Originally Posted by
PdalPowr
All those who said frozen/gunked pawls were the issure were correct. It was milder yesterday. I was going to spray jigaloo to use pressure to penetrate. I decided just for shiggles to spin the pedals forward. The pawls were working just fine.😀 That means either the ice in there melted or the gunk thinned. I looked where you would apply lubricant and it was filthy. The jigaloo washed that off right down to the metal. After riding my baby today I will spray more jigaloo,ride it the next day then apply a true penetrating lubricant.
Since you seem to have water penetration, you might want to look into better ways of keeping the water out. One way would be a Stein Grease Injector like in
this thread. They show up on Fleabay occasionally.
You might also want to use a thicker oil like
Phil's Tenacious Oil. It's got a much higher viscosity than other bicycle lubricants. I'd try the thinner oils first and see if they work but if the problem persists, use thicker stuff.