My first 8 miles on the 700 series.

[Limeybastard]

I finally started to ride my bike yay
I think my front spokes are lose, I hear twanging type spoke noise when riding , bumping the front up and down doesn’t make any noise. If I use my fingers and squeeze the spokes the same sort of noise occurs like when I’m riding.

 

[RunForTheHills]

Tight spokes twang and loose spokes thud. Plucking them is how many wheel builders judge spoke tension. Truing wheels is a good skill to learn and spoke wrenches are cheap.

 

[GenXrider]

I would recommend a little more reading instead of starting a new thread for absolutely everything. See the Ride1Up support pages and previous threads here and at the FB Ride1Up ebike owners group.

 

[Limeybastard]

Tight spokes twang and loose spokes thud. Plucking them is how many wheel builders judge spoke tension. Truing wheels is a good skill to learn and spoke wrenches are cheap.

I have a spoke wrench, the actual one Ride1Up linked from their technical support pages. I figured I’d need one. But before I go turning spokes clockwise Willy nilly I was hoping to learn the basics first.

 

[RunForTheHills]

You can use a zip tie on the seat stays as calipers if you don't have a truing stand. Spin the wheel and see if the rim moves away from or closer to your zip tie or calipers You tighten the spokes a quarter turn at a time to make it move the rim away from the gauge. The rim should be centered between the stays.

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[Limeybastard]

Just an update , it appears the reflectors on the spokes were causing the noise. I did a method of elimination as a test. I removed the spoke reflectors and the noise no longer is present.
However, there is another noise that I cannot replicate, it appears to come from the front fork stem area. its not. twang but a deeper metal to metal noise which probably occurs once or twice every 6 or so miles. Pushing the front up and down etc cannot replicate noise. Mmmm its a hard one. I may remove front fender and start from there, But the fender is tin and I doubt its originating from there.