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Clicking ticking noise

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  • July 15, 2014 at 8:56 pm #21915
    marc_j_w

    I need help before I go crazy. I have a Cube road bike about 3 years old which has developed an odd metallic clicking, ticking sort of noise when I pedal. There isn’t a predictable rhythm to the noise and it’s difficult to predict where it appears on the pedal stroke. The noise disappears when I freewheel or when I pedal at a low cadence.

    So far I’ve changed the pedals, changed my cleats, had the bike serviced and as a result had a new bottom bracket. I’ve removed the handlebars and stem gave them a clean and refitted them. I’ve checked the wheels and there don’t appear to be any problems that I can see and just to be thorough I removed and re-fitted the tyres and tubes.

    Despite all of this the damn clicking ticking noise remains. Does anyone have any ideas as to what else I could do to sort this out?

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  • July 15, 2014 at 11:19 pm #804041
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    Some Fella

    I had a similar sound which
    I had a similar sound which ‘ticked’ on every revolution of the pedal.
    I presumed it was the drivetrain. Drove me insane. Stripped everything down.
    No joy.

    Turns out it was grit inside the seattube. I think it was just the pressure of my buttock pushing down on every revolution that caused it.
    Just cleaned out seattube and seatpost – lithium greased the lot – ticking gone.

    Might be worth ruling it out.

    July 15, 2014 at 10:50 pm #804039
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    Jack Osbourne snr

    Saddle and seatpost next.
    Saddle and seatpost next.

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