I have a fairly new Brompton Electric, about 3 months old. The rear wheel no longer coasts after spinning up it. It always acts like there’s a brake. When peddling backwards the chain droops or the pedals keep moving with the wheel. There seems to be a lot more friction in the rear hub than there should be.
I’ve cleaned the chain and it seems okay. The brakes are not rubbing.
Any ideas?

Higher friction in 3 speed hub.
byu/s4lt3d inBrompton



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  1. I’d say check your wheel and see if they are touching the brakes when they spin. My wheels just after 6 months were so out of true that I had to send it in for a full rebuild.

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