Strange clicking noise
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Strange clicking noise
Fellow cyclist wnet thru most of last season with this click click click noise in his new CF bike
Bike went in to the shop several times and everything was checked.
Still the click click click persisted.
He recently retunred from wintering in florida and I asked him if he'd ever learned the cause or source of the clicking.
He smiled and showed me the shrink fit tubing on his threadless aero length valve stems
"just enough clearance" between valve and rim to create a click click click as the wheel rotated.
Figured I'd share in case anyone else came up with a similar problem and couldn't locate the source.
Bike went in to the shop several times and everything was checked.
Still the click click click persisted.
He recently retunred from wintering in florida and I asked him if he'd ever learned the cause or source of the clicking.
He smiled and showed me the shrink fit tubing on his threadless aero length valve stems
"just enough clearance" between valve and rim to create a click click click as the wheel rotated.
Figured I'd share in case anyone else came up with a similar problem and couldn't locate the source.
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