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Mountain bike rear sprocket wobble.
You can also move your rear wheel to adjust chain tension.
The bike is a giant seek 2.
Is it likely to be the cassette that s warped or the hub.
Check for flat spot wobbles or a bike that is not radially true.
All multigear mountain bikes are equipped with a high tech component known as the rear derailleur.
The cassette on my bike wobbles relative to the axle and i m looking for input.
Each ring is a gear on your bike and the chain which connects to the pedals turns the cassette to power the bike.
In bikes speed wobble starts when something causes the front wheel to accelerate to one side.
According to bike expert sheldon brown the rear derailleur features a tension pulley that keeps the chain tight while it moves between the various cogs of the rear cassette.
Is it normal for the rear cassette to wobble on a mountain bike.
This is one of the reasons speed wobbles are much more likely on a road bike than a mountain bike.
Could this even be normal.
The rear cassette is a set of concentric gear rings attached to your back wheel.