Urgent help needed: Cannot get cassette off.

[Matthew_T]

Are you still looking for a new rear wheel? If so, I'd keep the cassette and get a wheel with a freehub.

Hmmmmm...... That is a possibility.

 

[Matthew_T]

Okay. Just to check with you lot, should I buy this rear wheel then? http://www.woollyhatshop.com/Wheels...mano-8-Speed-Freehub-Black-rim/prod_3408.html

I know it is a hybrid wheel, but I am not going to fork out a stupid amount of money for proper racers when the bike isnt worth that.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Okay. Just to check with you lot, should I buy this rear wheel then? http://www.woollyhatshop.com/Wheels...mano-8-Speed-Freehub-Black-rim/prod_3408.html

I know it is a hybrid wheel, but I am not going to fork out a stupid amount of money for proper racers when the bike isnt worth that.

That wheel looks okay for the price. Just a word of warning before you buy though - freehubs usually have a longer axle than the screw on freewheel type hub. Just measure the distance between the inside faces of the rear dropouts to make sure it will fit.

As it's for a "hybrid" that wheel is likely to use mountain bike spacing which is 135mm. Road bike freehub spacing is usually 130mm and for a screw on freewheel the spacing is often only 126mm.

I hope this helps.

 

[Matthew_T]

That wheel looks okay for the price. Just a word of warning before you buy though - freehubs usually have a longer axle than the screw on freewheel type hub. Just measure the distance between the inside faces of the rear dropouts to make sure it will fit.

As it's for a "hybrid" that wheel is likely to use mountain bike spacing which is 135mm. Road bike freehub spacing is usually 130mm and for a screw on freewheel the spacing is often only 126mm.

I hope this helps.

Well that is helpful, but what isnt helpful is the fact that the website doesnt have any of that information on there.

 

[musa]

Well that is helpful, but what isnt helpful is the fact that the website doesnt have any of that information on there.

call or the use the online chat on their site

 

[Matthew_T]

call or the use the online chat on their site

I have just emailled them (they got back to me within 10 mins about returning the cassette).

 

[compo]

I would be very careful about getting a hybrid wheel for a road bike (been there, done that!). Better choices may be Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative. If you wish to stay with your 7 speed freewheel type wheel then they have this:

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/qr-aluminium-wheel-700c-narrow-rim
But you will still need to buy a freewheel which are available on Ebay for little money.

 

[Alien8]

And if you do go the freehub route don't forget you'll need a spacer behind a 7-speed cassette.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Well that is helpful, but what isnt helpful is the fact that the website doesnt have any of that information on there.

Hmm, not helpful of them. If you get measurements from them, it is the "over lock nut" (OLN) measurement you need.

 

[Matthew_T]

I am just thinking that it would be easier if I got a new wheel as it would mean I wouldnt have to send the cassette back and pay postage.
Also, it would be convenient as I need a new rear wheel anyway.

WHS still havent got back to me about it yet. However, I am just about to go out on my bike (rebuilt the wheel) now so I will check when I come back.

 

[Matthew_T]

Hmm, not helpful of them. If you get measurements from them, it is the "over lock nut" (OLN) measurement you need.

I have measured my bike and the distance between the dropouts are 136mm.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I have measured my bike and the distance between the dropouts are 136mm.

That's ideal - any freehub type hybrid wheel should fit your bike fine. The problem would have been if it had the older 126mm measurement as it's not recommended to bend the stays to make a larger hub fit in aluminium alloy frames. (It over stresses the frame and can cause it to crack).

 

[Matthew_T]

That's ideal - any freehub type hybrid wheel should fit your bike fine. The problem would have been if it had the older 126mm measurement as it's not recommended to bend the stays to make a larger hub fit in aluminium alloy frames. (It over stresses the frame and can cause it to crack).

I am having a bit of a better look at wheels now. They are all around the £30 mark. Amazon actually tell you what the spacing is.

 

[albion]

Before I moved to cassetttes I used a vice with no luck, but my telecopic wheel nut wrench did the trick.
It almost felt like a sonic explosion when it came loose.

Mines a draper but Wilko has one at less than a fiver.

 

[Matthew_T]

And if you do go the freehub route don't forget you'll need a spacer behind a 7-speed cassette.

What size should the spacer be?