What does creaking in the crankset region indicate?
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Get off the seat and stand up when pedaling. If it still creak then it’s not the seat/seatpost. Take pedals off and clean them and put some new grease on them. That solved my problem.
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it still creaks out of the saddle. the sound is more like the crumpling of an aluminium soda can at a slower pace.
will try to oil the pedal threads tomorrow....
will try to oil the pedal threads tomorrow....
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Did you check Sheldon's page, or the search for similar issues that I referenced earlier? It's a waste of time to explore random guesses before doing logical, organized troubleshooting. A creak could be BB mounting issues, chainring bolt looseness/corrosion, contamination at the pedal/crank/bb interface, pedal cage flex, cleats, etc.
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yes, but no help...
Sheldon's diagnostics are based on cyclical creaks, tied to pedalling or wheel rotation. mine is random, irregular.
Did you check Sheldon's page, or the search for similar issues that I referenced earlier? It's a waste of time to explore random guesses before doing logical, organized troubleshooting. A creak could be BB mounting issues, chainring bolt looseness/corrosion, contamination at the pedal/crank/bb interface, pedal cage flex, cleats, etc.
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Rode 50km today...
...and not a single creak...
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Have you checked the headset? I thought my BB on the mtb was creaking but it was somewhat random and slightly cyclical. Turns out the headset was flexing with dried up grease and making noise.
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