What's my noise?
- Thread starter ColinJ
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The only relevance of me squirting some drink on the hub was when I did it, not the fact that I did it. The noise would have gone away without me squirting the drink at all. Forget the drink! As for the cages that the bottles go in - forget them too - the mention of bottle cages in your post is a distraction ...
I can't change the saddle height because I stupidly did not put anti-seize paste on my titanium seatpost before inserting it in my aluminium frame so the inevitable, er, inevitably happened! Fortunately, the height is pretty much what I wanted so I can live with it being stuck there.
I have recently adjusted the angle and setback of the saddle but I can't think of any reason why either of those would make my bike noisy! (No, neither of those changes is the culprit.)
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User6179
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Was there something inside the rim of your wheel, water maybe ?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I thought I'd already answered that question, but that was water in the hub ... no, nothing in the rim to blame.
- Location
- Glasgow
Well then, this makes me think water bottle!
You have a new water bottle, the top of it somehow whistles ....
Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
Hint: I have already supplied you a subtle clue!
The hint was the speed factor. I reckon you are using one of those 70's Veglia speedometers like the one I got for my 8th birthday (and loved it, despite the fact the needle waved about so much that you had no idea whether you were doing 5 or 25 mph). The speedometer drive went on the axle, driven by a constantly rotating arm pushed by the spokes. To get to the point - your speedo drive has finally given up after 45 years and is screeching. I'll PM you my address to send the prize.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
You got the wrong idea about the right post!
Ha ha - you have correctly worked out what the hint was, but your deduction about the speedo was incorrect - I am a devout GPS user!
Right, knowing that the speed is a factor should aim your thoughts in the right direction...
Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
Something stuck in one of the vents of your helmet, near to your ear. A leaf, perhaps?
Sea of vapours
Guru
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- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
You've not got round to acquiring a new bar bag of some kind for your camera have you, and that's whining above 30kph?
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
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- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Cables are routed internally and the noise was made by air passing through the cable hole on the downtube.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Nigel-YZ1
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The headset is a little loose and when you go fast the front wheel is rubbing on the downtube.
gaijintendo
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- Scotchland
Has this been discounted? I have had bottle cages break subtly, and cause rattles and unexpected sounds. Screeching a possibility.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
We've already done the headset! Nope.
Nothing was loose.
Go back and check, lazybones!
I've had a cage break in the past. Nope, nothing was broken either.
