Spoke noise

[hatless]

My 'new' second-hand bike makes noises, especially going up hill. They took a while to track down, but it's clearly spoke noise, the pingy rubbing and flexing sound. I can reproduce it by squeezing the spokes.

This week it suddenly got worse. I had broken a spoke! It's now been replaced, but the spoke noise is still there, in fact rather worse than before the break.

This doesn't seem normal to me. Should I take it back to my lbs? Or doesn't it really matter?

 

[rustychisel]

I'll bet even money it's uneven spoke tensions, which ultimately is a bad thing [for the wheel]. First you'll break more spokes. Then some more. Then you'll throw the bloody wheel off a bridge.

I would ask the LBS to give the wheel a real good look over and adjust/tension/replace as necessary.

 

[Aperitif]

A teensy bit of oil at the spoke /hub intersection can help - and between crossing spokes

 

[spandex]

A teensy bit of oil at the spoke /hub intersection can help - and between crossing spokes

Thats right BUT just put it where the spokes cross in the middle if the spokes are making a noise any where else there is some thing up.