Originally Posted by
sqynt
The noises I experienced were more "creaks" then "squeaks", and could be temporarily relieved by tightening the QR...... until the next time. I could actually feel the stem move when this "creak" occurred, more from the vibration than from the movement. If you look closely at the eyelets of my old stem post, you can see that the machined faces are no longer parallel from the incremental stretching.
Creaking is a better descriptive term than squeaking for the noises I used to hear too, but like I said, since I replaced the front (handlebar stem post) quick release with a bolt I haven't heard any squeaking or creaking noises, so prime creaking suspect #1 is the front quick release, and I didn't use that one much anyway, and if I do want to detach it now I just need a 5mm allen wrench. I may replace the seat post qr's with bolts, too.