Creaking Handlbars

Gonzobreeze
Gonzobreeze Posts: 2
edited July 2009 in MTB general
I bought a hardtail about 2 months ago,and have mostly been riding quite tame trails and on roads, having clocked up 1500km my handle bars are creaking is there any way to stop this or is it just wear and tear? I remember this on many of my bikes i just want to know why it happens and what it is?

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  • lesz42
    lesz42 Posts: 690
    alloy bars or carbon?


    when i changed my stem, mine creaked a bit, untill i greased the interface from the stem/bar, just a tiny bit tho
    Giant Trance X0 (08) Reverb, Hope Hoops 5.1D, XT brakes, RQ BC, Works Components headset 1.5
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    My all mountain did the same after quite a bit of use
    Place a very thin film of copperslip compound where the bars make contact with the stem
    Make sure your stem bolts are correctly torqued, the avergae tends to be 5NM
    The Bouncer
    The Shaker
  • pdid
    pdid Posts: 1,065
    Are you sure it`s your bars and not your headset?

    I had similar and it turned out the headset was slightly loose.
    Commie Meta 5
    Rock Lobster
  • grantway
    grantway Posts: 1,430
    Had creaking noise once found out to be One of the quick release on bottom
    of 36 r fork.
    But if Carbon barsm you could pull down on the bars and see if they snap
    or just replace them.

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