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PoorCyclist

Post subject: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:06 pm

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Location: California's country side

One of my wheelsets have fat spokes and they are wider than the CX-rays, they make a loud air whipping sound when you ride it.

Does that mean it is less effecient?

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Rick

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:21 pm

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Probably.

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mjduct

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:27 pm

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slow down...

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PoorCyclist

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:35 pm

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Location: California's country side

here is a pic

had gone to 45mph and almost a machine like sound.. could be the amplification of the carbon rim.

Mavics have bigger spokes than this, and wonder what you guys have heard..

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luckysix

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:55 pm

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I get a similar noise on my AC 420 Aero 3 which has rather thick-looking bladed spokes.

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2002SaecoReplica

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:55 am

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PoorCyclist wrote:

One of my wheelsets have fat spokes and they are wider than the CX-rays, they make a loud air whipping sound when you ride it.

Does that mean it is less effecient?

It's the fabric of the space-time continuum starting to rip. Haven't you ever seen Back To The Future?

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mvacolnago

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:01 am

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You should hear a pair if mad fiber wheels when I am putting down some power, sounds like a truck

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bura

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 5:37 am

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PoorCyclist wrote:

One of my wheelsets have fat spokes and they are wider than the CX-rays, they make a loud air whipping sound when you ride it.

Does that mean it is less effecient?

PC, the photo does not show the complete spoke lenghts.
Have you trued your wheels recently and are one or some of your spokes twisted towards the nipple head?Means not sitting in the correct direction to the wind with the sharp edges ? :noidea:

Last edited by bura on Fri May 11, 2012 9:37 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Murphs

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:40 am

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Sounds like a twisted spoke to me...

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adriano

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:06 pm

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i doubt its the spokes.

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fdegrove

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:35 pm

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Hi,

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Does that mean it is less effecient?

Absolutely.

As someone else already suggested, have you checked to see if the spokes are correctly orientated ?

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ergott

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:58 pm

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mvacolnago wrote:

You should hear a pair if mad fiber wheels when I am putting down some power, sounds like a truck

The Spinergy Rev-X used to make the coolest sound at speed. Sounded like a Vietnam war reenactment with the Huey gunships coming over the horizon. All I needed was the "Ride of the Valkyries" soundtrack.

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kavitator

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 5:42 pm

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Best sound has Disc Wheel:)

spokes looks like Pillar

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fdegrove

Post subject: Re: loud air noise from spokes

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:56 pm

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Hi,

ergott wrote:

mvacolnago wrote:

You should hear a pair if mad fiber wheels when I am putting down some power, sounds like a truck

No wheels to go with one of Jimi Hendrix tracks out there? :mrgreen:

Ciao,

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