I have noticed my front spokes seem to be making a faint pinging noise. There’s nothing touching them and none seem loose.
Any ideas what this could be?
Any ideas what this could be?
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Re: Spokes making a pinging noise [IMF]
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Try putting a tiny bit of lube on the each nipple, and where spokes contact each other when they cross over where there are crossover spokes. Triflow-type lube.
Re: Spokes making a pinging noise [trail]
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Many thanks. Although they don’t cross over.
It’s on a hed jet 6 wheel.
It’s on a hed jet 6 wheel.
Re: Spokes making a pinging noise [trail]
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trail wrote:
Try putting a tiny bit of lube on each nipple.
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Re: Spokes making a pinging noise [IMF]
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...also the skewer, particularly the cam joint. Often noise from other parts of the wheel sounds like it's the spokes, but isn't.
IMF wrote:
I have noticed my front spokes seem to be making a faint pinging noise. There’s nothing touching them and none seem loose. Any ideas what this could be?
When you accelerate after braking hard? Lots of little pings for a few seconds and then they stop until you do it again?
That is normal for some low spoke count wheels with disc brakes, and nothing to worry about.
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