Bicycle Noises 🙅♂️
05-05-20, 01:37 AM
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Bicycle Noises 🙅♂️
Disclaimer: This is more of a rant and discussion than a help me find the noise. I know a bike will never be completely silent, and I can do my own troubleshooting for the time being.
I've had my new to me road bike for a couple weeks now. My first ever time on a road bike. I love the thing, but I'm realizing it's too small for me.. different topic, anyways. I've cleaned it up, tuned it, fixed a few things including a bent derailleur hanger, flat tire, worn BB, bent rims. Every time I fix it and ride it I hear something new!
This time I hear a "thud, slide. Thud, slide." Coconuts, there's something INSIDE my inner tube 🤯 I'm praying on the day this tire pops so I can cut it open and find it. Won't even patch it, i just want that noise gone lol
I've had my new to me road bike for a couple weeks now. My first ever time on a road bike. I love the thing, but I'm realizing it's too small for me.. different topic, anyways. I've cleaned it up, tuned it, fixed a few things including a bent derailleur hanger, flat tire, worn BB, bent rims. Every time I fix it and ride it I hear something new!
This time I hear a "thud, slide. Thud, slide." Coconuts, there's something INSIDE my inner tube 🤯 I'm praying on the day this tire pops so I can cut it open and find it. Won't even patch it, i just want that noise gone lol
05-05-20, 07:16 AM
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I couldn't wait, that tire would be right off so I could figure out the noise. If it's the tube, then I'd put a new tube in and cut open the offender to find out what's in it. lol
05-05-20, 08:07 AM
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05-05-20, 09:48 AM
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Thud, slide, thud slide....you mean like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyU99BCNRuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyU99BCNRuU
05-05-20, 10:55 AM
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I would not be able to wait to see if, in fact, the noise is coming from the tire/tube. I love a quiet bike, and noises very much challenge my patience. I like quiet hubs, ratchet noise that is too loud will cause me to stop using that wheel. I am noise sensitive in more ways than I can name in this post. Creaks, squeeks, vibrations, anything like that on a bicycle just drives me crazy. I love dogs, but there are some in my neighborhood that downright piss me off. Actually, it is the owners that I get mad at. One dog is a chihuahua, one jack russell and two mutts that will carry on for long periods of time. When they all get going at the same time, I really have to show some self control to keep my anger and frustration in check. I have had sleep issues my whole life, quite a bit of that is tied into noise sensitivity.
05-05-20, 11:02 AM
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The one thing I dislike about my velomobile. The CF body acts like a giant acoustic chamber, and I hear every little thing in there. Every bump is loud (even with full suspension). It's like a big amplifier.
One the plus side, the sound system rocks.
One the plus side, the sound system rocks.
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Disclaimer: This is more of a rant and discussion than a help me find the noise. I know a bike will never be completely silent, and I can do my own troubleshooting for the time being.
I've had my new to me road bike for a couple weeks now. My first ever time on a road bike. I love the thing, but I'm realizing it's too small for me.. different topic, anyways. I've cleaned it up, tuned it, fixed a few things including a bent derailleur hanger, flat tire, worn BB, bent rims. Every time I fix it and ride it I hear something new!
This time I hear a "thud, slide. Thud, slide." Coconuts, there's something INSIDE my inner tube 🤯 I'm praying on the day this tire pops so I can cut it open and find it. Won't even patch it, i just want that noise gone lol
I've had my new to me road bike for a couple weeks now. My first ever time on a road bike. I love the thing, but I'm realizing it's too small for me.. different topic, anyways. I've cleaned it up, tuned it, fixed a few things including a bent derailleur hanger, flat tire, worn BB, bent rims. Every time I fix it and ride it I hear something new!
This time I hear a "thud, slide. Thud, slide." Coconuts, there's something INSIDE my inner tube 🤯 I'm praying on the day this tire pops so I can cut it open and find it. Won't even patch it, i just want that noise gone lol
05-08-20, 09:26 AM
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Are you sure the tire is seated properly? A pinched tube that prevented the tire from seating might cause that. Something inside the tube seems highly unlikely.
05-08-20, 02:13 PM
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In some double walled rims there is slug that holds the ends together when they weld it. The slug can be come loose and rattle or make a sound like a shoop shoop hula hoop. Could be an errant spoke nipple lost in the rim during building. I would remove the tire and tube, shake and rotate the wheel and see if you hear the sound. If that's not it, inspect the tire and tube.
05-09-20, 10:39 AM
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In some double walled rims there is slug that holds the ends together when they weld it. The slug can be come loose and rattle or make a sound like a shoop shoop hula hoop. Could be an errant spoke nipple lost in the rim during building. I would remove the tire and tube, shake and rotate the wheel and see if you hear the sound. If that's not it, inspect the tire and tube.
