Noisy DT Swiss Wheels
So I bought two DT Swiss wheelsets about a year ago - one for an older (2007) road bike (quick release) and one for a gravel bike I built last year (with through axle).
Both rear wheels are annoying. Not like hang out and drink your beer all the time annoying, but click, tick, creak annoying.
It's not as bad on the road bike as it is on the gravel bike. On the road bike it's a pretty consistent tick / light scratching sound. Only when pedaling reasonably hard. doesnt' seem to be any pattern to it. So today after a ride I took off the wheel and tightened the cassette a bit more (I only have a low torque torque wrench for carbon bits - not one for the cassette). Will give it a try later and see if it helped.
On the gravel bike it's more of a grating sound and seems to be at a certain point in the wheel, and doesnt' go away when coasting (but is probalby worse under pedaling pressure). I've removed the freehub body and greased the pawls, etc. I've checked and the bearings seem ok (on both bikes). So today I took the cassette off the gravel bike and stared at it as if I might find the problem. As I was putting the cassette back on I realized that it has some forward/backward play in it (i.e. - it doesn't sit rock solid on the splines of the freehub). There was no side to side (or lateral) play when it was tightened, but there is front/back play. Could that be making the noise?
I'm ready to hang these wheels on the wall and order new wheels for both bikes.