What causes the standard clicking noise near the back wheel of a bicycle when you let the bike coast?

Question

I tried a bike before that didn't have this clicking noise, what kind of components could remove the noise?

Answer 1

Your rear wheel hub is the source of the clicking. Most hub designs use pawls that catch "teeth" inside the hub and are similar in design to the mechanism in racheting wrenches. There are some rare hubs that use a clutch-like mechanism to transfer pedal power and are quieter but are usually expensive and functionally not any better than a regular hub. There are no components that you can readily swap out although use of a thicker grease inside the hub can sometimes reduce the noise if you have provisions for grease injection.

Answer 2

It is just the construction. There is a ratchet in the gear so that the pedals dont continue to turn when you stop pedaling, but it engagaes when you start to pedal. The design of the bike determines this noise, and there is not much you can do to stop it, except to buy a new bike that doesnt click.

Answer 3

The crank shaft is incorrectly outfitted/is lacking a bearing or so. Extract it and verify all the bearings are there grease it and tightly re in fantastic condition . also verify that the pedals would nicely be the source of the click. Pedals can in many circumstances be the source of a dodgy sound. if so new pedals is the superb answer. Do save in options, you get what you pay for.

Answer 4

Take a look at this picture of the inside of a cassette body from a rear wheel to begin to understand.
http://www.recumbents.com/MARS/media/projphotos/tetz/VFS/02lefthanddrive/7-Pawls%20End%20View-.jpg
I will try to explain as best I can...
The slightly lighter colored teeth at ~4o'clock and ~7o'clock are called "Pawls' and are spring loaded to engage the indentations on the outer ring. When pedaling forward, the pawls are fully engaged and are the part that actually turns your pedal power into rotational energy for the rear wheel.
When you coast, the cassette body spins over the pawls, and every time one of the indents in the outer ring passes over a pawl, it springs out... click... now imagine doing that with 2-5 pawls (depending on the hub manufacturer) and with the cassette body rotating over those pawls at hundreds of rpm's! click click click click.......

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Your freewheel cassette is clicking. There is nothing you can do about it. Some bikes click more than others, but the clicking noise is also what allows you to coast without pedaling.

Answer 6

ITS A LITTLE CHUNK OF METAL THAT SITS ON A SPRING. WHEN YOU GO FORWARD IT PUSHES AGAINST THE INTERNAL RIDG INSIDE THE REAR HUB, AND WHEN YOU COAST, THE INTERNAL RIDGES ROLL FORWARD ON IT AND IT CLICKS AS THE SPRING SNAPS IT AGAINST EACH RIDGE AS THE INSIDE ROTATES WITH THE WHEEL MOVEMENT.

Answer 7

That zipping noise that you hear are the palls inside the hub. The hubs that do not have that sound have SEALED BEARINGS.

Answer 8

CARDS IN THE SPOKES

Answer 9

its your gears.