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PSA - sometimes a creak needs to be investigated
I had noticed a creak/noise from my bike, especially when accelerating from stopped. It sounded almost like the chain clunking into position, so I ended up replacing my outer chainring as it was a few years old, but the noise persisted. I was contemplating whether it was pedals, bottom bracket bearing or even rear cassette, but yesterday I discovered the answer.
I was just starting off on a ride and heading uphill on my road - negotiated my way round a van coming downhill and then got off the saddle to accelerate and start warming up. Hit the deck almost outside my front door and luckily got a lightly grazed knee and knuckle out of it, though my handlebars looked very skewed. The van driver did stop and check that I was okay which was nice of him.
So, sometimes a creaky noise isn't what you think it is.
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I thought I'd give the gearing a go at least until the crankset breaks again.
certainly I'd only be using a 53/39 if I lived somewhere much flatter than Bristol
Me waiting for my new pedals so I can see if I've made a mistake with my gearing
Dont be tempted to clamp the crank in a vice to undo he pedal, you might sratch it and that would spoil it.
I tried putting the crank on the ground, inserting a big allen key and treading on it (with my foot on the crank), but I think my allen key was a bit cheap and kept flying out of the socket due to poor tolerances. After a few goes at that, I figured it was about time to replace my pedals anyway.
Depending on the pedals you might be able to use a 15mm spanner to get them out? That might work better when you have the Shimano detachable crank situation
Unfortunately these ones can only be removed by Allen key. They've got a nut, but that removes the body from the spindle (with the spindle still attached to the crank). It has occurred to me that I might have been inadvertently tightening rather than loosening the pedals, but I'm all in on new pedals now anyway.
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