[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Brady Smith]

The story of my life lately:

1. Click on some pedal strokes but not all—insufficiently greased pedal.

2. Click on hard efforts only—dirty chain. Clean and lube and it goes away. 

3. Creaking sound started when pedaling uphill on bailout gear with 40 pounds 
of child and gear but progresses to unloaded bike all the time. Replaced 
hardware store bolt with proper seat binder bolt, bike is blissfully quiet. 

4. On another bike, creaking sound on hard efforts, then moderate efforts, then 
all the time. Cleaning doesn’t help. Took off pedals and greased, tightened 
crank bolts, seatpost, etc, it continues. Finally I notice that it stops out of 
saddle, and that nose bolt on B17 is broken. Awaiting replacement (thanks to 
this group!), and then hopefully silence will return.

5. In the winter, the Cambium saddle on my commuter creaks and creaks and 
creaks, especially below freezing. I’ve never figured out a solution to this, 
so I just deal with it. 

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Scott McLain]

I had a new Mountain Bike that had a weird click and it was the back wheel 
was loose on the bearings.  

I have taken my whole drive train apart to find to chase a creak that 
turned out to be the pedal.  Pedals are now the first place I look. 
I have heard of seat posts creaking.

I can't stand creaks or if my friends have creaks and squeaks.  Drives me 
nuts.  



On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 2:31:12 PM UTC-6, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
> .
>
> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
> factory without grease.
>
> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
> caused it?
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Mark Roland]

Water may have got in there and temporarily acted as a lubricant. Back in 
the days when I wore clipless Look/Shimano road cleats, the mid-ride 
temporary fix for a squeaky cleat was to squirt some water at it from the 
water bottle.

On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 6:18:02 PM UTC-4, aeroperf wrote:
>
>
> Had a once-per-pedal-revolution click that went away for a few days every 
> time I washed the bike.
> I swapped chains, pulled off the cranks, checked the bottom bracket and 
> shell, swapped seats…
> It turned out to be a bad pedal.  I never did find out what that had to do 
> with washing the bike.
>
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Fryfam]

70nm for the bb cups, that is. More like 32nm (with grease) for the crank 
bolts. A good lesson in following manuf torque and process recs when 
conflicting info exists online.

On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 5:04:51 PM UTC-7, Fryfam wrote:
>
> Creaky Campy Record cranks... until I learned that square taper campy bb 
> spindles prefer dry assembly (or with the smallest amount of grease) and a 
> recommended torque of 70nm!!! Haven't had any creaky issues since (500 
> miles + and still going strong)
>
>
> On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 1:31:12 PM UTC-7, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>>
>> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
>> .
>>
>> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
>> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
>> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
>> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
>> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
>> factory without grease.
>>
>> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
>> caused it?
>>
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Fryfam]

Creaky Campy Record cranks... until I learned that square taper campy bb 
spindles prefer dry assembly (or with the smallest amount of grease) and a 
recommended torque of 70nm!!! Haven't had any creaky issues since (500 
miles + and still going strong)


On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 1:31:12 PM UTC-7, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
> .
>
> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
> factory without grease.
>
> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
> caused it?
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[aeroperf]

Had a once-per-pedal-revolution click that went away for a few days every 
time I washed the bike.
I swapped chains, pulled off the cranks, checked the bottom bracket and 
shell, swapped seats…
It turned out to be a bad pedal.  I never did find out what that had to do 
with washing the bike.


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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[tuolumne bikes]

Creaks, usually on the downward pedal stroke of my stronger right leg: 
usually the saddle (stand up to test), worst case (twice now) cracked drop 
out. It's odd, but when you hear a noise timed to pedal cadence, the ear 
points to the pedals, crank, bb regardless of where it's actually coming 
from. I think it's uncertain enough that the bias from the brain will make 
it seem to come from the crank area.

On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 1:31:12 PM UTC-7, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
> .
>
> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
> factory without grease.
>
> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
> caused it?
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Garth]

Oh boy  this is very slippery slope, but it's Fun Friday so what the 
hey. It seems to me such noises are a form of self-play  a who-dunnit, 
a peek-a-boo-where-are-you game.   You know ... like a living *Scoobie Doo 
Where Are You*  Play !  Where no matter what. all is forever well, the 
"problem" was "solved" even before it began, and we simply "tune in" or in 
this case "tune out ourselves" for an instant of playtime, make-believe. 
The whole sh'bang  done "on the instant" present tense, the only 
tense that exists  my gosh .. it's utter brilliance  Pure 
Intelligence . 

I kid you not .. ((   (  teeheehee  )   ))



On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 4:31:12 PM UTC-4, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
> .
>
> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
> factory without grease.
>
> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
> caused it?
>

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[RBW] Re: Causes for bike noises

[Zed Martinez]

The weirdest and hardest to isolate ticking I ever fixed was the clamp 
sleeve on a pair of Bosco bars. Even with a clean, tight stem interface, 
there'd be a tick tick tick as I weighted and unweighted the bars. Only 
solved that one by dribbling a little blue Loctite around the sleeve's ends 
and pulsing it into the gap between the sleeve and the bar with an air 
compressor. Made a mess, but that bar was quiet forever after.

On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 4:31:12 PM UTC-4, Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> Sheldon Brown has a great article on Creaks, Clicks, & Clunks 
> .
>
> Yesterday I fixed an annoying ticking noise that happened on most crank 
> rotations, but only in warm weather. The culprit turned out to be the 
> pedals, which I forgot to grease when I installed new pedals on new cranks. 
> Another bike I had (not a Rivendell) had a bad creaking noise that turned 
> out to be from the square taper bottom bracket that was installed at the 
> factory without grease.
>
> I'm curious- what annoying noises have others fixed on their bikes? What 
> caused it?
>

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