SP dyno hub noise??
 

We are currently on tour across Canada. The SP hub on my wife's bike is making a pinging sound every so often. Almost like a spoke noise but it seems to be coming from the hub. We are in the middle of Alberta right now.
Any thoughts???

So, other than that noise does it still work?

option is get a new wheel, (shimano is commonly built up in distributor catalogs) mail the other one home, deal with it later.

really need the power , figure out where you will be in a week, call a bike shop there tell them what you want,
have them order it, pick it up when you get there..


checked into asking at any bike shops yet? Saskatoon, Regina , Calgary etc.





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sure sounds like low spoke tension to me

Any chance the magnet for the cyclocomputer is occasionally contacting the sensor? Mine ding each other if I set them too close in hopes of better pickup.

Not the magent for sure.
As for spoke tension, I added value 1/4 of turn yesterday but really no difference. The "pinging" ,which sounds like spoke noise, made me think maybe the nipples are rubbing on the rim. So today after 50 miles we stopped and I added a drop of chain lube to each nipple. It seemed to quiet it a bit. Tomorrow is a rest day so I will fuss more . Otherwise I am just going to get a new wheel.

Stop obsessing. You're on a vacation, or maybe even a trip of a lifetime, and you don't need to fret over something that doesn't matter.

I'm not saying to ignore it, so spin the wheel unloaded and make sure the hub isn't binding, and that nothing is brushing the spokes, because you don't want the front wheel to lock up.

But if the wheel spins free, and you don't see what may be a safety isues, ignore the sounds until/unless it changes or gets worse. Given that oil at the nipples, and/or tightening the wheel slightly changed it, you can reasonably assume it's spoke/nipple/rim related. As such, it'll either be OK, or there's nothing you can do about it anyway.

So keep an eye (ear) on it, but put it in the back of your mind and focus on enjoying your trip.

BTW - don't use more oil on the nipples which only serves to mask rather than solve the real issue (if there is one).

Have a great trip, let us know how things turn out when you;re back home.