All Forums  Projects/Inventions  Mechanical Things  Weird Bike Noise

Note: You must be registered in order to post a reply.
To register, click here. Registration is FREE!

Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by boron[/i] [br]Hey guys, I have a bike that I've been riding pretty often this summer and a while ago it started making this odd noise. Initially I just ignored it as an annoyance but its starting to drive me crazy. It's a weird sort of metallic clanging noise that seems to occur toward the front wheel. It has no real pattern and seems to occur at random intervals and with random intensity but only when a load is applied. (when I ride it) Initially I thought it might be loose spokes or something rubbing, so I tightened two loose spokes that I found. That may have been a bad idea, because I know now that that could distort the shape of the wheel, but I checked and the wheel is still relatively circular and in line. I found small deformations in the front and back wheels but I don't think its that serious, just occured over time. After that I also tried lubing up the cross over points of the spokes. Some of them do make noise when I squeeze pairs (a few even after lube) of them with my fingers which sounds kinda like a quieter version of the problematic noise. Just in case, I also completely loostened the front brake to make sure that wasn't it. After all that I still have no idea what's causing it or how to fix it. If its those few spokes that are making noise, despite my lubricating them, how can I stop that annoying noise? What else could be the problem? Thanks a lot. [/quote]    Insert an Image File (GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, ZIP, PNG) Check here to include your profile signature.