squeeky wheel

[chriss2.0]

hi, got an odd one hear,

did some dirt riding, sometimes in wet clay ,mud and even sand.

and riding while dirty it was fine, anyways i gave it a clean,

now iv got this weird click-squeak-click-squeak thing happening about once a revolution.

odly enough, it only presents itself at speed and when im sitting on it,

if i walk with it or just spin the wheel, i get nothing.

deffo not the brakes, and i dont think its the spokes as i checked them, it happens both on frewheel and with pedaling.

any ideas? (driving me nuts!)

 

[bikingdad90]

Stupid question, how did you clean the bike. It could be as simple as no grease in the bearing as it got washed out or a quick release lever catching something.

Can you locate where the noise is coming from on the wheel. I.e rim, spoke, hub etc?

 

[gbb]

Two things. Have you a pie plate/spoke protector fitted ? Had that squeak on the wifes bike before.
Second, is the hub sealed with a rubber seal. My Fulcrums developed a squeak, I ran some oil round the seal, squeak gone.

 

[chriss2.0]

cleaned bike with a bucket of soapy water an a sponge

nope i dont have a pie plate, but i will oil the seal, maybe there's still some sand in there

 

[chriss2.0]

nope i tried but i cant pin point the noise, it only appears when im actually on the bike riding it. and it happens at 12 mph or so

 

[Globalti]

It's the conical rubber seal on the hub. You washed out the grease with your soapy water.

 

[Skipper]

Give the wheels a good service. Take the hubs out and re-grease the bearings, in fact ... clean and grease everything! Then put it all back carefully with the correct tension/torques. At least you can eliminate this if it makes no difference. (p.s. check YouTube for the 'know how', I did and that's how I learnt to do it).