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Out the saddle clicking noise

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  • August 23, 2015 at 11:12 am #24680
    dazzle

    I’ve had this problem before on both of my bikes, colnago c60 and v1-r, seems like it’s coming from the wheels when sprinting out the saddle worst and again up hills out the saddle? Last winter my lbs narrowed it down to the salt build up in the headset area causing it.

    I’ve tried different shoes new and old and cleats and the noise still persists, it’s so annoying having to regularly sort this, I’ve only washed the bikes twice since they got fully stripped down and greased, could water be penetrating the bb threads? The amount of built up dust/powder within the bb and headset is a joke and seems to need constantly cleaned out?

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  • August 24, 2015 at 12:30 am #857933
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    notfastenough

    I suffered with this recently
    I suffered with this recently on my carbon trek after a crash. I took it to servicing-only place (popup bikes in Manchester, fab place) and they confirmed the drive side clicking when under load (and as it only happened when your right foot was between 3 and 6 o clock “definitely” drivetrain-related) They spent all day on it, stripped the BB, rear hub, all sorts. Eventually someone says “he crashed it, let’s tighten the bars!” Sorted!

    The trick, apparently, was in how sound resonates through carbon. Under certain circumstances the vibration moves through the frame and emerges as sound somewhere else entirely.

    Food for thought, good luck!

    August 23, 2015 at 6:35 pm #857931
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    Sniffer

    Might be something else
    Might be something else entirely, but symptoms are very similar to my road bike. Slightly loose headset creaks (sounds like a click). Only notice it when out of the saddle. Tighten headset, problem goes a away for a few weeks then returns.

    As it seemed to be linked with pedal stroke I thought it might be the crank, BB, pedals everything. It is the headset though.

    August 23, 2015 at 5:31 pm #857929
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    dazzle

    Some good tips there, thanks,
    Some good tips there, thanks, I think my dura ace pedals could do with a service they feel horrible, loose, popping, especially bad in the little ring not under much load, my lbs reckons there is nothing to service in them? The clicking phenomena is most noticeable when your first get out the saddle and start sprinting, both bikes the same issue, different wheels, can only be the bb or headsets surely?

    August 23, 2015 at 5:27 pm #857927
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    crikey

    Everyone will have their own,
    Everyone will have their own, here’s mine;
    1) Check under the headtube/downtube junction.
    I had a creak for two weeks after winning a mountain bike race. Frame had cracked.
    2) Headset bearings.
    Drop the forks out and check the bearings, when they get wet then rusted they creak.
    3) Got low spoke count wheels?
    Try a drop of oil on each spoke nipple. Then leave wheels by a radiator and rotate them every couple of hours. High tension wheels don’t like getting cleaned too much, and they creak when the nipple/rim junction dries out.

    August 23, 2015 at 5:10 pm #857925
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    Woldsman

    Check the front QR is
    Check the front QR is tightened as much as possible, but still usable?

    August 23, 2015 at 5:00 pm #857923
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    mike the bike

    One of the few benefits of my
    One of the few benefits of my increasing deafness is that I no longer hear the little creaks and clicks that once drove me mad. If you can hang on until your sixties the problem will go away.

    But, if you are determined to fix the noise, try tightening your chainring bolts. It’s amazing how often they work loose. Or the pedals might need servicing?

    As a rule of thumb, never believe a word spoken by a bike-shop mechanic, it’s nothing to do with dust. Unless it’s fairy dust of course.

    Best of luck.

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