[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[EasyRider]

Anything can make a bike go click but for me it's usually one thing: the bottom 
bracket isn't snug enough. Grant mentioned this already and I concur. 

Almost every bike I've owned this has popped up, and usually right after I've 
installed the BB. I've even used a bit of teflon tape on really stubborn cases. 
A breaker bar helps to install snugly. Not so you can gorilla it, but so you 
can apply more force in a controlled manner.

The giveaway that's it's the bb is that the creak is intermittent and usually 
prompted by standing, either to mash up a hill or get underway from a stop. It 
goes away under easy pedaling/less torque. A loose crank arm is similar but it 
makes a creaking noise instead of a click.

Pete
Arlington, VA

 

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[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[BCDrums]

I had a click that turned out to be the aglet on a shoelace hitting a crankarm.

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Re: [RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Patrick Moore]

I've had a similar noise go away when I lubed the seatpost and, if I'm not
imagining things, I also once found the source either in the stem quill or
the stem clamp.

And don't forget your aiglets.



Patrick "aiglets are not baby aigles" Moore

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:43 PM, Jeff Lesperance 
wrote:

> I had a similar occurrence last year and it turned out to be the seatpost.
> After rebuilding pedals and swapping a bottom bracket to no avail. I
> removed, greased, and reinstalled my seatpost and the clicking sopped.
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:09 PM Brett Callahan 
> wrote:
>
>> I had a similar problem and discovered it the seat.  I swore up and down
>> that it was a pedal, crank, bottom bracket issues and it ended up being the
>> saddle...
>>
>> Double, triple, and quadruple check your saddle, which may be producing a
>> click in you downstroke at certain cadence.
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[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Clayton.sf]

Not that it is likely ,but last time I had a "crank area" click it ended up 
being my freehub. Few bike things worse than the mystery click. Good luck 
hunting!

Clayton Scott
SF, CA

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[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Ian A]

If using a UN54 bottom bracket, the plastic NDS spacer can crack and cause a 
Click. 

IanA

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Re: [RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Joe Bernard]

I second the pedal swap. Many ages ago I bought a new Bridgestone XO-3 that had 
a click at a spot on the pedaling circle. I figured out where it was and 
adjusted the pedal but no go..that pedal just twarnt right and twarnt gonna git 
right. New pedals cured it. 

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Re: [RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Lum Gim Fong]

My stem clicked. Remove/regrease/reinstall fixed it.

Sometimes the shifter cable housings can click against each other or head tube.

Brake lever mounting bolts tight?

Snug every bolt on the bike. Even water bottle bolts.

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Re: [RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[ctifusion]

Exact same thing with a quickbeam, but I did change the cranks. Rear rack. Take 
off all racks.

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Re: [RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Jeff Lesperance]

I had a similar occurrence last year and it turned out to be the seatpost.
After rebuilding pedals and swapping a bottom bracket to no avail. I
removed, greased, and reinstalled my seatpost and the clicking sopped.

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:09 PM Brett Callahan 
wrote:

> I had a similar problem and discovered it the seat.  I swore up and down
> that it was a pedal, crank, bottom bracket issues and it ended up being the
> saddle...
>
> Double, triple, and quadruple check your saddle, which may be producing a
> click in you downstroke at certain cadence.
>
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[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Brett Callahan]

I had a similar problem and discovered it the seat.  I swore up and down that 
it was a pedal, crank, bottom bracket issues and it ended up being the saddle...

Double, triple, and quadruple check your saddle, which may be producing a click 
in you downstroke at certain cadence.  

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[RBW] Clicking noise -- About to lose my mind.

[Nathan Neuberger]

I'm in need of some help with an aggravating problem. Several years ago my 
bike developed a clicking sound. It occurs at the same spot in the crank 
rotation. Curiously, the click does not always happen (sometimes its 
sleeping), but tends to wake up most often during a climb or when I'm 
hauling a load. But it occurs during easy riding as well.


This winter, my bike was in need of some TLC, so I replaced the chain, 
cassette, chainring set (but not the crank arms) and the bottom bracket. 
Overhauled the hubs too. That covered almost every moving part, so I 
figured that would solve it. Nope.


I think it is likely a pedal issue. The clicking only occurs when my right 
pedal is at about 12:00 (about to start a downstroke) and under relatively 
heavy pressure. Just pedaling with my left foot does not seem to trigger 
the click.


Bike is a Rivendell Homer Hilsen (2009-ish).  The pedals are MKS grip 
kings. I took off both pedals, cleaned them, replaced all bearings, and put 
in tons of grease. I did not see or feel any issues with the races. The 
click is still there, and seems to have gotten a little worse since I 
overhauled the pedals. Could the click be caused by the pedal cone being 
too tight?


Any other ideas?


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