My freewheel was skipping on my Tuesday commute, and a 2 cent fix from the hardware store did the trick

Julia Anderson · 2026-10-18T19:30:02.781821+00:00

I spent an hour on a stuck cassette lockring before realizing the skip was coming from a worn chainring bolt that just needed a washer shim. Anyone else had a cheap hardware fix beat a trip to the bike shop?

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