creaky saddle

amircp
amircp Posts: 132
edited July 2007 in Workshop
I have an annoyingly creaky saddle - any ideas how to get rid of the noise?
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  • berg
    berg Posts: 21
    http://www.bikeradar.com./road/forums/v ... t=12538096
  • Yorkshireman
    Yorkshireman Posts: 999
    Which saddle are you using?
    Colin N.


    Lincolnshire is mostly flat... but the wind is mostly in your face!
  • amircp
    amircp Posts: 132
    The saddle came with my Ridgeback Horizon. Own brand.
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  • amircp
    amircp Posts: 132
    Should have said - the post is metal rather than carbon.
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  • pieinthesky
    pieinthesky Posts: 417
    Take the saddle off the seatpost and the seatpost out of the frame. Clean it all thoroughly, grease the post where it goes into the frame, put a smear of grease on the saddle rails where they are clamped and on the seatpost bolt and any mating surfaces.

    Put it back together and check it is all tight.

    If it still creaks it might be something else. - I spent ages trying to cure a creaking saddle only to find the front wheel skewer needed tightening. It is not always obvious where a noise is coming from .
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Check the seatpost cradle, too. Years ago I had an ITM seatpost with a creak (which I thought was due to the saddle) - it turned out to be a crack in the cradle (diecast alloy) which was slowly getting worse & worse. Luckily I spotted it before the part failed!

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • amircp
    amircp Posts: 132
    Greasing the post (um!) seems to have worked though I have only been out once and the problem is intermittent (depends on the weather?).
    Cheers for the ideas
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