Spoke creaks

I rode off a kerb and the weekend and the front wheel has developed a creek, 99% sure its a spoke, creeks more if you heal the bike over to one side. One creek per revolution.

Various spokes seem a little loose but it seems impossible to locate the 'creaker' - best just to tighten each one 1/4 or 1/2 a turn? Or any other clever ideas to find out offending spoke?

-o1

i wouldn't tighten without knowing which spoke is buggered. it could also be the hub, so have a look at the spoke holes and see if there is a crack. if no, then check to see if all of the nipples are sound.

is the wheel still true?

depending on how well you know wheels building it might be worth undoing all spokes oiling and re tightening
the creaks usually happen on older rustier spoked wheels

wheel true-ish, no worse than when it started off, erm, yes they are a little pitted, having spent last summer on a salty sea going boat... maybe i'll just spray the lot with WD40 and worry about it when it snaps....

wheel true-ish, no worse than when it started off, erm, yes they are a little pitted, having spent last summer on a salty sea going boat... maybe i'll just spray the lot with WD40 and worry about it when it snaps....

But boats don't have wheels, do they?

Spoke creak is pretty easy to spot with the squeeze test. If nothing is apparent there is a possibility you've dinked one of the bearings into the cones, which can also cause a creak that is affected by heeling.

Pop your cones off and see if they're heavily pitted, if so, probably time to overhaul the hub.