NortonMarg@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/18/03 11:42:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
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> > So what does this tell you? What it tells me is that the spokes aren't
> > moving back and forth against themselves. How could they move with the
> > sharp notch in each spoke where they touch. You'd even be able to hear
> > them popping in and out of the notch while you rode if the spokes moved.
> >
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> This is commonly noticed by the clicking noise that emanates from the rear
> wheel when climbing. The spokes ARE moving, that's why they "click". I
> demonstrated this to customers by manipulating the spokes across one another and asking
> "sound sort of like this?"
> They're usually astounded. When the spokes get like that, it's the PERFECT
> time to tie and solder them, you get a little extra structure and then they
> realy don't move!
Plenty of mountains around me to climb (road climbs from 750 ft to 7900 ft in a 50 mile ride from my house) and I have never had a bike that made clicking noise from the rear wheel when climbing seated or standing. All my wheels are self built since '76.
I think any wheel that makes clicking noises with the spokes while climbing means the spokes aren't tensioned highly enough by definition.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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