Pedal pusher
Veteran
- Location
- Alloa
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
What cassette is fitted? Original? Any markings? Number of slots? Diameter? Pic?
goldcoastjon
Senior Member
- Location
- Alameda, California USA
Definitely a freewheel. Atom? Suntour? Regina? There should be a brand *somewhere*...
Pix would help a lot.
Pix would help a lot.
OP
OP
Pedal pusher
Veteran
- Location
- Alloa
OP
OP
Pedal pusher
Veteran
- Location
- Alloa
OK thanks. Are they all the same size?
midlife
Guru
Unfortunately they come in a variety of sizes but a quick Google should throw up the right one
https://www.parktool.com/product/freewheel-remover-fr-1-3
Cheaper tools are available
https://www.parktool.com/product/freewheel-remover-fr-1-3
Cheaper tools are available
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
You can remove it without the tool but you will destroy the freewheel if you don't want to buy the tool and the cogs are worn out:
View: https://youtu.be/WsVL1XqZve8
View: https://youtu.be/WsVL1XqZve8
OP
OP
Pedal pusher
Veteran
- Location
- Alloa
This is my first resto so learning all the time. Cassette not to bad so I'll find the right the right toll but thanks anyway 👍
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
I cheat slightly, what I do is take the wheel into a bike shop (note the wheel not the whole bike) and ask for a freewheel to match this one, buy it and then ask if they can swap it over for me. Most of the time they'll do it for free (only takes a couple of minutes with the right kit) but I'll give em a couple of quid for the Tea/Biscuit jar.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I would bet on that being a Shimano Uniglide. Cyclo part CYC393 should be about a fiver in many bike shops.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
That's an unbelievably close ratio freewheel, is it 14-21? I hope it is flat where you live.....
T4tomo
Legendary Member
somewhat pointless when a standard shimano freewheel remover costs peanuts.
OP - if the bugger is stuck on very solidly (its a standard anti clock unscrew), its good to attached the tool and reinsert the skewer to keep it in place, then either use a long wrench on the tool, which now wont slip, or even better hold the tool in a vice and unscrew the wheel off the freewheel - the tyre gives you a very good grip.
Steel freewheels last for yonks, but if as I like Skol points out you are finding the low gears a bit high, they did do touring "blocks" back in the day 14-28 (as well as corn cob time trial ones). Going much beyond a 28T may give your rear derailleur range issues (even if you cold find one), and a lot of the period crank sets you struggle to get below a 38T inner ring on (a double). A touring triple is your friend in a hilly area.
the good news is frictions shifters don't care what speed freewheel you fit, so if you find a 6 spd 14-28T then that will fit just as good as a 5 spd.
At least you have a standard shimano screw on freewheel, one of my fleet has a Maillard Helicomatic hub, which is a whole other world of specialist tools and weirdness....