Creakings, clickings, tickings, clankings and knockings.

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  • videonastie
    videonastie Posts: 6
    First timer, so be tender :-)

    Had a Whyte Stirling 2014 model for 6 weeks now & I love the bike, but there is an annoying creak, which I'm positive is coming from the saddle area.

    I've read up on the seat-post creaking & it's a common occurrence. Ive took it completely off, along with the saddle & given it a good clean. I've then greased the post & the saddle clamp, but the creaking still remains.

    I'm not sure what else it could be, so I'm looking for any tips??

    Thanks.
  • deer_dance
    deer_dance Posts: 44
    Edit - Fixed
  • Manc33
    Manc33 Posts: 2,157
    Honestly this is my favourite thread on this whole forum. I ended up here after my Rockrider 5.2 was clicking a while back. Of course, I couldn't determine what was causing the clicking, thats just it folks, you're not meant to know. The clicking went away on its own and never came back. That is all you can hope for.
  • benviermann
    benviermann Posts: 1
    I recently bought a new road bike with an 11 Speed Ultegra Drivetrain.
    The drivetrain has been really noisy, I cant really figure out what is wrong. It shifts properly and no gear skipping whatsoever.
    Anyone has any idea what this noise could be? thx
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    deer_dance wrote:
    Edit - Fixed

    What was it and how did you fix it?
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    Manc33 wrote:
    Honestly this is my favourite thread on this whole forum. I ended up here after my Rockrider 5.2 was clicking a while back. Of course, I couldn't determine what was causing the clicking, thats just it folks, you're not meant to know. The clicking went away on its own and never came back. That is all you can hope for.

    True, true. The gods have their plan and if it involves your bike making a funny noise; sometimes you just got to accept it.
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    benviermann wrote:
    I recently bought a new road bike with an 11 Speed Ultegra Drivetrain.
    The drivetrain has been really noisy, I cant really figure out what is wrong. It shifts properly and no gear skipping whatsoever.
    Anyone has any idea what this noise could be? thx

    Get some heavier lube on your chain? Maybe it's just the light oil from the factory on the chain?
  • badgermilk
    badgermilk Posts: 66
    Recent annoying click that I recently fixed was the two screws came loose on rear mech hanger.
    Removed put some Loctite on the threads and jobs a good-un.
    Was causing a 1 per rev click when going for it.
  • sebo900
    sebo900 Posts: 14
    Imo shimano chains/groupos are a bit loud at first but they calm down with wear
  • tomsimmonds
    tomsimmonds Posts: 66
    just got a roubaix, took it out and for some reason heard a creak when pushed left peddle down. I loosened and the re tightened the allen key bolts on the left crank are and now that has cured the problem.

    Why was it making noise in first place?
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    Heavymental wrote:
    benviermann wrote:
    I recently bought a new road bike with an 11 Speed Ultegra Drivetrain.
    The drivetrain has been really noisy, I cant really figure out what is wrong. It shifts properly and no gear skipping whatsoever.
    Anyone has any idea what this noise could be? thx

    Get some heavier lube on your chain? Maybe it's just the light oil from the factory on the chain?

    I don't use lube at all Self lube chain Y BAN. It could be just noisy.

    If there is no difference with heavier lube then it's possible that you gears are not quite tuned in.

    Check if they are noisy on each sprocket. Check that the chain is not touching your front mech.
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    tomsimmonds wrote:
    just got a roubaix, took it out and for some reason heard a creak when pushed left peddle down. I loosened and the re tightened the allen key bolts on the left crank are and now that has cured the problem.

    Why was it making noise in first place?


    Because the bike overlord of irritation his messing with you.

    or you could have just tightened your Bolts a we bit tighter.

    I would go with the bIke overlord :D
  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    Not sure what the etiquette is on this thread, but I imagine this one is a common problem people can help with? So I noticed a creaking from my crankset/bottom bracket/shell area of my Roubaix Comp which got progressively worse until it eas becoming very loud & on every pedal stroke, but worst under load (climbing). I gave the drivetrain & thorough clean, degrease & lube, stripped the crankset & BB, cleaned, regreased & re installed. I did a quick 30 miles & it was fine, until today! Did a quick 60 miles & noticed the creaking returned, not as bad as before, but again most noticeable when climbing. Apart from being massively annoying, it is a bit of a worry now. I've checked for cracks & stuff but I've not seen any, so I'm stumped now. The bike is 2 years old only. Any clues...?
  • Terrytibbs
    Terrytibbs Posts: 76
    nunowoolmez wrote:
    Not sure what the etiquette is on this thread, but I imagine this one is a common problem people can help with? So I noticed a creaking from my crankset/bottom bracket/shell area of my Roubaix Comp which got progressively worse until it eas becoming very loud & on every pedal stroke, but worst under load (climbing). I gave the drivetrain & thorough clean, degrease & lube, stripped the crankset & BB, cleaned, regreased & re installed. I did a quick 30 miles & it was fine, until today! Did a quick 60 miles & noticed the creaking returned, not as bad as before, but again most noticeable when climbing. Apart from being massively annoying, it is a bit of a worry now. I've checked for cracks & stuff but I've not seen any, so I'm stumped now. The bike is 2 years old only. Any clues...?

    So, after you removed the chainset and BB it was ok for 30 miles? I think it may still be an issue with the BB. Are the cranks loose at all (sideways)? With it being a HT2 chainset, are they definitely fitted back on correctly? plastic left hand crank locator fitted back in place properly? Correctly torqued up? Have you put any anti seize around the crank axle and spline? That may be worth trying.

    Other possibilities are to check the rear wheel skewer. Check it's tight and that the dropouts aren't overly worn. Check the wheel is in properly. Possibly add a bit of anti seize around the drop out to see if that stops it for a bit.

    Also, try some different pedals on. Check your shoe cleats are tight.

    checking the saddle, bars, stem, seatpost is possible, but seeing as you managed to get rid of the noise by removing some parts it may not be those parts.
  • Terrytibbs
    Terrytibbs Posts: 76
    benviermann wrote:
    I recently bought a new road bike with an 11 Speed Ultegra Drivetrain.
    The drivetrain has been really noisy, I cant really figure out what is wrong. It shifts properly and no gear skipping whatsoever.
    Anyone has any idea what this noise could be? thx

    I take it you know about micro shift in your Ultegra shifters. You have half clicks. When in the small ring don't fully change gear, just do a half click, this stops some rubbing usually in gears 11,10 and maybe 9. Same in the big ring but the other way around, in 1st and 2nd.

    If you already know about that, then I presume your front mech isn't set up correctly and this noise is your chain rubbing/catching on your front mech.

    Was it bought online by any chance? I imagine if you bought it from a proper bike shop, you would have taken it back and asked them about it by now. If you bought it online, then you probably didn't get any advice on how to correctly use the gears and it probably isn't set up correctly, if at all.
  • Terrytibbs
    Terrytibbs Posts: 76
    tomsimmonds wrote:
    just got a roubaix, took it out and for some reason heard a creak when pushed left peddle down. I loosened and the re tightened the allen key bolts on the left crank are and now that has cured the problem.

    Why was it making noise in first place?

    Crank arm must have been loose a little. Depending on the crank arm fitting, if you've ridden with it lose for too long, you may have damaged the shape of it. This may possibly happen again and again until it gets progressively worse.

    Keep an eye on it, torque your cranks up once a week.
  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    Terrytibbs wrote:
    nunowoolmez wrote:
    Not sure what the etiquette is on this thread, but I imagine this one is a common problem people can help with? So I noticed a creaking from my crankset/bottom bracket/shell area of my Roubaix Comp which got progressively worse until it eas becoming very loud & on every pedal stroke, but worst under load (climbing). I gave the drivetrain & thorough clean, degrease & lube, stripped the crankset & BB, cleaned, regreased & re installed. I did a quick 30 miles & it was fine, until today! Did a quick 60 miles & noticed the creaking returned, not as bad as before, but again most noticeable when climbing. Apart from being massively annoying, it is a bit of a worry now. I've checked for cracks & stuff but I've not seen any, so I'm stumped now. The bike is 2 years old only. Any clues...?

    So, after you removed the chainset and BB it was ok for 30 miles? I think it may still be an issue with the BB. Are the cranks loose at all (sideways)? With it being a HT2 chainset, are they definitely fitted back on correctly? plastic left hand crank locator fitted back in place properly? Correctly torqued up? Have you put any anti seize around the crank axle and spline? That may be worth trying.

    Other possibilities are to check the rear wheel skewer. Check it's tight and that the dropouts aren't overly worn. Check the wheel is in properly. Possibly add a bit of anti seize around the drop out to see if that stops it for a bit.

    Also, try some different pedals on. Check your shoe cleats are tight.

    checking the saddle, bars, stem, seatpost is possible, but seeing as you managed to get rid of the noise by removing some parts it may not be those parts.

    Cool, cheers for the reply terry. Can I call you? ;-)

    All good suggestions, I did apply anti seize grease before reinstalling the bb & crankset. I also removed the crank bolts, cleaned, lubed, & applied anti seize grease before putting back. The last thing to check is the pedals, which I cannot remove with my crappy multi tool, so it will be a LBS job where they have the tool to get the requisite torq to remove. I checked for any play (vertical & lateral) in the crank arms, but there is none. But i think the problem is definitely here, not elsewhere. I only recently put new cleats on my shoes & it is happening with my other shoes too, so I doubt it is a cleat issue.
  • vertigo16
    vertigo16 Posts: 91
    You'd be surprised - I had that exact same experience (a rub noise whenever I applie dpower to one of my pedals at a certain point in the rotation) and had narrowed the problem down to something to do with my left pedal (after weeks of trying to fix it).

    It never went until I changed my seatpost... :roll: The bike gods move in mysterious ways!



    On a different note, I very recently changed to a Campag Veloce groupset and my lord the freewheel is loud... I thought there was a serious problem at first! Seems just to be par for the course though, and I'm sure I'lll get used to it.
  • DCDB
    DCDB Posts: 27
    edited May 2014
    Hi Folks,

    Been lurking in the wings of the forum for a while as I get back up to speed on my bike, but a recent issue brings about my first post.

    105 50/34 Chainset, Ultegra chain, 11-28 10 Speed Ultegra Cassette, 105 RD. When on 50-11 I get a clicking noise from the chain. I can replicate this on the bike stand and it looks like the chain is jumping between the top jockey wheel and the cassette. The chain is brand new and the cassette only has a couple 100 miles on it. I have tried adjusting the b limit screw to see if it gets better but it doesn't seem to. The RD seems to been aligned Ok and is not twisted, so I am wondering if my chain is either too long (so there is a lack of tension on 50-11) or too short and there is too much tension. If I go up one gear to 50-12 the clicking (and jumping) stops. The chain never skips a cog it just almost looks like it sticks to the top jockey wheel a tad too long.

    Edited to Add; In case anyone gets a similar problem - I had put the quick link back onthe wrong way around, so it was trying to jump off the small sprocket.
  • cmhill79
    cmhill79 Posts: 139
    Hi Folks

    Have just noticed a strange creaking noise on my bike. Appears to be from the chain or bottom bracket I think towards the front of the drive train. Noise is most prominent on load, usually climbing in the bottom gears.
    Bike is relatively new (6 months 3,000 miles) and the chain was replaced less than 500 miles ago (noise started only 100 miles ago).
    I'm pretty good in keeping chain, cassette and chain rings clean and lubed. I got caught in the rain during the week and the noise has started since then, this is despite the bike being cleaned thoroughly afterwards and re-lubed.
    Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
    Cheers
    Chris
  • Minglok74
    Minglok74 Posts: 36
    I had creaking from the bottom bracket area. Removed and cleaned pedals and chainset but still creaked. Did some research on the web and turns out it was the bolts on the chainrings. Removed, regreased and torqued correctly. No creaking anymore. Result
  • macleod113
    macleod113 Posts: 560
    i've had this terrible series of noises for the past few weeks(months). the worst sound seeming like metal was about to be separated from metal and my frame was about to implode.
    i finally got around to removing anything with a thread, regreasing and reassembling but this didnt do anything.
    finally decided to replace my winter bombproof wheels planet x al30 c's with the stock bontrager cheapies and the noise is gone. reckon i'll take apart the planet x's for next winter and regrease etc. i cannot believe the difference. the bont wheel are silent in comparison. im so concerned as im so used to the clicking, clanking and wrenching sounds :-)
    Cube Cross 2016
    Willier GTR 2014
  • reg_
    reg_ Posts: 21
    I have an issue with a BB30, clicking intermittently. It is driving me nuts and as it comes and goes I am putting up with it but at some point will need to sort it out. It was fine when installed and the bike has only covered about 2000 miles so its not exactly stressed! All I can remember is that it was quite tight to get into the bearings but Corley's seemed ok with it. Any tips? Venge with Rotor 3d crank if that makes any difference?
  • HellsCyclist
    HellsCyclist Posts: 122
    Heavymental wrote:
    As there seems to be one a day or so, I thought it might be worth having a permanent place to post questions and answers on mystery bike noises. After a while, if people keep adding to it, we'll have a thread containing all the possible queries, causes and solutions.

    So, post any questions (and answers) here.


    Should all the questions successfully answered be edited into the original post in this topic? Otherwise there would be no difference as far as searching goes. No difference between searching forum pages or individual thread pages.
  • LBDN
    LBDN Posts: 1
    Hi,

    Fairly new to Road Bikes and suffering a creaking from the area of the bottom bracket/right pedal area which i could do with some advice on. I can search through the forums for specific ideas as i suspect it may have already been answered but the one thing i can't find anything about is that the creaking only starts around 40 odd minutes into the ride and i'm not sure why this would be to work out what part is being affected.

    If i could understand what type of issue this may be it makes it easier to search for. Any thoughts?

    thanks

    Lee
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,677
    Just after top dead centre on the drive side crank I get a "clunk" feeling. It's a PowerTorque crankset, any idea what i need to do?
  • aldopretoria
    aldopretoria Posts: 1
    Just bought a used road bike from a bike shop about 6 months ago.

    I've been getting some weird noises recently from the chain and on some gears it was changing into gear and then slipping out after a few turns of the crank.

    It gotten worse and now it is doing this in every gear at almost exactly two rotations of the crank, which is obviously pain in the ass to cycle.

    Wondering what the exact problem is or how to fault find it.

    Ideas/suggestions would be appreciated
  • aiwa_yamaha
    aiwa_yamaha Posts: 137
    2014 Specialized Tarmac SL4 with Dura Ace 9000 Crankset click in the left hand crank when applied a lot of pressure. Talk to me
  • izza
    izza Posts: 1,561
    aiwa_yamaha wrote:
    2014 Specialized Tarmac SL4 with Dura Ace 9000 Crankset click in the left hand crank when applied a lot of pressure. Talk to me

    What pedals?
  • aiwa_yamaha
    aiwa_yamaha Posts: 137
    izza wrote:
    aiwa_yamaha wrote:
    2014 Specialized Tarmac SL4 with Dura Ace 9000 Crankset click in the left hand crank when applied a lot of pressure. Talk to me

    What pedals?

    Ultegra 6800 Carbon

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