not ridden it since. When they gave it to me it still has the nipples on the tires I have since written those off now, but I'm still on the same tires from late 70s.
Nice, some hubs make noise some don't, glad you like the silence.
Maybe it uses a cone clutch. Like on those old singlespeed coaster brake hubs.
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Any old single speed coaster brake hub. Some are still being made but they tend to be bad quality. There were some multi speed hubs with silent freewheeling mechanisms like cone clutches back in the day (50s and older) but those are hard to find and expensive. Any hub can be used on any bike if it has the right amount of spoke holes. Also keep the width in mind.
Hello sir i have an montra backbeat cycle and i dont know why but my cycle rear axel break repeatedly please help me out what must be the problem i showed every were in showroom and and other shops but they cannot find the problem please if you can help
My hub is silent my bike is like brand new all my friends bikes all click lol was wondering why mine didn’t as daft as it sounds which led me to your video!
I bet you have a shimano hub!