Paul,
Re the noise, you could also just have a loose spoke.
Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA
> Okay, thought that might grab some attention!
\r?\n>
\r?\n> This morning for the first time in my 47 year life I rode a set of
\r?\n> tubular tyres on my 81 Ilkeston Raleigh. What a joy they were to ride
\r?\n> and it was great to have this bike back on the road after being out of
\r?\n> action for about three years. The wheelset is one I got from John Barron
\r?\n> a few years ago - Mavic GL330s laced to a LF Campag rear and a SF Campag
\r?\n> front - maybe not the authentic set-up for the particular bike but
\r?\n> looked good anyway. I even managed to cope with the straight-seven
\r?\n> Sachs-Maillard freewheel block 12-19 with a 42-52 SR crankset. Mind you
\r?\n> I mostly stayed in the lower to lower-middle gears. Had some problems
\r?\n> with the gears slipping under load though - but that is another story
\r?\n> and one I will have to address before my next ride.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Anyway, I was happy that the tubbies did not roll off the rim and seemed
\r?\n> to have stayed put (and no apparent bumps). Not only was this my first
\r?\n> ride with them it was also my first experience gluing them up and I did
\r?\n> the three layer job! No-one told me what a messy job this is. I had one
\r?\n> question though for the gang as a tubbie newbie - I noticed that there
\r?\n> was a ticking sound (mainly from the front wheel) which seemed to come
\r?\n> from the tyres themselves - sort of like when one pulls apart something
\r?\n> sticky or tacky - is this to be expected? Was this from the tyres
\r?\n> seating themselves? Or maybe some glue on the tread surface (although I
\r?\n> was careful to try not to get it everywhere)? Or was it the fact that
\r?\n> these were new tyres?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Cheers,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Paul Williams,
\r?\n> Ottawa (but temporarily in Kingston) Ontario, Canada