creaking noise when pedaling

scarthie99
scarthie99 Posts: 209
edited March 2012 in Workshop
i have a creaking noise when i pedaling come from the crank area. i check the seat post+grease the seat rail+check the pedals.put my road pedals back on.check wheel are on right & tight put the bike on my work stand turn the crank turns easy.hope not Bottom Bracket.the bike is super six is 6 months old.have check the chain and oiled it any info if not a trip to bike shop to check it out
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  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    probably better to post this on Workshop
  • kim10
    kim10 Posts: 186
    Try and remove the crank and the bottom bracket. Give the treads both on the frame and the BB a good clean and re grease. Have worked for me a couple of times, although sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint where the noise is coming from. So you might have to check other things but by the looks of it you have missed out this step.
  • wardieboy
    wardieboy Posts: 230
    I'd try to isolate the area in the first instance. Frames can 'throw their voices' and make sound appear as if it is coming from a differing area. I recently had a creak which seemed to be coming from the bars but in reality was the seat tube.

    Is the noise apparent in seating or standing positions?
    Is it happening on every pedal rotation?
    Can you replicate the sound in a standing position by putting pressure on the bars/seat without pedalling?
  • garethjohn
    garethjohn Posts: 165
    agree with above. had a squeak, was sure it was coming from the front but finally sussed it was the seat post. alu on alu = squeaky.
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    What road pedals have you got? Not Look Keo's by any chance, in which case they could be the issue.

    Try stripping the pedal and re-greasing. Or could be the contact points between the pedal and the cleats (apparently the keo grip cleats can cause a creaking noise).
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    I had a creak from the bottom bracket area a fewvyears back ... Turned out is was the rear mech needed tightening ...

    Never trust your ears when it comes to bikes ...
  • thecrofter
    thecrofter Posts: 734
    FoldingJoe wrote:
    What road pedals have you got? Not Look Keo's by any chance, in which case they could be the issue.

    Try stripping the pedal and re-greasing. Or could be the contact points between the pedal and the cleats (apparently the keo grip cleats can cause a creaking noise).

    Some talc on the cleats every other ride sorts out any squeeking from down below. FWIW my very annoying creak, which I could have sworn blind was coming from the BB was actually the seat post. I took the seat post out, cleaned inside the frame and the outside of the post, then a really liberal spread of grease. You should probably do this every few months anyway to stop the seat post jamming in the frame.
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Just spray a small amount of WD40 on your cleats. That'll sort it, or my name's not Big Willy from Willyland.
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  • gmacz
    gmacz Posts: 343
    I fitted a new bottom bracket and the creaking began after 10 miles or so.
    It was the crank bolts coming loose probably the square drive settling in.
    I carried the allen key and everytime it creaked, I gave it a quick tighten.
    Eventually the square drive settled properly and the creaking has gone.
    Pedals are a major creaking prob.
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  • b0dski
    b0dski Posts: 136
    My Look Keo Carbon's do exactly the same thing. Horrible creaking noise when pushing on a bit.

    I'll try the WD40 trick
  • scarthie99
    scarthie99 Posts: 209
    i check& cleaned the stem bolt put grease on them i using xt race spd pedals which are new put my old spd cleat pedal back on creaking noise with them on grease the seat post+ seat post rails.have not check the rear mech yet
    :|
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,860
    Front skewer! It's always the front skewer!

    Take it out, smear of grease, back in, bosh. You'll be enjoying the tweeting of birds again with immediate effect.
  • wilshawk
    wilshawk Posts: 119
    theyre all wrong, its the handlebars, tighten the clamp!
  • andy600rr
    andy600rr Posts: 29
    FoldingJoe wrote:
    What road pedals have you got? Not Look Keo's by any chance, in which case they could be the issue.

    Try stripping the pedal and re-greasing. Or could be the contact points between the pedal and the cleats (apparently the keo grip cleats can cause a creaking noise).


    This is two people now whos said that got same issuse, stripping pedal i think.
  • racingcondor
    racingcondor Posts: 1,434
    I've had the non-drive crank arm work loose on Shimano before. Made a hell of a racket until I did the usual fix (take apart drive train and put it back together again).
  • yaya
    yaya Posts: 411
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Just spray a small amount of WD40 on your cleats. That'll sort it, or my name's not Big Willy from Willyland.

    +1 (on the WD40, not the name...)
  • KINGGARY
    KINGGARY Posts: 89
    Try holding bike stationary and applying pressure to pedals and slowly rotating, I did this last night on my road bike to find a rather annoying creak under pressure and discovered it was actually the freehub creaking.
    This was after I had tried tightening everything and applying mr sheen to cleats which is what normally creaks on my bikes.
    Best of luck,bike noises drive me nuts :twisted:
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    I had this at the end of last year: try oiling the rear wheel nipples: did the job for me.
  • scarthie99
    scarthie99 Posts: 209
    i found where the creak noise is the crank arm if hold one crank arm push the chain ring crank arm it make the creak noise+i have front end creak noise when push down on the handle bar it make creak noise.or push down on the stem i make the creak noise any info.i going to take to LBS let them check it over hope nothing bad :|

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