Originally Posted by
Iride01
Why does the noise bother you so much? You say it only happens when you put a lot of power into the cranks.
If you do nothing, and there is a real problem, it won't cost you any more money to fix it when it shows itself than now while it's hiding.
Riding a noisy bike sucks. And waiting until a problem gets worse so it's easier to diagnose can absolutely be more expensive to fix. It can also be risky if an ignored problem part decides to fail under a lot of power.