Rear wheel - random dull pinging sound - what is it?

[Shaun]

Just started this morning. Is this likely to be a spoke that's lost its tension, or could it be something else?

The wheel is a little out of true, but I've never had any pinging before.

Is a complete collapse of my rear wheel imminent?

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Tynan]

my wild guess is spoke tension, the wheel is recently out of true and some poor spoke is taking extra strain, I'd get that to the LBS for truing/tensioning sharpish if you can see loose/tight spokes

 

[tyred]

Probably unlikely, but I would check the rim for cracks. I had this over the weekend and when I investigated, there were cracks in the rim.

 

[Shaun]

Thanks for the advice - I'll get it looked at ASAP!

(Luckily I kept my old wheel-set so I can pop my old one on for a wee while.)

 

[Shaun]

loose spoke

Well I've been called some names before ... but never that!!

 

[Chuffy]

Is it very regular? There could be something catching on the spokes.

 

[Steve Austin]

tight nipples?

Are your nipples discolured? They might need some kind of lubricant, to prevent them going solid. A drop of oil on each should help

 

[Over The Hill]

It is when you get an email

 

[montage]

Possible bent rear hanger? (Fallen over/dropped bike/crashed recently?)
This would cause a clunking noise for every spoke it passed though, so would be clunking at a machine gun rate

 

[fossyant]

I'd go with the spokes need tightening.... can you true your wheels ?

 

[Shaun]

Dropped it into the LBS for a service and he true'd the wheel whilst he was at it - pinging gone, so I assume a spoke on one side had gone slack because it was out of true.