Spoke tinkiling

scotchio3
scotchio3 Posts: 24
edited July 2007 in Workshop
I have a pair of Bonty Race x Lites from a second hand bike, however there seems to be a tinkiling noise like something is clipping the spokes as I ride it.
The sound only appears when I'm pushing hard.

I then removed the rear cassette to see what was going on and found the cassette had dug into the hub body, I filed down the protruding metal and fitted a new cassette, It still runs fine, just sounds odd.

Any ideas to the problem/solution

Many thanks
Scott

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  • Steve Austin
    Steve Austin Posts: 1,803
    it sounds the sort of noise of spokes that need tightening.
    It happens with new wheels that haven't been tensioned properly

    it might not be this btw
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  • djheaton321
    djheaton321 Posts: 50
    I don't think it is your spoke tension. There is an issue with Bontrager wheels where the spokes rub and make a noise where they cross as the wheel flexes. If you overtighten a spoke on you may do unnecessary damage. A fix that does work is to put a drop of oil at each point that the spokes cross, this should work.
  • pete.whelan
    pete.whelan Posts: 788
    djheaton321 wrote:
    I don't think it is your spoke tension. There is an issue with Bontrager wheels where the spokes rub and make a noise where they cross as the wheel flexes. If you overtighten a spoke on you may do unnecessary damage. A fix that does work is to put a drop of oil at each point that the spokes cross, this should work.

    My HED Deep rear wheel made a lot of noise. I traced it to the crossing of the spokes on the drive side. Tension was all OK, etc.

    I solved it by inserting a little bit of Mylar tape between the spokes at the contact point. Everything went quiet
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