The strange tale of the squeaky rattle

[bob]

From time to time people post on the origin of unwanted clicks, rattles
and squeaks on their cycles. Here is another one.

My newly rebuild Raleigh tourer had a nasty squeaky rattle emanating
from the front wheel/forks but I could not trace its source. Over the
last couple of weeks I did all the usual re-setting and tightening of
the components that might be loose, but to no avail.

And than wonders. "Having eliminated all other possibilities, the one
that remained, however improbable, must be true". It was the back
wheel, more particularly the mudguard. Somehow the sound was travelling
along the frame and appeared to be sourced from the front. Either that
or my ears are on back to front.

We are now rigged for silent running.

Bliss
--
Geomannie

 

[spokes]

"bob" <downiegeon0spam.co.uk@downie#n0sapm#.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4oPm8mBN963GFwfh@downie%23n0sapm%23.co.uk...
> From time to time people post on the origin of unwanted clicks, rattles
> and squeaks on their cycles. Here is another one.

I was really disappointed after all my hard work when my BB still squeaked.
Eventually realised it was my left shoe. D'oh!

 

[TheMgt]

spokes wrote:
> "bob" <downiegeon0spam.co.uk@downie#n0sapm#.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4oPm8mBN963GFwfh@downie%23n0sapm%23.co.uk...
>> From time to time people post on the origin of unwanted clicks, rattles
>> and squeaks on their cycles. Here is another one.
>
> I was really disappointed after all my hard work when my BB still squeaked.
> Eventually realised it was my left shoe. D'oh!

I was even more disappointed when my creaky/clicky BB turned out to be a
crack in the seat tube when it broke on the way home last Friday. The
frame's been replaced with a slightly savaged-by-neds Claud Butler I
found in the road a few months back. And it's lilac.