Mrs. Jones has started clicking...
 

So I'm out with Mrs. Jones yesterday, and I find myself alone on a beautiful road, and I get to thinking about how sublime it is to be riding silently along.

I swear, thirty seconds later, Mrs. Jones starts clicking. Once every downstroke. (Perhaps I should rephrase...)

She starts making a clicking sound every time I make one revolution with the pedals.

What, did I offend the God of Spokes or something? The clicking sound seems to come from the front wheel. Or perhaps the God of Cranks?

I'll be taking Mrs. Jones for her first 100 miles tuneup this week and sort this out. She shouldn't be complaining this soon - we just met and we're still falling in love! :love:

:lol:

Sounds like a blood sacrifice is in order.

That and a trip to the LBS to see what's working loose.

How loud is it?

I had that happen once. Drove me crazy for about a month. It turned out to be my right crank arm striking the front shift cable on every pedal revolution.

Don't worry. There are probably less than a few million things that could be causing the noise. Last year it took me 3 months to figure out that my mysterious clicking noise was the end of the velcro strap holding my underseat bag to the seatpost hitting my leg once every pedal rotation. :o

I had the crank hitting the tire pump I had attached to the bottle cage bolts.
Drove me nuts for a while.

A shoelace hitting a crank arm. Or a loose crank-fixing bolt. Or anything in between.

If it's in the same place of every down stroke, regardless of what gear you're in (and you've eliminated anything that may be hitting a crank arm), then (in my experience) it's likely your BB.

If it isn't the front derailleur cable it's an FSA bottom bracket

Ah, the old untraceable clicking noise. Amazing how many times I've had sounds I thought were coming from the crank/pedal area turn out to be a creaky saddle rail.

I had a computer magnet tapping the computer sensor. I found the problem before taking anything apart, fortunately.

^^^ This and the shoelace will drive one nuts. There is another, the click of a loose Presta tube nut, but that will click once per tire revolution. :lol:

Just wait to you get the first scratch.

You've just written the scenario that illustrates one of the true joys of turning off my hearing aids. Clicking? What clicking?

I must have bought Mrs. Jones cousin since my Colnago is doing the same thing. It doesn't do it every time I ride and I don't notice any difference when it does it vs when it doesn't but it drives me crazy. It happens when the drive crank goes from 12 to 6 o'clock in the 7th or 8th cog and sometimes in the 6th. I took it to the LBS where I bought it and now I know how my wife feels when she takes in the car for repairs. It wouldn't do it for them and after checking everything and finding it all OK, they have no clue.

Oh My G-- You have the dreaded click-- It can be lethal so watch out.

Cables catching on shoes- Crank extenders coming loose- Pedals having a Cranky bearing- Headset loose- Bars loose- BB Breaking up-Cranks loose- Wheel bearings going or the favourite being the saddle not tightened up enough.

Looks like you an investment to make if you don't have one already and that is a I-Pod with some loud music at the cadence you ride at.

You have passed the hearing test portion.

There's a fellow in Missouri who recycles bikes that do those things to worthy homes.

Mrs. Jones clicks at the 5 o'clock position. I didn't check all gears, because I'm mostly riding in the same gear all the time, and because it didn't occur to me to do that. Sounds like it's coming from up front, but as many have said, that could be completely incorrect. I was/am hoping to take Mrs. Jones to see the doctor today, but my clients keep calling and insisting they come first. What's with these people, anyway???

:lol::lol::lol:

But seriously! I shouldn't be having bike click problems at less than 100 miles, should I? Unless it's as simple as something needs tightening down, that I understand.

So Mrs. Jones has a thing gonig on!

I once had a pedal on a brand new bike that had everyone fooled. The shop even removed the crank in search of the once-per-rev-click. Finally out of desperation I started lubricating one part at a time untill I finally got lucky. One little squirt of TriFlow into the left pedal and blessed silence returned.

With me, that usually means that the kickstand is out of alignment. :D

Could be, but I always tighten chain ring bolts first since it could be that and it's a much easier fix :)

You are right-Shouldn't be any noise from the bike except the Hissing sound as the tyres deflate with the Goatheads.

Like I used to say...'this would be a great job if it wasn't for these damn clients.':p