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Have you ruled out the spokes being below optimum tension? could be that increasing tension will reduce movement enough to get rid of the noise.
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Hi thanks that's a very good point, I know the shop checked the tension of the spokes and checked that the wheel was true, but I didn't give them the tension recommendations and I doubt they would have gone to that level of detail (may be doing them a disservice here, I'm not meaning to!).
So that is a possibility... honestly even setting all this out is partly whey I want to ride the bike with another wheel in so I can confirm for myself that I'm not on a complete wild goose chase here!
theflatboy
So on the saga of the horrendous noise as per here https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16863599/, I've now had the bike in to the local shop, who have gone over the whole drivetrain and the wheel and have also concluded that the noise is coming from grinding spokes - I'm annoyed I didn't get to see this being tested and confirmed for myself before I start forking out for sorting it, but didn't think about it before it was too late...
I'm in the process of going through this with Hunt to see what they say, but am thinking that an option here would be to replace the rear hub with maybe DT Swiss 240, or Hope RS4 (either of which in straight pull or regular spokes) to get a bit of an upgrade and a nicer freehub noise(!), and have it rebuilt with maybe CX-Ray spokes or maybe just Race.
I can't really afford or justify forking out for a whole new wheelset, and the rims are basically fine, so seems like assuming the issue is with the spokes and the interlacing, this would be a decent way to conclude this for mediumish cost. Does this sound viable and like a reasonable way to go? Thoughts gratefully received!