Noisy carbon bikes

[Heltor Chasca]

Mine makes a slight fizzing sound in rain. Anyone got any ideas?

You've got an allum frame. Should've got aluminium.

 

[J1888]

Its the sound of the £50 notes in my wallet fluttering

 

[PK99]

Deep section heels.

I've marshalled a 4-up TT several times and the noise made by teams on carbon bikes and disc wheels is astonishing.

 

[boydj]

Carbon wheels are particularly noisy. My carbon frame has internal cabling which rattles a lot on rough surfaces, but the bike is silent on good road surfaces thanks to aluminium rims.

 

[fossyant]

Most of the noise is people who can't set gears up. Come to a hill on any sportive, and it's full of crunching gears.

 

[IBarrett]

Noisy bikes get on my wick. Whoosh whoosh clackety clackety
Christ some bikes sound more like Sherman tanks than performance cycles
Because of the noise of carbon bikes I've decided to stick with my Allux frame and when I get my new wheels made the instruction will be they need to be quiet(ish)
It also amuses me that I beat carbon bike riders up hills on a bike worth about 1/10th of their price

 

[Smokin Joe]

It also amuses me that I beat carbon bike riders up hills on a bike worth about 1/10th of their price

Why?

 

[Cuchilo]

Deep section heels.

Get you sweet cheeks

 

[screenman]

Why?

I just love it, racing against people who do not know they are in a race.

 

[Drago]

It also amuses me that I beat carbon bike riders up hills on a bike worth about 1/10th of their price

My bike is made from oak with granite wheels, and I once overtook Badly Wiggings in his car on the way to the cough medicine shop. I reached in the window as I went by, stole his wallet and gave him a wedgie, before going to look for some aluminium bike riding weaklings to beat up. I then went out on a bender with Elvis, and shave off Lord Lucan's moustache.














*Some of this may reek of bovine excrement, but I can assure you that absolutely none of it is true.

 

[fossyant]

Internal cables are a big cause of rattles. Pop the BB out and shove some pipe insulation up the down tube !! It would drive me mad - I can't stand rattles.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Internal cabling can rattle a bit as well.

 

[IBarrett]

Why?

I'm childish that way.

 

[Drago]

Childish? You're an amateur Son

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Carbon wheels also make a lovely distinctive howl when braking hard on a descent, it's quite awesome. Matt and Si demonstrate on Sa Calobra:

View: https://youtu.be/PpJYhXslChc