Pardon the newb question
01-11-10, 07:31 PM
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Pardon the newb question
Pardon if this is in the wrong section.
I have just picked up my first new cycle since the 90's. It is my first Aluminum frame/CF fork bike, and today while riding I noticed a bit of a noise coming from the front of the bike. Any time that I would go over a rough bit on the road, I would notice a "rrrp" sound coming off the front of the bike, perhaps the wheel, maybe the fork.
There is nothing loose, spokes all seem tight, headset is good, bars, etc. If I pick the bike up and strike the wheel a certain way, it will make a similar noise, not all the time and kind of hard to duplicate. Even doing it that way, the location is non descript. Is it just a product of the materials used in the wheel and fork, or something I might be concerned about?
I have just picked up my first new cycle since the 90's. It is my first Aluminum frame/CF fork bike, and today while riding I noticed a bit of a noise coming from the front of the bike. Any time that I would go over a rough bit on the road, I would notice a "rrrp" sound coming off the front of the bike, perhaps the wheel, maybe the fork.
There is nothing loose, spokes all seem tight, headset is good, bars, etc. If I pick the bike up and strike the wheel a certain way, it will make a similar noise, not all the time and kind of hard to duplicate. Even doing it that way, the location is non descript. Is it just a product of the materials used in the wheel and fork, or something I might be concerned about?
01-11-10, 07:35 PM
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Bike noise is hard to locate as it seems to transmit to different areas.
Sometimes riding with someone that can listen from their bike will help find it.
Sometimes riding with someone that can listen from their bike will help find it.
01-11-10, 07:39 PM
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Punkncat from AO? Wow, it's a small world... Anyway, could be in the hub, headset, or a spoke nipple. If it's only seldom, and not getting louder, I wouldn't worry about it much... Just keep checking spoke tension before/after every ride.
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01-11-10, 07:41 PM
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The same. I always use this UN, it is odd enough to be unused anywhere and run into all manner of people.
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Just curious, do you still have reflectors on it if it's new? They might be vibrating...
Could also be brake cables within the housing. My new Jagwire cables have a different, really bendy section in the housing right at the start behind the hoods and sometimes the right ocsillation will make the cable rattle inside the housing. Next time you hear the noise, try to apply the brakes slightly to tension the cable, see if it goes away.
Could also be brake cables within the housing. My new Jagwire cables have a different, really bendy section in the housing right at the start behind the hoods and sometimes the right ocsillation will make the cable rattle inside the housing. Next time you hear the noise, try to apply the brakes slightly to tension the cable, see if it goes away.
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Def not reflectors, there are none.
The noise seems to be coming from the wheel itself, and then being amplified by the fork. The front wheel has less spokes than the back, sorry I don't know all the technical info (yet), and even though they are tight, it almost seems as if they are strumming to the roughness of the road.
The noise seems to be coming from the wheel itself, and then being amplified by the fork. The front wheel has less spokes than the back, sorry I don't know all the technical info (yet), and even though they are tight, it almost seems as if they are strumming to the roughness of the road.
