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About 1 week ago my front wheel (I think) appeared to develop an annoying creaking noise mainly when standing on the pedals and leaning on the bars eg climbing hills, starting off at lights. It sounds a bit like the spokes pinging as they bed in, if not stress releaved enough when building the wheel.
The wheel has 28 spokes (DT Champion 2mm I think) and these are radially laced to Mavic Open Pro rim and an unbranded hub. The cartridge bearings appear to still be butter smooth. I've checked the rim and hub shells for cracking - none evident. The wheel still runs true with an average spoke tension reading of 24.7 on the non-drive side and 25.4 on the drive side (both measured on the Park Tool gauge).
I've also checked that the SKS mudguard is not creaking at the fastenings and it appears to be silent. I'm now stuck for what to check to stop the annoying noise and it's driving me mad. It's not loud just annoying as I know it shouldn't be there and wasn't there.
Any suggestions other than ear defenders?