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just for validation that I'm not going mad, does this sound like a likely possibility in the absence of anything else obvious?
Spokes do move, that's how they transition from equal tension under no load to higher tension in the pulling spokes under driving torque load #everythingisrubber
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Not-so-hypothetical question, wheel experts - I have been trying to resolve a horrible grinding / creaking noise that only comes under significant power in the lowest four or five gears on the cassette. I've gone through a few things, with no luck. Suddenly had the thought earlier that it could be the aero spokes grinding against each other; a quick finger squeeze suggest a couple of pairs are a little looser than the rest - I think I already know the answer to this (i.e. get them checked / tensioned / trued by someone who knows what they're doing...! / swap out the wheels to check if the noise goes away...!), but just for validation that I'm not going mad, does this sound like a likely possibility in the absence of anything else obvious?