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Squeaky Saddle!

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  • July 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm #27406
    theironduck

    So, I think I have a squeaky saddle.  What to do?

    The squeaking only manifests itself going uphill so I can’t really get anyone to listen exactly where it’s originating.  I’m pretty sure it’s the saddle (or seat post) as the squeaking goes away if I stand up out of the saddle plus I’ve had a new BB fitted recently so it’s not that.

    For reference, the saddle is a WTB Volt Comp on a non-carbon Kona seat post in a steel frame.

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  • July 31, 2017 at 2:27 pm #898225
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    theironduck

    The effect does remind me of

    The effect does remind me of my youth misspent carefully painting and dry brushing Games Workshop/Citadel miniatures.  The saddle does have something of the look of an Eldar spaceship…

    July 30, 2017 at 6:23 pm #898223
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    Nat Jas Moe

    So theironduck you have a new

    So theironduck you have a new fancy paint job surelysmiley

    July 30, 2017 at 1:19 pm #898221
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    theironduck

    That sounds neat.  The copper

    That sounds neat.  The copper-slip worked (only a teensiest squeak going up Box Hill today) but everything in proximity to the saddle has acquired a bronze sheen.

    July 28, 2017 at 8:39 am #898219
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    peted76

    A squirt of pledge (wood

    A squirt of pledge (wood polish) worked for me a while ago.. into where the rails meet the seat part (it was a tip passed to me by another cyclist for the same issue. 

     

    July 27, 2017 at 7:24 am #898217
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    theironduck

    Ah, I think VecchioJoe just

    Ah, I think VecchioJoe just answered that question for me:

    It took a while to track down that creak but a bit of copper-slip on the seatpost clamp sorted it

    July 27, 2017 at 7:07 am #898215
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    theironduck

    Thanks.   Would any old

    Thanks.   Would any old grease do?   I have non-locking copper based stuff.

    July 26, 2017 at 2:55 pm #898213
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    ibr17xvii

    Grease the seat post first &

    Grease the seat post first & foremost.

    If that doesn’t cure it grease the saddle rails & clamping bolts.

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