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From: Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Bikes: 2017 Salsa Carbon Mukluk frame built with XT, 2018 Kona Rove NRB build with Sram Apex 1,2008 Salsa El Mariachi, 1986 Centurion Ironman
Originally Posted by
CerveloS5
Sounds like you have classic bottom bracket creak. The tru ativ crankset is a self extracting crank. Pretty easy to remove. Check out the Park Tool video for your crank on youtube (apparently I don't have enough post to add a link).
This. Remove and clean (degrease) the bottom bracket and bb shell threads, put a bit of blue locktite on the threads and tighten to spec.
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