Pull it, and if your wheel falls apart then it was meant to be there.
It looks like some road crap that's got wound round your hub. What's the other end attached to? Is your hub electric or something?!
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Pull it, and if your wheel falls apart then it was meant to be there.
It looks like some road crap that's got wound round your hub. What's the other end attached to? Is your hub electric or something?!