Free Wheels (from a Skip) ha ha

[Deleted member 35268]

My neighbour was throwing out some road bike wheels. I'd not spoken to the neighbour before and I thought there must be something very wrong with the wheels but they looked OK. I knocked on the door and asked if I could take them. He said he replaced them as the freehub was stuck. It was, very.

I took them anyway as they were true and perhaps I could replace the freebub. I smothered the freehub with penetrating oil and left them overnight. The next day I tried to free the freehub, but not joy, Later on I tried to remove the freehub but then hey presto, the freehub started spinning!!!!! Thats not to say it won't jam again but hopefully not.

They are Oval Concepts, 700c and in mint condition - YIPEEEE!!!!

https://www.roadbikereview.com/threads/review-oval-733-alloy-clincher-wheelset.379977/

 

[Sharky]

Well done. Are you going to offer them back to your neighbour? It will put you in a good place should you need a favour from your neighbour in the future.

 

[ColinJ]

Well done. Are you going to offer them back to your neighbour? It will put you in a good place should you need a favour from your neighbour in the future.

He chucked away a perfectly okay front wheel too, so it sounds like he has lots of spare cash and saw it as an excuse to treat himself to some new wheels!?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Nice fettling, always good to get something going again. I'd keep them myself, but then I'm never lucky enough to fish something like that out of a skip.

 

[wafter]

Great work!

He chucked away a perfectly okay front wheel too, so it sounds like he has lots of spare cash and saw it as an excuse to treat himself to some new wheels!?

... which probably makes it a safe bet to offer them back; potentially scoring some kudos while likely getting to keep the wheels anyway

 

[ColinJ]

Great work!



... which probably makes it a safe bet to offer them back; potentially scoring some kudos while likely getting to keep the wheels anyway

Especially as he already has the super-duper upgrade wheels!

 

[All uphill]

Great work!



... which probably makes it a safe bet to offer them back; potentially scoring some kudos while likely getting to keep the wheels anyway

Now that's good thinking!

 

[Oldhippy]

I read the title and thought great idea to put skips on wheels and was a bit disappointed to find I was wrong.

 

[Cycleops]

Whatever happened to Skipdiverjohn?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I read the title and thought great idea to put skips on wheels and was a bit disappointed to find I was wrong.

Think the wheels were off a Skoda

 

[All uphill]

Whatever happened to Skipdiverjohn?

He paid with a twenty and got change for a ten. Hasn't recovered yet.

 

[Jameshow]

My neighbour was throwing out some road bike wheels. I'd not spoken to the neighbour before and I thought there must be something very wrong with the wheels but they looked OK. I knocked on the door and asked if I could take them. He said he replaced them as the freehub was stuck. It was, very.

I took them anyway as they were true and perhaps I could replace the freebub. I smothered the freehub with penetrating oil and left them overnight. The next day I tried to free the freehub, but not joy, Later on I tried to remove the freehub but then hey presto, the freehub started spinning!!!!! Thats not to say it won't jam again but hopefully not.

They are Oval Concepts, 700c and in mint condition - YIPEEEE!!!!

https://www.roadbikereview.com/threads/review-oval-733-alloy-clincher-wheelset.379977/

Bargain decent wheels and a step up from Mavic Askim / rs10 tbh.

 

[fossyant]

Given they are Novatec hubs you should be able to replace the bearings in the freehub.

 

[wafter]

I read the title and thought great idea to put skips on wheels and was a bit disappointed to find I was wrong.

They're all over the country's roads if you look 👍

Whatever happened to Skipdiverjohn?

I asked this question a while ago; he's about just not so cycle-centric IIRC.

 

[vickster]

I asked this question a while ago; he's about just not so cycle-centric IIRC.

Doing up a burnt out Tesla from a skip instead of bikes?