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So I got a wheel a while back, fixed one side, freehub (I think it's called!?) the other.
I had only used the fixed side so far, which I am pretty sure I attached properly, and hadn't had too many problems.
However I had had problems with my knee, so I decided to buy a shimano ss freewheel and try out the other side... and this morning I screwed it on to the freehub side of the wheel, put the chain back on and off I went to work.
However the chain must have slipped off 5 times at least on the way, I tried different tensions, made sure the wheel was bolted on as tight as possible, but it kept slipping off. Quite annoying and made me glad I had 2 brakes set up...
I also noticed that the first time it fell off, the lock ring had come off the sprocked on the fixed side of the bike...this to me seems very strange because i had never had any problems with it when I was riding fixed, it always stayed on...
Anyone have any ideas why this might have happened? Is it a common problem and am I missing something obvious?
Cheers
Jimineep