It's got to be either the bb or the freehub, and they both wanted to be overhauled about 3000 miles ago. My suggestion would be to break both of them down, do a through inspection of the cup & cones. If OK repack with new balls.
Michael On May 27, 12:27 pm, zrainryder <zdree...@gmail.com> wrote: > Upon the last 10 miles of a 3 day excursion with quite a bit of > climbing, my bike emitted a loud sound that sounded like an elephant > mating call. At first I thought it was the front wheel. The bike > makes the sound when going 15 mph+ and when coasting or when pedaling > backwards at that speed. Otherwise it sounds serendipitously. I now > suspect that the cause is in the bottom bracket. I'm using Sugino > cranks with a Tange bottom bracket which has around 5,000 miles on > it. I have not performed service to it of any kind. Any thoughts or > suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, Chris. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
