Howdy,
Ireland absolutely loves speed bumps and I've noticed that I get a strange and disconcerting clunk from the front end if I ride over the shortest ones at "speed" (i.e. with 15km/h instead of 5km/h).
I kept my hands on the bars and I could feel no free play as the clunk is heard but I'm still worried. Also, coming to a stop using the front brakes does not elicit any freeplay or clunk from the steering.
(for the record: I did ride a bike with a broken upper raceway so I know how 1mm of freeplay looks, feels and sounds like)
Could it be the calipers? I don't keep the front brakes on when riding over the bumps and as the calipers and the discs are floating, I'm guessing that's where the noise comes from but I thought I'd ask anyway.
What do you think?
Ireland absolutely loves speed bumps and I've noticed that I get a strange and disconcerting clunk from the front end if I ride over the shortest ones at "speed" (i.e. with 15km/h instead of 5km/h).
I kept my hands on the bars and I could feel no free play as the clunk is heard but I'm still worried. Also, coming to a stop using the front brakes does not elicit any freeplay or clunk from the steering.
(for the record: I did ride a bike with a broken upper raceway so I know how 1mm of freeplay looks, feels and sounds like)
Could it be the calipers? I don't keep the front brakes on when riding over the bumps and as the calipers and the discs are floating, I'm guessing that's where the noise comes from but I thought I'd ask anyway.
What do you think?