Rear wheel cracking

TomGesqueire

Hi,

Recently i started hearing cracking or clicking noises coming from my bike when standing on the pedals.
I narrowed it down to my rear wheel because there is no cracking at all when i use my other wheels. Is there anything i'm not maintaining enough or that is getting worn out or whatever?

Thanks!
Tom

k-dog

Have you greased the QR spindle and made sure it's appropriately tight?

Points to something at that wheel if it goes away with other wheels.

Then I would check the cassette lockring and the freewheel body.

arlowood

TomGesqueire wrote:

Hi,

Recently i started hearing cracking or clicking noises coming from my bike when standing on the pedals.
I narrowed it down to my rear wheel because there is no cracking at all when i use my other wheels. Is there anything i'm not maintaining enough or that is getting worn out or whatever?

Thanks!
Tom

Not sure if it will help but I had a similar problem a few years back on an Open Pro front wheel. After consulting some forum discussion threads I lubricated the nipple/eyelet junction with some Teflon spray and the creaking/ticking was gone.

Words of wisdom from Ugo at the time suggested that the Teflon spray was really only a "sticking plaster" and that the wheel probably needed re-tensioning.

Might be worth having a go with some Teflon or WD40 or the like. When I did mine I took the tyre off and sprayed both inside and outside at the nipple/eyelet junctions. Failing that have your LBS check out the overall spoke tensions to see if they need adjusting.

TomGesqueire

k-dog wrote:

Have you greased the QR spindle and made sure it's appropriately tight?

Points to something at that wheel if it goes away with other wheels.

Then I would check the cassette lockring and the freewheel body.

Thanks so much, it was the QR spindle that needed lubrication or wasn't fastened properly