It turns out all of rattling I heard in the front wheel wasn’t a wheel bearing or loose spoke but the stupid ass reflector that was loose and rattling. Tightened that up and made some rubber shims from old bike tube to keep it from rubbing and also more securely attached the speed sensor magnet to avoid rattles. Put ten miles so far on the bike today and it’s been quiet except an occasional rattle from the pedal crank or maybe the pedals at hard pedaling but I don’t think that noise is new.

I also loosened up and retightened all the handle bar bolts and now the front end is good and tight. Lubricated the pedals and crank, chain and front shaft. I still need to replace the rear brake pads but I’m going to wait until I’m back from the Adirondacks to order them along with new handle grips and a bolt on kickstand. Today I’m riding at Thacher Park but I plan to be much more gentle riding trail today while realizing that I own a mountain bike and it should be used for such things and not just boring rides back and forth to work.