Get a second opinion. Take into one of the fine shops that our happy colleagues work at and have them give it a once over. Sounds like they couldn't find the creak and made something up. Otherwise I would have expected a "your xxx is loose/broken because this fork isn't designed for ...." not the vagarity they gave you.

happened to my rain bike recently

turned out to be a bit of rust on the BB where it contacts the shell

Just today I noticed my bike rattled a bit. A spoke was loose. Doesn't cause a creak though so might not be the problem. +1 on the saddle rails, grease does wonders.

I can't get my saddle to stop creaking on my CX bike. I took the seatpost clamp apart last week, cleaned/greased everything. When I first started riding it was gone, but within a half an hour it was creaking again. Blargh.

Its creaks when I am out of the saddle. I think I will pull the bb and regrease the threads.

F**k Duke's ... sorry but I despise that place.

is it ebb, square taper or splined?

yeah if it creaks when you're out of the saddle i'd say take a look at the bb. handlebars are also notorious for that when they're of the sleeved (ie not the bulged) clamp-are variety.

Sqaure taper, and I put new bars on the bike, still creaks even after removing the b/b, cleaning and greasing all the threads and the 'tapers' as well. I regreased the stem last wekk so it shouldn't be that. Maybe a different b/b is in order.

...or the frame is slightly cracked?

Are the cranks' tapers still perfectly square? Off and on many times and they can "round" .
Greased the pedal threads as well?

Your wifes bike is obviously pooched. Give me $50 and I'll tow it away.

picked up a nice nishiki road bike that i need tuned up.. anyone specific i should ask for at urbane?

woohooo 50kph winds, watch yourselves. Tailwinds anyone?

Hell yeah! I was catching a tail wind all the way back on Danforth, I was passing cars even without traffic slowing them down. With the windows up they probably didn't even notice the wind and probably thought I was on PCP or something...

OK Duppy - I've been Holding back on the Gardin but here's its history for your records. You are only the second owner/rider of this bike ever (Keith bought it from me just before the shop closed, but he's too big to ride it, right KM?)

I bought it in 1995 from the Gardin shop in Mississauga; it was brand spanky new, hanging on the wall, never ridden. It is a 1980 year vintage. I rode it on the street, the HPR and the Wind-del velodrome for a few seasons.

You are right, it's tight, smooth, fast, and yes be very careful..... you won't lose control but it will give you a rush and a WTF just happened feeling. It should do well at Forest City - ask some of the guys that rode it there.

Good luck and good riding man, and keep that rubber side down and level!

I don't think so, tomorrow I am going to clean it and give it a good once over, pull the b/b, again, and try with a new(er) one. It only happerns when the left crank hits th 5-7 o'clock positions on rotation. They are older cranks I bought on CL a few years ago so the square might be off abit and check for a crack in the arm as well. Last time I was riding with sweep in K-town I had a creak going on, was a crack from one corner of the square to the edge of the arm.

yo clipin...cooool thanx for the info...ya man its exactly as you say...can end up with that wtf just happened feeling...I love this frame...and its cool cause after riding my IRO I now see why people like this type of bike...the geo is so tight and yet so nice...this bike fits me perfect...I basically just wanna ride the rollers...joyride...and hopefully ride this at forest city (SOON!)...hope to ride with you sometime...thanx for the knowledge bredda...
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Pretty cool little history of the bike - it's always nice to see/hear about where all these older bikes got their starts.

Sham, I don't know if I commented on this bike before or not but god damnit, it's a really beautiful build. We should all be so lucky to have friends like Keith.

While I'm at it,Krusty, the Nagasawa is beautiful - I think I've seen 3 of your bikes and each one of them is really nice. I don't normally like oversized tubing all that much but I think the Wilier is pretty incredible - I'm at least a little jealous.

Heh I guess that's why it took a bit more work to get back from out East, I wasn't expecting that! (No wonder I was pooched when I finally got in last night ;))

Been going to a few Jays games this past week, another one today and then my last tomorrow. Bit of fun even for someone like me not really into the game.

Heard the rain coming down all last night, fenders-up or not will be a gamble today - I'm going to not bother and hope :)

I don't understand why you take your fenders off when it's not raining. If you liked creating extra work for yourself, then why not just take the extra .0001% wind drag and run them all the time?

I see your point, though it's ~10 mins to deal with. I prefer riding with them off, there's only really a few tiny reasons though - I prefer how it looks (shallow and not really a good reason I admit), I prefer being able to flip the bike up on it's back wheel for elevators/GO train mobility, which I can't do with the back fender on, and I get occasional toe overlap/leg scratching going on with the front fender adjusters that's a pain sometimes. The leg scratching usually happens when I'm walking along the bike somewhere and that frankly hurts a ****load - I could cut them shorter, but I'm also remarkably lazy - if that makes any sense ;) Overlap only occurs when I'm forward on the pedals not being clipped in - like when trying to ride backwards or something. Changing a flat is easily done with fenders on or off, that's no problem.

Once the weather starts not being nice as the norm, they'll likely stay on until the Spring.

for me riding without fenders makes me feel kind of naked and vulnerable but i see your point re: the elevator issue. i don't know though, i couldn't imagine having to remove them all the time. it sounds like you need another bike! one with, one without...

ha ha...thanx bredda...ya man I :love: this bike! the history adds to the dopeness factor!

More bikes is always the answer.:thumb: