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I have these fitted to my Carrera Subway 8. They seem to work well, but yes they rattle quite a bit when going over rough ground. The cooling fin becomes tight when the brakes are applied so must be a direct connection to one of the friction faces. I might have a go a dabbing a bit of silicone at three points around the interface of the cooling fin to ...


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It is a matter of checking things on you bike one by one, and seeing if the noise stops. If your bike has a reflector attached to a spoke, check that has not come loose too. I previously had an issue like this and this was the cause and it took me ages before I thought to check it.


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Check your headset first. Try to turn the spacers under your stem, if you can turn them by hand, your headset is too loose. Loosen stem, tighten headset, re-tighten stem. Another possibility is a loose spoke, but this you'd likely hear even when not cornering. You can quickly hand check the tension of the spokes by "twanging" them like a guitar string. You ...



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