Originally Posted by jamesblahblah

ok, so despite all the negative things i'd heard i went ahead and bought an nyc bikes wheelset. track wheels with with swift rims. they arrived true and spoke tension seems good. i've been running on them on my bike for about a week. as of today they have developed a horrible creaking noise. it sounds a lot like striking the wheel when its not on the ground in the way it reverberates throughout the frame. for this reason i couldn't isolate the problem at first and took apart the whole drive train and headset, reinstalled everything. the noise is definetely coming from the wheels. any ideas?