Hey peeps!
Just noticed the last few days that there's a new sound coming from my rear wheel. Kind of a cross between a tick and a clank (metallic) sound. Almost sound like the spokes rubbing against something, but I know they're not.
Yesterday on the way home I figured out exactly how to make the sound happen. If I'm leaning into a left hand turn, it happens. Or if I lean the bike to the left, so the weight is on that side.. it happens. If I lean the bike to the right, or am making a right hand turn, it doesn't happen. And when I'm riding straight and level, it normally doesn't happen.
I'm thinking something broke - or is in the process of breaking - in the hub? Maybe a bearing? Any ideas?
Still seems to ride fine other than the sounds... but I can't shake the thought of my wheel busting off when i'm doing 50km/h downhill somewhere..
loose spoke
Submitted by mikewarren on
Sounds like a loose spoke to me, flexing against the other ones?
Sounds are hard
Submitted by ryker on
Check the spoke tension around the wheel. Make sure there is no play in the rear wheel when your skewer is properly engaged (a little play without the skewer engaged is expected and desirable). Inspect the entire wheel for damage and be thorough by removing the tire and rim tape so you can see everything.
Even if you can reproduce a sound it can be hard to isolate the cause. You could be sure the sound is coming from your rear wheel by swapping in a replacement and seeing if the noise goes away.
Thanks guys! I'll check the
Submitted by birchy on
Thanks guys! I'll check the spokes are wheel carefully. I did have a quick look over the spokes once already, and there were some that seemed too lose to me. But since I'm an ex motocross guy, I'm not really sure how tight spokes on a bicycle are supposed to be.
If you squeeze pairs of
Submitted by bike-run on
If you squeeze pairs of spokes all the way around the wheel, you should notice if any are looser than the rest.
Loose spokes was the correct
Submitted by birchy on
Loose spokes was the correct answer! Thanks all!