I have had this problem Before you do all this “mechanical” stuff, try “Magic incantations”. They work just as well.
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Brian Turner Sent: Friday, October 20, 2023 9:01 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Subject: [RBW] How do you fix your leather saddle creaks and squeaks? At some point this week, my new (to me) Atlantis developed a creak whenever I pedaled. While standing and cranking, nothing... so saddle or seatpost, right? The Brooks B17 I have on it is very old and broken in, and it has never creaked before, but I decided to take it off, greased the rails, a few drops of Tenacious Oil on the metal bits, cleaned and greased the seatpost and clamp, cleaned out the seat tube with this long brush that I have (think, long flexible bottle brush). Took it for a test ride, and the creak was still there. So, now I proceed to deep dive into this. Remove and regrease the pedals. Pulled cranks and cleaned the chainrings. Replaced the rusty chainring bolts. Greased spindles and crank bolts. I didn't really want to remove the BB - even though that was a likely culprit - but I left it alone. New chain installed. Tightened fender I have had this problem stays. Checked cable housing and stops. Greased QR skewers. Test ride again. Creak still there, and maybe worse. Damn it! Why didn't I just pull the BB while I had all that disassem bled?? After all this, I suddenly remembered that I had an extra saddle in my parts bin. I felt stupid for not putting this saddle on first thing to test my initial theory. Sure enough, test ride proved NO CREAKING. A-ha! I'm an idiot. So, now to go full-on assault with this saddle creak. I flipped it over and dabbed globs of Obenauf's around all the places where the metal undercarraige meets the leather. Then, I took a heat gun (on low setting) and melted the Obenauf's to let it ooze down into all those nooks and crannies. I've never tried this approach before, but it seemed like an idea that could possibly work well - for a while at least. Sure enough, it took care of the creak. We'll see how long it holds up. Do you have a good creak, or creaky saddle story? How did you take care of it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1b8bcce2-c189-4aa8-bfbd-eec9fd2e8f79n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1b8bcce2-c189-4aa8-bfbd-eec9fd2e8f79n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/SA1PR17MB5491A673169B2B626288CFA6CDDBA%40SA1PR17MB5491.namprd17.prod.outlook.com.
