Over time as you ride your bike your chain wears down the teeth on the rear sprockets.
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The bike sprocket is an item that is usually quickly and easily replaced.
Bicycle sprockets are designed to be used hard on uneven unpaved surfaces.
The highest or biggest gear on a bicycle is achieved by combining the largest front chainring size with the smallest rear cog or sprocket expressed as 53 11 for example.
The smaller sprockets tend to wear quicker than the larger ones.
You may need to replace the entire cassette or just one or two of the worn sprockets.
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Normal wear and tear on a bike will eventually require replacement of the sprockets.
The collection of sprockets is held in place with a lockring.
The difference is that a freewheel includes the ratcheting mechanism in the sprocket assembly a freehub has the ratcheting mechanism in the hub and the sprockets can be removed separately.
Chipped and broken sprocket teeth or bent freewheel and rear sprocket discs are the normal hazards in the life of any road or mountain bike.
Modern shifting mechanisms like shimano s hyperglide and sram s powerglide chain and sprocket combination rely on correct alignment of shaped teeth and contoured shift gates in the sprocket.
It depends on whether your mountain bike also has a freewheel and not a freehub cassette.
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Sprockets mount on a splined cylinder on the rear hub called the freehub body.
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