What's my noise?

[midlife]

Something caught around the wheel axle... Bit of string?

 

[ColinJ]

Wheel deflecting under load and brake rubbing.

Wheels nice and solid, no obvious lateral movement of the rims. Both brakes adjusted with a few mm of clearance either side of their respective rims.

Something caught around the wheel axle... Bit of string?

Nope. I did wonder if there might be something in the hub area which shouldn't be there, but no.

 

[ColinJ]

You are all following my original line of thinking. I ended up completely baffled until a moment of insight which led to the solution! Anyway, I won't spoonfeed you that insight, you have to ask the question which will lead to me finally revealing it ...

 

[ColinJ]

Hint: I have already supplied you a subtle clue!

 

[Crackle]

You'd lost a bung out the end of your bars.

 

[Salty seadog]

Was it a part of the bike, or an accessory or a foreign object?

 

[ColinJ]

You'd lost a bung out the end of your bars.

That's an interesting one - wind blowing across the unbunged end like the noise made by blowing across the neck of a bottle ... I like that idea, but no.

Was it a part of the bike, or an accessory or a foreign object?

I think that's a reasonable question, so I'll answer that - it was part of the bike; I won't tell you what part though!

 

[bruce1530]

You were riding a tandem, and the screechy whiney noise was your passenger telling you that you’re going too fast

 

[Pat "5mph"]

How thrilling @ColinJ!
Don't tell us just yet, I'm having a think ... might take some time

 

[bruce1530]

Something spoke related?

 

[raleighnut]

Pet Hamster in the Bidon.

 

[Salty seadog]

Skewer rubbing a distorted axle.

 

[ColinJ]

You were riding a tandem, and the screechy whiney noise was your passenger telling you that you’re going too fast

Not a tandem, and no passengers either. Nor was it in my imagination, or my own fear at excessive speed!

How thrilling @ColinJ!
Don't tell us just yet, I'm having a think ... might take some time

I suspect at some point somebody will ask the right question and that will lead to a rapid conclusion.

Something spoke related?

NOT spoke related.

Pet Hamster in the Bidon.

No animals were involved in the production of this noise. A tiny weasal did run across the road in front of me the other day, but it was unharmed and silent!

Skewer rubbing a distorted axle.

I did wonder about skewers. I wasn't sure if there is any movement of hub parts against skewers - if so then they would need to be lubed and I don't usually bother doing that. I thought probably not though, and that was not the source of the troublesome sound.

 

[Tin Pot]

Headset too tight.

 

[ColinJ]

Headset too tight.

Not the headset.