Bike Noises
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
perhaps check that your spare bag is not making it? I find that sometimes the CO2 can rattle on the underside of the saddle depending on how they are placed in the bag and how the bag is attached to the bike.
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JamieM posted 1 year ago.
Check your cables, it may just be a shift or brake cable rattling against the frame.
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
What kind of rattle? Like something inside a tube rattle? A something slapping against something rattle?
Do you have internally routed cables? Check where they go into the frame if you do.
Check ALL your bolts...and I mean from seat to hubs...
Pick up the bike and shake it...still hear it? could be inside.
Check the head set?
That simple question...has a very complicated answer (s)
If ya just can't sort it out...your LBS can. Don't ingnore it!
Good luck!
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Nobody posted 1 year ago.
I've found that rattles are in this order:
Anything you bolted on (cages, bags, bike computer, etc.). Remove these....if you still get the noise, it's most likely:
1) Rear wheel (remove skewer, grease, and retighten)
2) Front bars/headset. Loosen/retighten
3) Lube nipples on spokes, wipe
4) Loosen, lube and then retighten BB and Cranks
If none of the above work, score a new $79 iPod shuffle and crank it up.
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kevinb421 posted 1 year ago.
i used to have a bike that had the cables inside the frame and that made a similar sound. If yours are internal that sounds about right. just tighten
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davidharrit44 posted 1 year ago.
ok so i shook my bike like you guys said and it feels like the rattling is coming from my rear derailer. any suggestions on what to do
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
take it to your LBS (local bike shop)?
Seriously... unless I have a good idea of what I'm working on, I avoid playing with the rear derailleur. If you have a bike shop you trust, I'd take it into them and find out for sure what is going on.
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mdittfurth posted 1 year ago.
I agree with Anton; check the tightness of everything. It can be lots of things. I had a noise once I couldn't locate and it was the headset being loose. Another rattle in the back wheel was an air valve bolt had worked loose and moved up the valve a little. Another time I had a little noise I couldn't identify in the rear end and my hub went out during an event. If you can't find it, I wouldn't take chances but get it to the bike shop.
Hello
I was on my ride today and i kept hearing a rattling sound. It sounds like water bottle cages rattling but it is because i stopped and tightened them.
Does any one has any ideas?
thanks