Creaking Saddle

alanryan86

So last week I was riding the black route at Thetford on my Kona hardtail.
This was all fine, except the creaking coming from seat made it sound like I was on a cheap full sus bike. I've located the noise to the rails on the underside of my saddle. The saddle clamp is tight. I cured this once before using some wet lube. But the noise has returned. Can anyone offer any other options to try?

nicklouse

remove saddle and clean the rails and the clamps.

fridgehq

Sounds silly but with mine I turned bike upside down and put light oil on the rails ect and left in garage overnight that way did not have the trouble of getting the settings back worked a treat for me

nicklouse

fridgehq wrote:

Sounds silly but with mine I turned bike upside down and put light oil on the rails ect and left in garage overnight that way did not have the trouble of getting the settings back worked a treat for me

which is what the OP has already done. All you are doing is covering up the problem not curing it.

fridgehq

Just saying I did mine a year ago and had no problems since!!

an_original_name

as nick said take the saddle off and clean the rails and the clamp. if that doesn't work try a tiny amount of grease on the clamp. i've had saddles creak a little bit before, and the grease has allways sorted it out.