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A friend has some fancy Shimano WH-R535 8 spoke wheels - the wheels are about 6 years old and probably have about 2,000 miles on them. He recently put the bike in to his LBS in Woking for a general service and they trued the rear wheel as they said it was slightly out. About 30 miles of riding later a very loud creaking (not a squeak or ping) has developed as each spoke gets to the bottom and takes the load of the bike. It sounds like the joint between each spoke and the rim. If you hold the wheel and flex it side to side you can repeat the creaking so it if definitely around the rim.
Each spoke seems equally taught so I told him to take it back to the LBS and get them to sort it. They've now said the wheel is finished and are trying to flog a new one to him, I am pretty sure it is the fact they aren't experienced on wheels with so few spokes and they need to adjust the tension on the spokes. I have tried putting a drop of lube on each spoke where it meets the rim which made it slightly better, but it is still so loud you wouldn't dare ride the bike for fear of the wheel collapsing.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Each spoke seems equally taught so I told him to take it back to the LBS and get them to sort it. They've now said the wheel is finished and are trying to flog a new one to him, I am pretty sure it is the fact they aren't experienced on wheels with so few spokes and they need to adjust the tension on the spokes. I have tried putting a drop of lube on each spoke where it meets the rim which made it slightly better, but it is still so loud you wouldn't dare ride the bike for fear of the wheel collapsing.
Does anyone have any ideas?