noise in front end

[bj66]

I went out for a short ride tonight, and since it was almost dark i was almost idling home the last few miles. (alot of deer out running around) Anyway i noticed a faint ticking sound in the front end. It sounds like it ticks about once per revolution of the tire. I havent really ridden my bike this way before, so never have heard anything like it. I doubt it could be brakes, cause it isnt constant. My next thought was speedometer cable? Tomorrow i will try to jack the bike up and spin it by hand and see if i can hear anything. Any ideas woul be appreciated. Oh it has a little over 7000 miles on it

[Wanderer]

I went out for a short ride tonight, and since it was almost dark i was almost idling home the last few miles. (alot of deer out running around) Anyway i noticed a faint ticking sound in the front end. It sounds like it ticks about once per revolution of the tire. I havent really ridden my bike this way before, so never have heard anything like it. I doubt it could be brakes, cause it isnt constant. My next thought was speedometer cable? Tomorrow i will try to jack the bike up and spin it by hand and see if i can hear anything. Any ideas woul be appreciated. Oh it has a little over 7000 miles on it

 

Roofing nail in tire?

[jfoster]

Mine did it, but it was only when I hit a bump. I touched everything I could and could never find it. It eventually went away. When it was new, one of the bolts came out of the brake caliper causing it to rattle.

[CaptainJoe]

A small stone in your tread?

 

Depress your front brakes sightly, if sound goes away its your calipers.

 

If you've got creative kids, they may have put a plastic zip ties on the rim so it clicks and drives you crazy... We use to do it to our bike tires although I can't seem to remember what we used.

[buddy]

rule out the cable due to your bike being electronic now,sounds like your pads are rattling against your rotor or possible broken rotor but unlikely due to being a newer bike. look up monty's question on his brake rattling sound and I think you will see you have the same problem as he did. easy fix and you don't even have to rise the bike off the ground either to do this.

[bj66]

rule out the cable due to your bike being electronic now,sounds like your pads are rattling against your rotor or possible broken rotor but unlikely due to being a newer bike. look up monty's question on his brake rattling sound and I think you will see you have the same problem as he did. easy fix and you don't even have to rise the bike off the ground either to do this.

 

I just read his post, it looks awfull similar, i'll check it out