Road bike click
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Road bike click
Hello all,
My Carbon bike makes this clicking noise when the bike is under load (when i accelerate really hard). It sounds like it is coming from the crank area but i know sounds can be deceiving. 80% of the time the click is a double click. the double clicks are straight after each other. I can reproduce the sound while i'm not riding it by bouncing on the pedals when they are at 3 and 9 o'clock. while i am doing this im not touching the bars or seat-post so i think it rules them out.
Additional information: I am a kid and i only weighs 45 kg so a really hard sprint for me (which creates the sound) might be a normal acceleration for a 80kg adult. I would really appreciate if you could give me some suggestions.
Thanks a lot.
My Carbon bike makes this clicking noise when the bike is under load (when i accelerate really hard). It sounds like it is coming from the crank area but i know sounds can be deceiving. 80% of the time the click is a double click. the double clicks are straight after each other. I can reproduce the sound while i'm not riding it by bouncing on the pedals when they are at 3 and 9 o'clock. while i am doing this im not touching the bars or seat-post so i think it rules them out.
Additional information: I am a kid and i only weighs 45 kg so a really hard sprint for me (which creates the sound) might be a normal acceleration for a 80kg adult. I would really appreciate if you could give me some suggestions.
Thanks a lot.
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Sounds like it could be pedals or the BB (among many, many other possibilities).
I'd start with the easiest to confirm or eliminate. Remove both pedals, clean and grease the threads on both pedals and crank, and also the mating faces of both. Reassemble and ride. If it still clicks, you'll need a spare set of pedals to rule yours out completely.
If it isn't the pedals, you're in for the long haul. Among BB related causes is the slip-through spindle moving in the bearings, the crank moving on the spindle, the entire BB moving in the frame. The liklihood of any of these varies with the type of crank and BB system. That's just for warmups, so cross your fingers and hope it's just a pedal/crank thread noise.
I'd start with the easiest to confirm or eliminate. Remove both pedals, clean and grease the threads on both pedals and crank, and also the mating faces of both. Reassemble and ride. If it still clicks, you'll need a spare set of pedals to rule yours out completely.
If it isn't the pedals, you're in for the long haul. Among BB related causes is the slip-through spindle moving in the bearings, the crank moving on the spindle, the entire BB moving in the frame. The liklihood of any of these varies with the type of crank and BB system. That's just for warmups, so cross your fingers and hope it's just a pedal/crank thread noise.
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