As cyclists, we hear a lot of sounds when riding. Usually, the noises come from chirping birds, the wind rustling leaves or your bike’s tires rolling over your favorite trail. But sometimes the noises ...

We don’t think much of the ambient sound in TV shows or movies until they go wrong, like when Kevin Bacon’s track bike in the 1986 classic Quicksilver occasionally makes inexplicable freewheel sounds.

People have been making noise with their bikes since the very first dandy stuck a cricket trading card from his latest pack of Maj. Reginald’s East Indian Cure-All Poultice into the wheels of his ...