Originally Posted by
Jet Travis
This is a longshot, but it's worth a try: Spokes rubbing against each other caused a similar problem for me--and it took me months to finally figure it out. To check: place a drop of chain lube at the point where the spokes cross over each other. If, when you ride, there is an elimination or dramatic reduction in the noise, then you've found your likely culprit.
If this is your problem, sometimes just putting a drop of lube every couple of weeks will solve it. Although ultimately I had to have my wheel rebuilt.
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Hmm, funny one that - it would explain why it happens on the road under load but not on the workshop stand where only the drive train is under load. I built these wheels myself, got them almost perfect but not quite and decided to leave them until they'd settled in. Naturally (therefore), they've refused to go out of true but despite that, I've always promised myself I'd have another go at them. I hope you'll forgive me for leaving the re-true to last, but if the noise doesn't go away, it won't hurt to splash some chain lube around. The noise is a sharp 'click' rather than a rubbing noise, but I've enough experience with mechanical devices to understand that such distinctions are often misleading.
Richard
I normally enjoy being 'grumpy' but at the moment, it's losing its appeal