Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
This may sound nuts, but I had that wierd pinging sound in both my wheels when I put new different tires on that had a higher suggested tire pressure marked on them. I pumped the new tires up to their maximum air pressure and the spokes started making all these weird little sounds, creaking and pinging. My LBS did not hear them either.
The sounds gave me the creeps and I backed off the air pressure by 10 pounds, and the sounds suddenly went away for good. Just my own experience and who knows, but maybe worth a try?
Lisa -

Thank you for posting this!!! My husband recently bought a cross bike that he uses as a commuter. We have been trying to solve the 'creak' problem for weeks now!! Through process of elimination, we got it down to coming from the rear wheel, but even with a after re-truing and spoke tension check, it kept creaking. And yeah, the LBS couldn't duplicate it. He had traded out the original cross tires for a more all-around 700x28 tire. After reading your post, I suggested he try the old tire again. Sure enough, the creak vanished! He's now shopping for new wheels to use without the cross tires. Thanks so much for solving a super annoying mystery for us!!