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Strange 'rattle' while on Turbo Trainer

  • 23-04-2013 11:09pm
    #1
    Sikpupi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭


    Hi

    I am using my Turbo trainer these days and notice that there is a strange rattle coming from around the pedal area as I pedal. It seems that the bike might be 'straining' ....when I am off the bike and rotate the pedals there is no noise.

    I have the front wheel up on an Argo catalogue - so the bike is level.

    Just worried that I might do some damage if I do seek some advice on same..

    Any thoughts???


Comments

  • #2
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,310 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    A rattle or a squeak? A squeak could be your cleats.


  • #3
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    That'll be your death rattle as your turbo trainer slowly strangles your will to live. I suspect it's an inevitable consequence of using a turbo trainer.


  • #4
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    More seriously though, it could be your bike moving within the trainer and the noise could be coming from where the trainer is struggling to keep a tight grip on your skewer/bike. My trainer creaks a little as a result of this.

    Otherwise, the only sources of rattles that I can think of are ones that would arise when on the road too but might not be so noticeable there - the usual ones of tube valve rattling in the rim, a loose locknut on a tube valve rattling, something loose (e.g. a spoke nipple) trapped inside a rim, a loose spoke, a loose nut/bolt, etc.


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