The Quest for Peace...

[DRLski]

...from noise. I can't seem to win lately, I had a noise coming from my rear wheel that sounded like something was loose, after much playing around I finally found out that the lock ring was really really loose, as soon as I tightened that up and now it was nice and quiet...at least for a while. Now that it's so quiet I'm starting to notice some other noises, currently the one driving me completely nuts is a noise coming from when I'm shifted to the middle of my cogset, I've tried everything that I can think of and can't seem to make it go away, I notice it more when I'm at a slower cadence however it's still there at the higher cadences. It's hard to describe the noise...it's a mix of sounding like it wants to change gears or is the bearings are loose however the wheel only has a few hundred miles on it and the cassette is fairly new. FYI, it's a Campy Veloce cassette with a Centaur rear derailleur and a Easton Vista SL wheel with campy freehub. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[wiredued]

If its a clanking sound check the alignment of the rear derailer my derailer was making a noise from the chain hitting the lower end of the cage because of an alignment problem.

 

[lks]

...from noise. I can't seem to win lately, I had a noise coming from my rear wheel that sounded like something was loose, after much playing around I finally found out that the lock ring was really really loose, as soon as I tightened that up and now it was nice and quiet...at least for a while. Now that it's so quiet I'm starting to notice some other noises, currently the one driving me completely nuts is a noise coming from when I'm shifted to the middle of my cogset, I've tried everything that I can think of and can't seem to make it go away, I notice it more when I'm at a slower cadence however it's still there at the higher cadences. It's hard to describe the noise...it's a mix of sounding like it wants to change gears or is the bearings are loose however the wheel only has a few hundred miles on it and the cassette is fairly new. FYI, it's a Campy Veloce cassette with a Centaur rear derailleur and a Easton Vista SL wheel with campy freehub. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Put your bike in a bike stand and shift to the ring and cog where you hear this noise. Now take your right hand and turn your crankset. Take your left hand, and while gently pushing in and pulling out on the rear derailleur a tiny bit, see if you can reduce the noise. If so, your rear derailleur needs adjustment. Good Idea to put a glove on your left hand. A finger in between the chain and jockey wheel, might ruin your day.