It's only condescending if you think I was talking to you.

It was a joke. And I could care less if you were talking to me or not.

In that case, I think you have the proper attitude. And although I used "you", I was referring to the greater, at large, "you", meaning everyone, but not you specifically. There may be some forum members who are newer and might tend to take my opinion and comments seriously, but I hope I offend no one (unless they just want to feel offended). Either way is fine with me. Every now and then I might have something relevant to add; you never can tell. Earth humor is difficult to understand.

Uranus jokes are universally funny.

See what I did there?

I can't help notice that, although you realise what's going on? you still feel the need to contribute to the thread, hence prolonging the agony.
Take your own advice and stop responding to the OP, otherwise it comes across as hypocritical and boring.

I feel the need to educate others. And I don’t respond seriously. I certainly don’t let “him” get under my skin.

Except in the UK, where they pronounce it YOUR-innis.

I think we should encourage participants with "special needs". If we all chip in and do our part, it's possible the OP can grow into better occupations of his time. I predict he'll go into politics.

Another BF Thread Lovefest.
Lets all have a big warm group hug and get all touchy feely.

What’s an innis?

Isn't dat somewhere up in Scotland ?

Ride On
Yuri
i'm over having discussion... I'll just make short, snarky comments, and fit in...

No idea, but I have spent a couple of nights in Ennis, MT.

BTW…I think he meant “annis”.

So you're saying you could care less. I couldn't care less that you could care less.

Nah. If the rotor is rubbing the disc, simply grease the rotor. The noise will go away. The issue is the rotor is dry. He needs brake grease. He can get it at any auto parts store. Apply liberally to the rotor.

And while he is there, he can stock up on blinker fluid.

I hate to do this.
I started to have problems on my mtn bike quite similar to what the OP posted, and to say I can’t stand strange noises on my bikes would be a bit of an understatement.
So, I’ve checked more than once to see if my brakes were rubbing, having recently changed out the pads, cleaned the rotors, bedded in the new pads etc. I was pretty sure it was not a brake problem, yet the noise persisted.
So today, on my ride, it seemed worse. I thought about it, and wondered if the thru-axle was torqued down. I stopped and pulled out the tools, and sure enough, it wasn’t anywhere near torqued down to spec. So I reefed down on it, and took off again…. Noise gone.
I got home, and checked with a torque wrench. Hopefully the problem stays gone. Apparently, everything was flexing just enough to cause an occasional random light brake rub.

So Deason, there you go, that’ll probably fix your issue, if you haven’t already traded the bike in on a new one.

could be. This started after swapping to new tires sans torque wrench on the thru axle.

You mean like:
Q: What do toilet paper and the Starship USS Enterprise have in common?
A: They both circle Uranus and look for Klingons.

I don't know about the groaning, but I'm pretty sure the whinning coming from the rider...