1. With the rear wheel off the bike spin the hub axle in your fingers and feel the hub bearings for yourself. If they feel perfect, they are. If they feel imperfect, they might still be fine. 2. Make triple sure its not something with the tire hitting the brake or the chainstay. I had the little plastic covering sticker of my tire label peel itself off and make a thwack thwack sound. I've had a thorn or other thing in the tread make a sound as it goes around 3. (and my guess) It could be something in the rim. A batch of Mavic Open Pros back in the day had a little plug thing that helped them join the rim, and that thing would rattle around. Fast enough and it was pressed on the outside. Some people reported it would only work loose at certain tire pressures. I know a lot of folks demanded warranty rims, because it was driving them crazy. I've still got one set that does it. Since I know what it is, I don't mind it. Just like the rattle sound from the Winnie the Pooh Manny hung on my basket. I know what it is, so it doesn't scare me or drive me nuts.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 2:55:38 PM UTC-7, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > Requesting the help of you wise list members to stop the clicking from the > rear wheel of my Sam Hillborne. > > The wheel is an Eno hub expertly laced to an A23 rim by Anthony of > Longleaf. Still round and true after 2 years of commuting 60-100 miles/week. > > The clicking happens once I hit a certain speed but regardless of whether > I am sitting or standing (rule out the saddle and seatpost), pedaling or > coasting (rule out chain, crank, freewheel). > > Sheldon says it must be coming from loose spokes. But the each pair of > same side spokes emit the same tone when plucked, and the wheel is > otherwise perfect. > > I brought it to my LBS who also says the spokes are not to blame, and > wants me to replace the hub bearings. > > Is this a reasonable guess? The hubs spin beautifully but the clicking is > driving me nuts. > > What say you wise ones? > > Jay in TLV, where it is not at all simple to procure the common in the US > sealed bearings specified by WI, so I would like to be fairly sure before > ripping my hubs apart > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
