Bicycle Mechanics - Bike rings like a bell does it ring a bell???

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BtM
07-24-04, 12:07 PM
Bike rings like a bell does it ring a bell???

Hi all,
I am new to this so if I'm doing something wrong inform me (not in caps)

I have 2 year old bike with front suspension and a mechanical front disk break
I replaced the front tyre for a new (1.5" slick 80 psi one much harder then before) and now at hi speed (for me 12-25 mph) something rings like a bell, sound like the brake rotor but I can not be sure any Ideas?

Thanks
-Ben

Raiyn
07-24-04, 12:12 PM
Your rotor is dragging on the pads release the quick release Squeeze and hold the brake lever then tighten the QR. Let go and give it a spin.
BtM
07-24-04, 02:41 PM
Thanks sounds like a sound sugestion, it night here but will try in the mornig
-Ben

BtM
07-25-04, 05:18 AM
Your rotor is dragging on the pads release the quick release Squeeze and hold the brake lever then tighten the QR. Let go and give it a spin.

Hi,
Tried the solution but it is still ringing it a ringing not a scraping sound that I get
I can recreate the sound by tapping the rotor's edge with a flicked finger
Hope someone had this before because my LBS is helpless
Raiyn
07-26-04, 11:10 PM
Perhaps your rotor is tweaked slightly. Does the noise happen at the same spot in the rotation every time?