Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
Could even be the crank... Can you replicate the noise by standing in front of the bike, holding the front-tyre between your legs and yanking on the bars up & down, and rocking them side-to-side?
Yes. Which I think also rules out the seatpost as the culprit.
Originally Posted by freeranger
Try greasing the threads on the bolts which tighten the face clamp onto the bars, if you haven't already done this. It was the cause of creaking on my bike!
The clamp bolts are already greased ... plus, the noise is exactly the same with three different stems, so I think the problem must lie elsewhere.
Could it be the headset? Anyone ever had a headset make this kind of noise?
Bryan