Tinging sound coming from somewhere!

[madmartiganshair]

Hi,

I took my bike into the local ebike shop yesterday as it's making a 'Tinging/Pinging' sound from somewhere - i initially thought it was the back wheel, but on my commute home I now think it's the front wheel.

The guy in the shop said he couldn't find anything wrong, he even took it out for a spin himself and said he couldn't hear anything. It's 100% there, more present at speed and when there is pressure put on the front fork/wheel.

Any ideas anyone?

tia

 

[danielrlee]

Have you checked your spokes? I have experienced a similar noise previously and a drop of oil to where the spokes cross solved it.

 

[flecc]

Yes, spokes are the first suspect for this noise, "ringing" against each other where they cross.
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[Gringo]

Like what he said I had the same prob, I tried one drop on each nipple where it goes into the rim, as that didn't work for me I tried one drip at the other end, each spoke hole in the hub, that did the trick

 

[Nealh]

Could be spoke tensioning, squeeze each pair of spokes together by hand to de-stress them. Sometimes you can here them when stressed.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Get your spojes tightened.

 

[JPGiant]

As above, check the spokes - lube them, get a spoke spanner - give them all a very slight tighten, check the headset and stem bolts for correct torque, if you have discs brakes - check the rotors for being flat and no stones trapped in pads.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Just to clarify, a tingy creak or creaky ting is the spokes. If it just goes ting, ting, ting, it's probably the disc out of true and touching a pad at one point on its rotation. Spokes don't creak when you spin the wheel in the air, but discs normally still make their noise.

 

[soundwave]

clean and lube the head set bearings i even bought new ones and still had a noise and it turned out to be dirt in the crown race cleaned that and my noise was gone.