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Old 02-09-09 | 05:19 PM
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From: The Big D

Bikes: All City Nature Boy, All City Macho Man

Clunking with IRO Angus

I am not sure what this noise is coming from, but it is coming from somewhere near the front of this bike. The bike is pretty new - less than 200 miles on it, probably. I hear the noise when I hit a pothole or a bump in the road or something along those lines. It sounds like a clunking - almost like a metal drum clanging.

At first, I thought I might have been breaking spokes; next I thought the wheel might not be all the way in the dropout. The only thing I can figure out that it might be is the wheel or the hub or even the fork.

I have another wheelset with double-walled Mavics [but a deep-v looking rim] and Ultegra hubs and it doesn't make any noise like this when I hit a bump. The spoke count is the same.

I haven't run it to a shop yet, but I will unless someone chimes in and lets me know this is a normal sound and will go away eventually or if it isn't something to worry about. On another note, this is the first new bike I have ever ridden and I am not sure whether or not this is normal.
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