Worth wearing ear plugs if creaks and ticks do your head in?
shimanobottombracket
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What are your thoughts on using ear plugs to stop a creak doing your head in? Theres a "tick" "tick" noise coming from one of my bikes, mostly when pedalling slowly uphill in a low gear. It has a PF30 BB and creaking a common issue apparently.
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Because that will fix the problem....I don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:Because that will fix the problem....
Well no schit. I am unable to solve the problem so the next best thing was to mask it.0 -
So why ask if a sh1t idea is a sh1t idea?I don't do smileys.
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Just fed up of spending more time fault finding than I do actually riding it seems. Dont know if its just some bikes are naturally noisy or if they are indeed faulty. My commuter bike rides nicely, but my more expensive MTB and road bike seem to suffer creaks.0
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I'd guess pedal bearing or bb bearing assuming it's threads greased and tightened correctly where nessesary.
It shouldn't tick or creak at all, if it does, something somewhere is not quite right.
What fault finding have you done? How old are the bb/pedal bearings?0 -
ShimanoBottomBracket wrote:It has a PF30 BB
That's your problem. Push fit is a stupid idea and the sooner manufacturers get rid of it the better.
Could be that your BB bearings are on the way out and it needs replacing.
Other things to check are:
Pedals
Chainring bolts
Crank arm bolts(s)
Rear wheel tight enough.
Saddle bolt(s)
Seat clamp.“Life has been unfaithful
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clicks and creaks are apart of riding.
Should be easy to fault find as if you stand up pedalling and the noise then disappears then its not bottom bracket, pedal bearings etc.
my bike has developed a clicking noise and its the seat clamp bolts, saddle flexing to make noise.0 -
I just mask the ticking sound with the squeal of my brakes and the clunking of my badly aligned gears.2007 Felt Q720 (the ratbike)
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Long Time Lurker wrote:I just mask the ticking sound with the squeal of my brakes and the clunking of my badly aligned gears.
I just use my tinnitus.All the gear, no idea and loving the smell of jealousy in the morning.
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You've really got a problem when the creak stops. That means whatever was creaking has fallen offTransition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=130702350