Clicking sound in time with my pedalling??

rodgers73
rodgers73 Posts: 2,626
edited June 2011 in Road beginners
I'm sure its the BB, but should I be worried? I get a clicking sound with each turn of the pedlas - it isnt the gears as I get it regardless of which one I'm in.

Is this the sound of imminent disaster? Or just a minor irritation??

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  • Freeza
    Freeza Posts: 128
    Seat post

    Had this quite a few times on different bikes.
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    What sort of clicking?

    Check your front mech cable isn't knocking against your crank.

    Just a gentle clicking....
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  • FindYourGozo
    FindYourGozo Posts: 30
    I had some stock flat pedals that the reflector had worked its way out just far enough that it was clicking against the crank each revolution. Simple fix, just pushed it back in - a longer lasting fix, pedals w/o reflectors.
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  • Evil Laugh
    Evil Laugh Posts: 1,412
    Sounds like 2 pound coins in the pocket.
  • tom22
    tom22 Posts: 59
    i had a similar problem quite a while ago, after dripping some grease into the pedal axle and crank and helping work it in, it disappeared and i haven't heard it since
  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    Have you checked to see if someone is following you around, clicking only when you pedal?
  • zanes
    zanes Posts: 563
    Deraillleur hanger/rear skewer?
  • chadders81
    chadders81 Posts: 744
    Probably the pedals. Mine were clicking/creaking and I was sure it was the BB but took the pedals off and regreased and it's fine now.
  • jp1985
    jp1985 Posts: 434
    take off, clean and re-grease the pedals, this has solved the same issue for me. Also worth checking how tight quick releases and seat post are
  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    rodgers73 wrote:

    Is this the sound of imminent disaster? Or just a minor irritation??

    I was sure it was the BB too, so I renewed it- it wasn't that!
    Then I was sure it was the pedal bearings, so i greased them - wasn't them either.
    Then I thought it was the chainring bolts - it wasn't them either.
    So I tightened my seat collar and greased my seat post - not that.
    Then i did JOGLE and it rained a fair bit in Scotland, then it (the click) went away
    when the bike was wet.
    Then it dried out by the time we got into England and the click came back.
    Now its driving me mental.
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  • Evil Laugh
    Evil Laugh Posts: 1,412
    If you have a shimano hollowtech 2 bb, I normally find it's worth removing it, cleaning and regreasing the threads and reinstalling. Gets rid of bb noises caused by grit or dirt. I discovered this when I thought mine was knackered, bought a new one, had a practice removing/installing the old etc and it cured all squeaks and ticks, I've still got the new bb in a box a year later.
  • Freeza
    Freeza Posts: 128
    Classic!

    Seems like every cyclist has been dogged by mystery clicking at some point.
    P_Tucker wrote:
    Have you checked to see if someone is following you around, clicking only when you pedal?

    After reading this thread I'm convinced this is the only true answer
  • T-Rekster
    T-Rekster Posts: 110
    What shoes you wearing, I had trouble pinpointing a clicking noise when pedalling turns out the shoes I have have multiple fixings for different cleats, one of which involves a piece of floating metal in the sole of the shoe. This moving turned out to be the noise....


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  • buckmulligan
    buckmulligan Posts: 1,031
    blu3cat wrote:
    What sort of clicking?

    Check your front mech cable isn't knocking against your crank.

    Just a gentle clicking....

    This.
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    Bottom Bracket ?
    Pedals ?
    Seat Post ?
    Clipless Pedal Cleats ?
    Spokes ?
    Knees ?
    Nuts ?? :shock:

    Whatever, once you've fixed it you'll probably develop another annoying noise and more useless and unhelpful responses to your pleas for help !
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  • alp078
    alp078 Posts: 28
    T-Rekster wrote:
    What shoes you wearing, I had trouble pinpointing a clicking noise when pedalling turns out the shoes I have have multiple fixings for different cleats, one of which involves a piece of floating metal in the sole of the shoe. This moving turned out to be the noise....

    .

    This. Occurs now and again on my dhb R1s. Seems the alternative cleat fixing that I don't use slides back and forward with the pedalling motion. Sometimes it lodges itself, sometimes it comes loose and the clicking starts again. Only in one shoe mind you.

    Did my head in for days until i figured it out.
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  • jimbob_1978
    jimbob_1978 Posts: 158
    Are your spokes radial or laced by which i mean do they overlap? If they overlap it could be the drive side of your rear wheel thats making the noise. Get them checked by you LBS ( local bike shop ) especially if its a newish bike, they`ll stretch a tiny bit in their first few months of work and the extra slack will cause them to move against each other and then release as the wheel revolves causing the click, if that makes sense.
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    May not even be anything to do with drivetrain, was getting a clicking (more than 1 click per chainset revolution) took bike apart regreased everything, but I think it was coming from fork stem. Gone now.
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  • mattshrops
    mattshrops Posts: 1,134
    Freeza wrote:
    Classic!

    Seems like every cyclist has been dogged by mystery clicking at some point.
    P_Tucker wrote:
    Have you checked to see if someone is following you around, clicking only when you pedal?

    After reading this thread I'm convinced this is the only true answer

    this happened to me , turns out the entire cast of west side story were following behind, jets and sharks all eyeing each other up ready to rumble :shock:
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  • Herbsman
    Herbsman Posts: 2,029
    P_Tucker wrote:
    Have you checked to see if someone is following you around, clicking only when you pedal?
    :lol:
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  • trailstar
    trailstar Posts: 114
    in all seriousness... check the links on your chain.

    If its a regular click that happens continously, a link could be bent or broken.

    i had been riding for about 3 weeks with the consistent click feeling and i thought it was my cleat/pedal... then climbing up a hairpin bend the chain exploded.. one of the links was worn right down to almost nothing. :(

    chain replaced.. clicking gone.
  • Dodger747
    Dodger747 Posts: 305
    Try adjusting your quick release, I had a clicking sound when out of the saddle yesterday, a quick adjustment and all was fine again... 8)
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  • Stu07
    Stu07 Posts: 48
    Try checking the excess cable from the front derailleur.

    Simple as it sounds I had an annoying clicking and found it sticking out, hitting the crank on each revolution.
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    I once had a loud click that could only be heard when pedalling. I was worried sick some vital pedal or crank bearing had cracked.

    Turned out the pull-tab of a zip, on a pocket halfway up the inside thigh, was striking the top tube every time my right leg went up and down.

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