Heisenberg71
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please bear with me....
I am running 50mm Tubular Planet X carbon wheels. Stiff as a board, fast and they look cool as ****. I have found them contrary to advice of others to be great wheels, reliable and I am yet to have any punctures or complaints. However I am beginning to get annoyed by a bike rattle noise that I cannot for the life of my trace. I get it on uneven / poor road surfaces. Seems to come from back end of the bike. I have double checked everything is tight as it should be. Caliper, cages, derailleur, cassette, free hub, skewer, valves, etc.
It's doing my head in and is embarrassing when riding in a group as I sound like a knackered old noisy rattler when the bike is the opposite.
Out on a 75 miler at the weekend I had plenty of time to think it through. Could the free hub be the source, but being 'amplified' by the stiff spokes and hollow construction of the tubular section wheels? Effectively they could be amplifying an otherwise normal road / bike noise.
Am I miles off or has anyone else had a similar experience, or an alternative theory? Any experience or thoughts welcome.
I am running 50mm Tubular Planet X carbon wheels. Stiff as a board, fast and they look cool as ****. I have found them contrary to advice of others to be great wheels, reliable and I am yet to have any punctures or complaints. However I am beginning to get annoyed by a bike rattle noise that I cannot for the life of my trace. I get it on uneven / poor road surfaces. Seems to come from back end of the bike. I have double checked everything is tight as it should be. Caliper, cages, derailleur, cassette, free hub, skewer, valves, etc.
It's doing my head in and is embarrassing when riding in a group as I sound like a knackered old noisy rattler when the bike is the opposite.
Out on a 75 miler at the weekend I had plenty of time to think it through. Could the free hub be the source, but being 'amplified' by the stiff spokes and hollow construction of the tubular section wheels? Effectively they could be amplifying an otherwise normal road / bike noise.
Am I miles off or has anyone else had a similar experience, or an alternative theory? Any experience or thoughts welcome.