@@McRemmyBaby Bike shops are a rip off I swear, this stuff isn't too complicated or expensive to do yourself. Only thing I won't touch is wheels, I'd lose my mind trying to true them.
I guess it's because they don't actually check the bike while riding it, but on the bike stand. I always think they should do a test ride themselves before handing the bike back to me :(
How to determine where your click or creak is coming from: do you ride a cannondale? Its you. Do you ride with someone who rides cannondale? Its them... simple lol
@@scc9306 Try some 320 grit sandpaper & smooth the spokes, just wherever the cross other spokes. If you suspected the problem was from the bb, it could be a pedal spindle, crank arm, chainring bolt, or maybe a cleat is loose on a shoe. Could be the seatpost, or the saddle clamp/seat rails. With any bearings, there's always some degree of possibility that there's a grain of sand or metal in them. The same holds true for anything that's clamped to the bike, as well. Some damn little thing interfering where the surfaces tighten into position. You might check for a damaged tooth on a chainring. You can eliminate that as a cause if the problem persists when you shift to another chainring. Beyond those areas, it's possible for almost any part of a bike to make a noise when a person is pedaling, as their weight tends to shift and their grip forces can vary with each rotation of the cranks. Some of those noises can fool you into thinking they come from some other part of the bike, so you basically end up with an incomplete list of suspects to troubleshoot. Check everything there is, and you'll find it.
randolph patterson thank you for the reply! I did eventually track it down. I greased the pedal threads and put on new washers and the problem is 100% solved. Couldn't believe it after all that time and annoyance
After watching multiple videos, taking my bike to three local bike shops, i was at that point where i wanted to replace my frame because of that annoying creak. but before that, i replaced my BB and pedal (by the way, the creaking sound only appeared when going uphill and when speeding up, when the cranks are stressed). the frame is the oldest part of my bike and i thought this was the culprit. checked the whole frame, no cracks...i was about to give up (again), and thought, maybe i should grease the skewer, as this video advised...greased it lightly, placed it back on, immediately went uphill, i almost cried lol. no more creak. Thanks a lot GCN Tech. Bike frame on shopping cart, removed!
A little story on the subject: I Tried to find out the origin of creaking noise on my Olmo with Campagnolo parts (UT cranks). After several rides I was pretty sure it was the crankset. So obvious: when putting pressure on pedals the sound came very visible and when riding easy no creaks... I geased the pedal threads, checked the cleat connection points, chainring bolts, I even opened the cranks and put new grease everywhere. Took also care of the seatpost area. I even tried to get the creaking sound when standing on the pedals with all my weight (while not driving), looking a possible clues on crack(s) in the frame. Nothing. I was already thinking, and kinda getting oriented, that I have to take out the bb cups... Then on one ride, I started to twist the handlebar up and down direction for some reason. Awful creaking sound, even when not pedaling. Then it came to my mind: I turned the bar to lift the STI-shifters a little bit higher few weeks earlier and ofcourse loosened the bolts which were hand tightened (very tight) and now I used torque wrench and proper torque! I took the bar off of the stem and greased the tightening bolts, also the steering tube tightening bolts and the top cap bolt. I greased the handlebar from the stem's connection point and did the same job to stem too. Result: Completely silent! No creaks! No more annoying sound effects. Just some normal drivetrain noise. Educational: Don't think right away the obvious one is the quilty one...
I spent about a year trying to locate a clicking noise, which disappeared after having a flat on my front tire. It was the valve stem vibrating on the rim. After that, I always use the valve stem nut on aluminium wheels.
I've had this. Headset was a bit buzzy so re-set and tightened it, perfect. But then the rear wheel seemed really rattly, worryingly so. I was prepared to go route one and get back to the manufacturer but a bit of electircal tape round the valve stem. Solved.
Had a weird creak coming from somewhere near the bottom/rear of the bike that took me several rides to properly diagnose, it only creaked after a few miles into a ride and only when putting a lot of effort into a pedal downstroke. Stopped and held the front brake, loading up the frame with stress by pushing hard down on a pedal while staying stationary. I could tell that the frame was flexing just a tiny little bit. I went over the frame with a fine toothed comb, checked crankset, pedals, bottom bracket, bottle cages, derailleurs, stem, headset, everything I could think of. But it turns out it was none of those things. It was a loose rear thru-axle. Tightened that up a bit and the creaking is completely gone.
Jon, you must be reading our minds because today I literally was going to pose a question for the GCN Tech Clinic about my creaking seat post. Really good and informative video!
Most annoying noise was on my MTB hardtail, ss. (ignore that fact for now)😉 So, it was a vibration noise. I checked all cable routing, bolts, skewers, Hope brake levers (the ones that had the brass bushings, ALL GOOD! The noise was still there.... So I really set to and started to take things appart. Starting at the rear as that's where it "seemed" to be, I noticed a tiny stone resting on top of the disc pads. Problem solved! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄!
"Honestly, I was just riding along and then it just started to.........." The click that took the longest to find was a cracked aluminum chainwheel bolt.
I thought it was the headset and/or spokes...took out everything and regreased them. NOPE. Turned out it was my left ankle! I was relieved...so ironic because I worried about my bike more than my body.
Pedals... SPD-SL R540. They drove me crazy.... Don’t buy cheep pedals unless you are very recreational rider. If you put anywhere near 200W power or more spend on higher end models line Shimano Ultegra carbon or equivalent. You will not have to buy new pedals every 5000km
I once replaced the press fit bottom bracket with a new one, cleaned and regreased the seat post, saddle rails and headset before realizing the rear QR skewer was a bit loose...
In addition to the more obvious noises (e.g. spoke twang, cracked wheel or hub, odd winter shoe leather squinch), I've thought I had a clicking BB three times - twice it was dirt in my Keo pedals, and the other was the seat post.
Please suggest a solution to this mystery click. Only clicks when pedalling and creaks when standing pedalling. First 40 mins will be totally silent. On 1 hr mark, it will click and get louder. Check this linl to hear the creak/click/clack. Does yours sound the same? m.ruclips.net/video/_iSGUN8SOIg/видео.html
Creaky freehub. Once I took it apart, cleaned it up, regreased, and reassembled it, it was nice and quiet. It literally took me years to figure that one out. I knew it was the wheel, but thought it was the spokes, so I would grease the spoke crossings and fiddle with the skewer.
The interface between pedal and cleat is quite a common one. Don't neglect to clean both regularly. Dry, no lube or grease works best for me. I've just come in from stripping and cleaning my BB (threaded Hollowtech II). I think it's an easy job. Certainly much easier than the old square taper things (which I didn't used to grease).
if it creaks.... grease it up... my wife is creaking.... grease it up.... my dog is creaking grease it up too... my fridge door creaks... grease it up too and make sure its a little not too much.
I had this "tinking" sound that no one could isolate. It only happened when out of the saddle. I eventually figured out it was quarter sliding inside my seat bag and tapping the seat post.
My weird place for a creak or rather squeak is from my shoes, not my cleats but my shoes. I get a squeak developing when out on a ride, 3-5 miles in i hear the squeak and took me ages before I eliminated everything it could be to my shoes. I use wet lube on the rachet system and talc inside the insole to reduce friction.
yesterday I posted quite a long text about taking off the chainset and wiggling a big screwdriver between the chainwheels. Creak creak! I was convinced I'd found the noise, after cleaning and regreasing everything else (pedals, chainwheels, chainset, bolts, new bottom bracket, new skewers on rear wheel, new chain....). So I posted a long text here. But went out iin the evening, and ..."creak creak". Oh no! This morning I put different rear wheel on and ... no creak! Note that it wasn't the skewers, it must be either the hub, freehub, or cassette. If anyone is interested it's an old Campag Daytona hub with campag 10sp freehub. Hope this helps, and apologies to anyone who read yesterday's post!
CAN ANYONE HELP PLZ. I have a rei co-op drt 2.2. It’s almost brand new and after a muddy ride and a good clean after, I felt a little clicking feeling when pedaling. Keep in mind it’s not a noise it’s only a feeling when you pedal. I have no idea where it’s coming from. Can anyone help.
The bike is solid and my Ebike conversion went great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Very smooth ride at 30mph with no problems (135 miles ridden so far). The picture is a bit deceiving - there is WAY less space in the center of the frame than it shows. The suspension connection takes up the entire thing. So I needed to attach my battery on the bottom of the frame and my controller on the top. Instructions for assembly were lacking but honestly it wasn't too hard to figure out even though I have very little bike knowledge. Watched some youtube videos on adjusting the disk brakes but that was it. Still, I am loving it and very happy with the purchase.
I have a Giant d-fuse seatpost with an internal wedge that expands via an external bolt to hold the post in place. For far too long I thought the source of incessant creaking, which only occurred when I was seated, was coming from the seatpost/seat interface so changed saddles, lubricated that area (as shown in the video), took the lube off and ran it dry- all to no success. Turned out there must have been some dirt had got into the wedge and cleaning this up and applying light grease and no more creak. Probably other brands have a similar arrangement so good place to check if you're getting creaks while seated
I had this click it drove me nuts.We did your check list, I finally figured out it was the Shimano ultegra small chain ring. It didn’t have sharks fin look on the teeth. It had 10k miles on it. I did replace the cassette not to long a go.
I’ve been cycling since ‘87; worked in shops and by far the most common creak candidates are quick release levers that are not tight, saddle that needs to be tightened properly, loose pedals and by far the most common was cogs not torqued to hub; that one always seems like a crank or B.B. issue! I have very limited experience with press fit but they seem to be likely culprits
When i paddhle forward their is a noise that comes after a rotation ,,, and it also is evident if i paddle backwards the clicking sound feels like comming from frame .. or something clicking onto the frame .
the click sounds in my Mtb are driving me crazy, it just starts to click every time I get on my bike, but remains silent when I get off the bike and turn the pedals manually, so does this clicks sounds come from the seat???
So I had a creak "coming" from the bottom bracket area and what it was was that i slightly banged a nut on the rear axle and the creak was coming from the axle parts rotating against the frame (?) under pull from the paddles...retightened it and it was fine
round spokes rubbing together and build a little tension and then upon the release of that tension "tick", a sound not much different from that of a misaligned rear derailleur's chain sound but much more random in occurrence. Bontrager Paradigm 25 wheels. A drop of oil at the point of contact stops the noise for a short while so I'll be headed to the lbs for a spoke tension check.
could i have broken the rod that sits in between the pedals or something around the rod? when i press on the left pedal there is a loud squeak which is followed by the pedal changing its rotating axis very slightly, when i press the other pedal, the pedal mechanism returns to the original position. i’m afraid i broke the biggest bicycle part
On my Gurus, the rear axel mount lug is bonded to the chain stay and bolted to the seat stay. This allowed them to customize the length of the stays and seat tube without having a whole bunch of lugs. One of the bolts had worked loose and started to creak and induce what felt like wheel flex when out of the saddle. I had my knee braces develop a clicking noise. Now I spray them with silicon spray to quiet them. You know you are old when you creak more than the bike does.
I've been chasing a creak/click around my bike for the past year. Usually sounds like it's coming from the front end of the bike. Over the past year I've stripped the bottom bracket, headset, hubs, cranks, pedals, cassette, seatpost. You name it, I tried it. Finally discovered the cause the other day - saddle rails where they enter the nose of the saddle. Incredibly annoying but it's great to have a silent bike again! And really shows how sounds can travel around the frame and sound like they're coming from somewhere totally different.
Clicks can also be caused after replacing a chain because the cog set has matched wear from the old chain in which case it's best to replace the cog set and chain at the same time. Clicks can also be caused by stiff chain links it can be fixed with a little bit of chain lube and working the link side to side and back and forth.
I'm using gravel bike and everytime I go off road or in bad road there's this creaking or click sounds I can't pinpoint and that's where I start looking for crack in frame ony find a paint crack tho scratched it up and the line is gone so I'm confused which part of it can came from recently upgrade my fork and cranks to hollowtech yet can't find anything wrong with them but once I'm off road this creaks and clicks started again
My old hybrid had been ridden into the ground, with a nasty creak from the bottom bracket. So I bought a new hybrid and took my MTB pedals from the old'n. First ride out... 'creak, creak, creak.' Turns out I just needed new pedals...
Thank you so much. I ride hills every day. 1500 vertical feet in 15 miles is my daily goal for a decent workout. Anyway, I have had an annoying creak for almost 6 months and simply could not find it. Tried pedal cleaning / tightening, tried crank cleaning / tightening, tried replacing the bottom bracket (which needed replacing anyway!), but still no luck. Thank you so much for "3:37: Chain ring bolts." I never would have thought of that without watching your video. But when I cleaned, greased, and tightened the small chainring bolts that did the trick. No more annoying creak!! Honestly, it never even occurred to me that the small chain ring was bolted to the larger one. Just something I never noticed and gave any thought. So you may want to point out to folks that if the creaking is only occurring when the chain is on the small chain ring in the front, then that is clearly an indicator that loose chain ring bolts are the culprit! Thanks again!
@@6___________99_____________64 yes I did, now I always keep them greased as I ride bike very hard. Stop the creak 101: -do M check, I thought this wasn't important and found out after chasing the creak for a while that one pivot bolt was loose -Lube Chain link by link and pedal for 30 sec -grease both axels -push grease into seat rail holes with grease gun
Once I was convinced that a click came from the headset since it occurred when I turned my bars. After investigation it turned out to be the break cables. They had so much friction inside the housing that they would bind up and then suddenly be released when I turned the bars.
I've actually just fallen foul of the water bottle one. Or rather in my case it's the carbon bottle cage itself on a fairly new Venge disc. At first it was an intermittent clicking that was such a high frequency that it sounded like a violent electrical short arcing away underneath me! To say it had me pulling my hair out was an understatement, I went through the BB, the downtube access cover and even got myself convinced that it was the end of the front derailleur cable pinging off the frame. Whilst I've not totally cured it, thankfully it's calmed down after a week or so.
I have two month old 700cc bike. It clicks on right pedal side at 1 o'clock position every time I pedal . When I first start out there is no click. Maybe 10 minutes the clicking starts. What should I look to solve this? Thanks in advance.
I had a creak once -- at least that's what I'll call it -- I was dropping everyone on the climbs which is weird because I'm a horrible climber, then I realized it was only gas. --Rocketman
Thanks for this video as it has just reminded me that I had a annoying clicking noise to track down. It seemed to be coming from the drive train but with carbon frame's acoustics you never really know for sure. Interestingly, this noise would seem to go away after giving the bike a good wash but only to come back after a first puddle. So I started the inspection front to back and, what a surprise, it was actually in the last part I checked -- rear hub of my vision metrons, ratchet mechanism to be more specific. Cleaned, re-lubed and re-greased it all. Lets see how long is it going to last...
I had a really annoying creak on my bike, and wors of all it was intermittent! I first thought it was from the headset or the handlebars, tightened them up! Then I thought it was from the bottom bracket or ring bolts - tightened the bolts. But it still kept coming back! In the end, I figured it was the outer cables rubbing off my GoPro housing that was mounted to the handlebars!!! :D
Best advice I read was to get someone else to listen, as when you're on the bike, it's nearly impossible to tell where a creak is coming from other than 'below you'. In this case, I was on an indoor trainer which made it easy, but I got someone to come listen to what i thought was a BB creak, as it would creak with every pedal stroke, but they pointed straight at the rear skewer and said 'there'. And yes, it wasn't clamped down tight enough!
ahhh maybe that’s my problem with mine then! i went on this morning and it started making a noise with every pedal stroke on the left side 😢 i don’t know what to do or how to really fix this
One thing that is not your bike that makes crack-like sounds and drove me crazy is your TIRES! They might collect small stones/sand and throw it towards your frame. Especially when you push hard
Solution for square taper is to remove it from the bike and replace with a different bottom bracket system and cranks . I'm 240 lbs and pretty fit. Square taper lasts me 1-2 seasons no matter how tight they are, after that the cranks are slightly rounded over and need replacing.
I get a creaking noise which sounds like its from the bottom bracket area but I've so far changed the bottom bracket, the Chainset and the pedals but the noise continues. It happens when I'm pedalling stood up or sat down, but only under load, so if I try it when its on the stand there's no noise. Whats strange is that it only happens on the smallest 5 rings on the rear cassette (Shimano 10 speed cassette), the cassette looks in great condition and the bike is only 6 months old. The noise is driving me crazy anybody have any ideas?? :-(
Giant FCR creak, source? The water bottle cage screws of the Carbon Arundel cage. The frame flexing caused the cage mounting bolt locations to change slightly and it creaked every time i climbed. The fix was to place thin rubber washers between the cage abd frame.
I would add, and this sounds stupid, but for BB and seatpost creaks...check that your rear QR is REALLY tight, especially if it is thru-axle. I thought my WhlsMfg. ceramic BB had given up, or that I cracked a seat-tube, based on the creak I was getting. Checked all the usual suspects, BB, crank arms, pedal spindles, ring bolts, etc. Turns out the stupid QR could have been tighter and was resonating noise down the carbon chainstays. GREAT series, GCN guys!
hey Jon. Just figured mine out, I hope. The clamp bolts on the left pedal. The creak comes with the down stroke of the left pedal. Crankset is a Tiagra c2008 CAAD9. Dunno how tight. Wish you'd cover that. Guess I'll just equal tighten one at a time and hope for the best.
After a week or two discovered annoying creak was coming from my helmet! Doh! I have a Domane 5.9 Di2 when giving it a bit of welly uphill the noise from the internal cables would wake the dead????
Back wheel skewer!!!! I tightened the steerer, did the seat, checked pedals and cleats. The silly creak was identical sitting or standing so i was sizing up the bottom bracket task. Then i thought to just double check the rear wheel skewer... Aaaah, silence! I'm sure i can push harder when there is no creak!
Well i have a new procaliber Trek with a Isospeed Decoupler below the saddle. I start to think the clicking comes from there. I tightend it again and it even seems to click louder. Or my mind is just playing tricks on me. I've got an appointment with the bikeshop for my first check up, just did 800km on it but it drives me nuts!
What product is used for the seat rails at 6:47? Referred to as "copper paste" but I'm not familiar with that. Is it the same as "assembly compound" like Park Tool SAC-2?
Spent last season chasing a persistent creak. Replaced the BB, took everything apart and cleaned/greased/re-torqued. Then I narrowed it down to my shoes, so I replaced all the bolt inserts, cleats, and cleaned and torqued everything. Still creaking like an old mans knees. Final discovery? Turns out the old vinyl covered Velcro straps have taken to rubbing on the metal D-rings. Solution: new shoes.
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I have been hunting and mostly eliminating various creaks in the past, they all initially seem to come from the crank-area, right? However my latest creaking is giving me a headache. Every revolution my back wheel gives an annoying creak, regardless whether i'm pedaling or not. There is no rubbing on frame or brakes anywhere. It's a quite new bike with equally quite new wheels (Mavic Ksyriums) that have rolled less than 1000 kilometers. It's bought from a certain German internet giant and that's why I'd like to sort this myself instead of going trought the hazzle of packing and shipping to the not-so-local-bike-shop abroad. Greasing skewers didn't help.
Tried it all but turned out it was my knees
😂
Yeah, there's no kneed for that is there!!
Too funny Mr.B you need to grease your knees
Yea I’ve got the same thing in my knees it’s called runners knee
That’s copied
I once had a haunted bike. Really, there is no other explaination.
The worse is when you take it ot the shop they charge you for something and when you go out the damn thing is still clicking and ticking.
happens all the time…..
Front wheel has restriction….
“Oh yea we get in the bearings and all”
Get bike : same thing after u told them n paid $140 for tuneup
@@McRemmyBaby Bike shops are a rip off I swear, this stuff isn't too complicated or expensive to do yourself. Only thing I won't touch is wheels, I'd lose my mind trying to true them.
Everytime...
I guess it's because they don't actually check the bike while riding it, but on the bike stand. I always think they should do a test ride themselves before handing the bike back to me :(
My lungs going uphill
Thank you for that, I was absolutely cracking up reading that.
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Most of the creaks come from the crankset area (BB, pedals, chainring bolts) and the seatpost area. Always start inquiring there.
Spoke noises are the worst I think.
No doubt Jon's heavily invested in Grease Futures.
How to determine where your click or creak is coming from: do you ride a cannondale? Its you. Do you ride with someone who rides cannondale? Its them... simple lol
Daniel Ellis here because of my supersix. Right in the feels. Ive replaced bb. Replaced bb shell adapter today. Still clicking. Wtffff
@@scc9306 Try some 320 grit sandpaper & smooth the spokes, just wherever the cross other spokes. If you suspected the problem was from the bb, it could be a pedal spindle, crank arm, chainring bolt, or maybe a cleat is loose on a shoe. Could be the seatpost, or the saddle clamp/seat rails. With any bearings, there's always some degree of possibility that there's a grain of sand or metal in them. The same holds true for anything that's clamped to the bike, as well. Some damn little thing interfering where the surfaces tighten into position. You might check for a damaged tooth on a chainring. You can eliminate that as a cause if the problem persists when you shift to another chainring. Beyond those areas, it's possible for almost any part of a bike to make a noise when a person is pedaling, as their weight tends to shift and their grip forces can vary with each rotation of the cranks. Some of those noises can fool you into thinking they come from some other part of the bike, so you basically end up with an incomplete list of suspects to troubleshoot. Check everything there is, and you'll find it.
randolph patterson thank you for the reply! I did eventually track it down. I greased the pedal threads and put on new washers and the problem is 100% solved. Couldn't believe it after all that time and annoyance
Exactly. I ride a cannondale. I hear it whenever I pedal hard. I dont think its the bb. So Im going to look on the freewheel.
TWO-WHEEL WANDERER My Cannondale was creaking at the seat post, greased it and problem solved. Swore it was the BB
After watching multiple videos, taking my bike to three local bike shops, i was at that point where i wanted to replace my frame because of that annoying creak. but before that, i replaced my BB and pedal (by the way, the creaking sound only appeared when going uphill and when speeding up, when the cranks are stressed). the frame is the oldest part of my bike and i thought this was the culprit. checked the whole frame, no cracks...i was about to give up (again), and thought, maybe i should grease the skewer, as this video advised...greased it lightly, placed it back on, immediately went uphill, i almost cried lol. no more creak. Thanks a lot GCN Tech. Bike frame on shopping cart, removed!
A little story on the subject:
I Tried to find out the origin of creaking noise on my Olmo with Campagnolo parts (UT cranks). After several rides I was pretty sure it was the crankset. So obvious: when putting pressure on pedals the sound came very visible and when riding easy no creaks...
I geased the pedal threads, checked the cleat connection points, chainring bolts, I even opened the cranks and put new grease everywhere. Took also care of the seatpost area. I even tried to get the creaking sound when standing on the pedals with all my weight (while not driving), looking a possible clues on crack(s) in the frame. Nothing. I was already thinking, and kinda getting oriented, that I have to take out the bb cups...
Then on one ride, I started to twist the handlebar up and down direction for some reason. Awful creaking sound, even when not pedaling. Then it came to my mind: I turned the bar to lift the STI-shifters a little bit higher few weeks earlier and ofcourse loosened the bolts which were hand tightened (very tight) and now I used torque wrench and proper torque!
I took the bar off of the stem and greased the tightening bolts, also the steering tube tightening bolts and the top cap bolt. I greased the handlebar from the stem's connection point and did the same job to stem too.
Result: Completely silent! No creaks! No more annoying sound effects. Just some normal drivetrain noise. Educational: Don't think right away the obvious one is the quilty one...
I spent about a year trying to locate a clicking noise, which disappeared after having a flat on my front tire.
It was the valve stem vibrating on the rim. After that, I always use the valve stem nut on aluminium wheels.
I've had this. Headset was a bit buzzy so re-set and tightened it, perfect. But then the rear wheel seemed really rattly, worryingly so. I was prepared to go route one and get back to the manufacturer but a bit of electircal tape round the valve stem. Solved.
Took me a while to find it but I had a creaky QR skewer once. Drove me up the bloody wall.
Been there, my friend. Hope you found yours faster than I did. I swore it was BB.
Same! The guys at the bike shop wouldn't believe me that it wasn't the BB. Eventually I figured it out on my own!
Yes! Had that. Helped to put a dab of grease around the drop-outs and skewer bits.
Exactly what just happened to me today! Finally after 2 months of creaking....
Screw that, I'm gonna crash if I'm gonna crash but I'm too lazy to remove my tape to inspect my bars 😂😂😂😂
Had a weird creak coming from somewhere near the bottom/rear of the bike that took me several rides to properly diagnose, it only creaked after a few miles into a ride and only when putting a lot of effort into a pedal downstroke. Stopped and held the front brake, loading up the frame with stress by pushing hard down on a pedal while staying stationary. I could tell that the frame was flexing just a tiny little bit. I went over the frame with a fine toothed comb, checked crankset, pedals, bottom bracket, bottle cages, derailleurs, stem, headset, everything I could think of. But it turns out it was none of those things.
It was a loose rear thru-axle. Tightened that up a bit and the creaking is completely gone.
Cheers, would never have suspected the rear axle if not for your comment.
Went to the local bike shop and they said nothing is wrong
just put in earbuds and listen to some music :)
Jon, you must be reading our minds because today I literally was going to pose a question for the GCN Tech Clinic about my creaking seat post. Really good and informative video!
Richard Isaksen Cheers Richard!
Most annoying noise was on my MTB hardtail, ss. (ignore that fact for now)😉
So, it was a vibration noise. I checked all cable routing, bolts, skewers, Hope brake levers (the ones that had the brass bushings, ALL GOOD!
The noise was still there.... So I really set to and started to take things appart. Starting at the rear as that's where it "seemed" to be, I noticed a tiny stone resting on top of the disc pads. Problem solved! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄!
Jon showing that he is an old school bike mechanic by applying the grease with his bare hands.
When I'm sprinting I hear clicking on my cock pit I dunno if it's on the handle bar headset or stem pls help
"Honestly, I was just riding along and then it just started to.........." The click that took the longest to find was a cracked aluminum chainwheel bolt.
I thought it was the headset and/or spokes...took out everything and regreased them. NOPE. Turned out it was my left ankle! I was relieved...so ironic because I worried about my bike more than my body.
My CX bike PF-30 bottom bracket sings like a bird... That's so romantic !
:D
Creaky water bottle? Obviously not a GCN bottle!
Obviously not!
My bike doesn’t creak it just clanks whenever I go off big drops
thats the chain hitting frame. there are rubber pads you find online or diy super glue a rubber on the frame under chain.
7:23
Hello darkness my old friend...
Pedals... SPD-SL R540. They drove me crazy.... Don’t buy cheep pedals unless you are very recreational rider. If you put anywhere near 200W power or more spend on higher end models line Shimano Ultegra carbon or equivalent. You will not have to buy new pedals every 5000km
I once replaced the press fit bottom bracket with a new one, cleaned and regreased the seat post, saddle rails and headset before realizing the rear QR skewer was a bit loose...
Stem top cap is a good un! Your convinced it’s the stem bolts or the head set or the spacers or the front spokes etc...
In addition to the more obvious noises (e.g. spoke twang, cracked wheel or hub, odd winter shoe leather squinch), I've thought I had a clicking BB three times - twice it was dirt in my Keo pedals, and the other was the seat post.
presta valve clicking when under power, took me weeks to figure it out
Please suggest a solution to this mystery click. Only clicks when pedalling and creaks when standing pedalling. First 40 mins will be totally silent. On 1 hr mark, it will click and get louder. Check this linl to hear the creak/click/clack. Does yours sound the same?
m.ruclips.net/video/_iSGUN8SOIg/видео.html
Creaky freehub. Once I took it apart, cleaned it up, regreased, and reassembled it, it was nice and quiet. It literally took me years to figure that one out. I knew it was the wheel, but thought it was the spokes, so I would grease the spoke crossings and fiddle with the skewer.
The interface between pedal and cleat is quite a common one. Don't neglect to clean both regularly. Dry, no lube or grease works best for me.
I've just come in from stripping and cleaning my BB (threaded Hollowtech II). I think it's an easy job. Certainly much easier than the old square taper things (which I didn't used to grease).
if it creaks.... grease it up... my wife is creaking.... grease it up.... my dog is creaking grease it up too... my fridge door creaks... grease it up too and make sure its a little not too much.
I had this "tinking" sound that no one could isolate. It only happened when out of the saddle. I eventually figured out it was quarter sliding inside my seat bag and tapping the seat post.
Hahahahahaaaaa! You sir just made my day!
gwynbleidd13 thanks!
That was really funny.. i just went looking for coins in mine!
Creaks from the spokes. DT Swiss Spline DB on my bike. Fasten them to fix it.
Where do you apply the oil?
Where the spokes cross each other
My weird place for a creak or rather squeak is from my shoes, not my cleats but my shoes. I get a squeak developing when out on a ride, 3-5 miles in i hear the squeak and took me ages before I eliminated everything it could be to my shoes. I use wet lube on the rachet system and talc inside the insole to reduce friction.
yesterday I posted quite a long text about taking off the chainset and wiggling a big screwdriver between the chainwheels. Creak creak! I was convinced I'd found the noise, after cleaning and regreasing everything else (pedals, chainwheels, chainset, bolts, new bottom bracket, new skewers on rear wheel, new chain....). So I posted a long text here. But went out iin the evening, and ..."creak creak". Oh no! This morning I put different rear wheel on and ... no creak! Note that it wasn't the skewers, it must be either the hub, freehub, or cassette. If anyone is interested it's an old Campag Daytona hub with campag 10sp freehub. Hope this helps, and apologies to anyone who read yesterday's post!
Can waxed chains also creek after skipping a sprocket very hard (while doing over 600W)?
Thanks. Very helpful. I checked everything, and in the end it was the chainring bolts. Very annoying tick tick under power.
CAN ANYONE HELP PLZ. I have a rei co-op drt 2.2. It’s almost brand new and after a muddy ride and a good clean after, I felt a little clicking feeling when pedaling. Keep in mind it’s not a noise it’s only a feeling when you pedal. I have no idea where it’s coming from.
Can anyone help.
The bike is solid and my Ebike conversion went great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Very smooth ride at 30mph with no problems (135 miles ridden so far). The picture is a bit deceiving - there is WAY less space in the center of the frame than it shows. The suspension connection takes up the entire thing. So I needed to attach my battery on the bottom of the frame and my controller on the top. Instructions for assembly were lacking but honestly it wasn't too hard to figure out even though I have very little bike knowledge. Watched some youtube videos on adjusting the disk brakes but that was it. Still, I am loving it and very happy with the purchase.
I have a Giant d-fuse seatpost with an internal wedge that expands via an external bolt to hold the post in place. For far too long I thought the source of incessant creaking, which only occurred when I was seated, was coming from the seatpost/seat interface so changed saddles, lubricated that area (as shown in the video), took the lube off and ran it dry- all to no success. Turned out there must have been some dirt had got into the wedge and cleaning this up and applying light grease and no more creak. Probably other brands have a similar arrangement so good place to check if you're getting creaks while seated
I had this click it drove me nuts.We did your check list, I finally figured out it was the Shimano ultegra small chain ring. It didn’t have sharks fin look on the teeth. It had 10k miles on it. I did replace the cassette not to long a go.
I’ve been cycling since ‘87; worked in shops and by far the most common creak candidates are quick release levers that are not tight, saddle that needs to be tightened properly, loose pedals and by far the most common was cogs not torqued to hub; that one always seems like a crank or B.B. issue! I have very limited experience with press fit but they seem to be likely culprits
when i pedal and the suspension is going up and down i hear a pedal clink any help?
Thank you for the video. Led me straight to the trouble. A lube and tightening of the seat post components set me right!
When i have my brakes on at a standstill and i press on the forks the (what i believe to be the brakes) make a very loud click [PLEASE HELP]
Thank you, Sir
I am diagnosing a creak. This gives me quite a lot of things to check.
Great! Glad to be of service!
When i paddhle forward their is a noise that comes after a rotation ,,, and it also is evident if i paddle backwards the clicking sound feels like comming from frame .. or something clicking onto the frame .
the click sounds in my Mtb are driving me crazy, it just starts to click every time I get on my bike, but remains silent when I get off the bike and turn the pedals manually, so does this clicks sounds come from the seat???
So I had a creak "coming" from the bottom bracket area and what it was was that i slightly banged a nut on the rear axle and the creak was coming from the axle parts rotating against the frame (?) under pull from the paddles...retightened it and it was fine
round spokes rubbing together and build a little tension and then upon the release of that tension "tick", a sound not much different from that of a misaligned rear derailleur's chain sound but much more random in occurrence. Bontrager Paradigm 25 wheels. A drop of oil at the point of contact stops the noise for a short while so I'll be headed to the lbs for a spoke tension check.
The difference between how English people say aluminum vs how Americans say aluminum is just awesome 😂
Also "solder" and "sawder." You say tomato, and I'll say to-mah-to.
could i have broken the rod that sits in between the pedals or something around the rod? when i press on the left pedal there is a loud squeak which is followed by the pedal changing its rotating axis very slightly, when i press the other pedal, the pedal mechanism returns to the original position. i’m afraid i broke the biggest bicycle part
On my Gurus, the rear axel mount lug is bonded to the chain stay and bolted to the seat stay. This allowed them to customize the length of the stays and seat tube without having a whole bunch of lugs. One of the bolts had worked loose and started to creak and induce what felt like wheel flex when out of the saddle.
I had my knee braces develop a clicking noise. Now I spray them with silicon spray to quiet them. You know you are old when you creak more than the bike does.
Sooo basicaly disassemble the whole bike and put it back together. Seems like an easy and quick job...
I have clicking from seatpost clamp. Using carbon seatpost in steel frame. Fixed it once it returned after 50 km or so 😣
I've been chasing a creak/click around my bike for the past year. Usually sounds like it's coming from the front end of the bike. Over the past year I've stripped the bottom bracket, headset, hubs, cranks, pedals, cassette, seatpost. You name it, I tried it. Finally discovered the cause the other day - saddle rails where they enter the nose of the saddle. Incredibly annoying but it's great to have a silent bike again! And really shows how sounds can travel around the frame and sound like they're coming from somewhere totally different.
Clicks can also be caused after replacing a chain because the cog set has matched wear from the old chain
in which case it's best to replace the cog set and chain at the same time. Clicks can also be caused by stiff
chain links it can be fixed with a little bit of chain lube and working the link side to side and back and forth.
I'm using gravel bike and everytime I go off road or in bad road there's this creaking or click sounds I can't pinpoint and that's where I start looking for crack in frame ony find a paint crack tho scratched it up and the line is gone so I'm confused which part of it can came from recently upgrade my fork and cranks to hollowtech yet can't find anything wrong with them but once I'm off road this creaks and clicks started again
I replaced my BB and cleats pedals then I found out its just my skewers 😣
My old hybrid had been ridden into the ground, with a nasty creak from the bottom bracket. So I bought a new hybrid and took my MTB pedals from the old'n. First ride out... 'creak, creak, creak.' Turns out I just needed new pedals...
Same here!
Thank you so much. I ride hills every day. 1500 vertical feet in 15 miles is my daily goal for a decent workout. Anyway, I have had an annoying creak for almost 6 months and simply could not find it. Tried pedal cleaning / tightening, tried crank cleaning / tightening, tried replacing the bottom bracket (which needed replacing anyway!), but still no luck. Thank you so much for "3:37: Chain ring bolts." I never would have thought of that without watching your video. But when I cleaned, greased, and tightened the small chainring bolts that did the trick. No more annoying creak!!
Honestly, it never even occurred to me that the small chain ring was bolted to the larger one. Just something I never noticed and gave any thought.
So you may want to point out to folks that if the creaking is only occurring when the chain is on the small chain ring in the front, then that is clearly an indicator that loose chain ring bolts are the culprit!
Thanks again!
An uncle of mine once told me (of cars): The time to worry about a rattle is when it stops. Same with creaks?
Hahahah
What is the correct grease for aluminium seatpost and aluminium frame?
Loose shoe/klit bolt.....anoying 😫
I use earplugs and listen to internet radio. The craziest noise is coming when the network is poor.
For older riders it could be their own joints creaking and clicking. 😉
Cant find any reason why my tires are making a popping or creak sound when I ride. Every time I squish the tire it makes a weird noise.
Spokes. Started creaking all of the sudden on my rear wheel.
my click comes only when cranking the pedals. comes and gos sometimes soft clicks or loud knocks
This was very helpful. Both of my skewers were dry and needed lubricating, that was the source of my front and rear squeak!
Did you just regrease the skewer shafts ?
@@6___________99_____________64 yes I did, now I always keep them greased as I ride bike very hard. Stop the creak 101:
-do M check, I thought this wasn't important and found out after chasing the creak for a while that one pivot bolt was loose
-Lube Chain link by link and pedal for 30 sec
-grease both axels
-push grease into seat rail holes with grease gun
@@connorplow I eventually found my 3 month super annoying clicking sound source yesterday. Derailleur hanger screws were not tight.
@@6___________99_____________64 oops I forgot that one, glad you found it. I pulled mine off and greased it
Once I was convinced that a click came from the headset since it occurred when I turned my bars. After investigation it turned out to be the break cables. They had so much friction inside the housing that they would bind up and then suddenly be released when I turned the bars.
I've actually just fallen foul of the water bottle one. Or rather in my case it's the carbon bottle cage itself on a fairly new Venge disc. At first it was an intermittent clicking that was such a high frequency that it sounded like a violent electrical short arcing away underneath me! To say it had me pulling my hair out was an understatement, I went through the BB, the downtube access cover and even got myself convinced that it was the end of the front derailleur cable pinging off the frame. Whilst I've not totally cured it, thankfully it's calmed down after a week or so.
I’m pretty Shute my drivetrain is messed up bc in my petal stroke it creeks
3:37 - chainring and pedals
I have two month old 700cc bike. It clicks on right pedal side at 1 o'clock position every time I pedal . When I first start out there is no click. Maybe 10 minutes the clicking starts. What should I look to solve this? Thanks in advance.
It wasn't the pedal. Typical freaking cheap new bike parts used once again.
Does the spoke can make sound if they are loose? It's so annoying 😭
I had a creak once -- at least that's what I'll call it -- I was dropping everyone on the climbs which is weird because I'm a horrible climber, then I realized it was only gas.
--Rocketman
Are you saying that you farted going uphill?
@@peterclarke3990 Jet Propulsion.
Thanks for this video as it has just reminded me that I had a annoying clicking noise to track down. It seemed to be coming from the drive train but with carbon frame's acoustics you never really know for sure. Interestingly, this noise would seem to go away after giving the bike a good wash but only to come back after a first puddle.
So I started the inspection front to back and, what a surprise, it was actually in the last part I checked -- rear hub of my vision metrons, ratchet mechanism to be more specific. Cleaned, re-lubed and re-greased it all. Lets see how long is it going to last...
Glad you found the video useful Kiryl!
Weirdest creak? mobile phone cover in my back pocket!
I had a really annoying creak on my bike, and wors of all it was intermittent! I first thought it was from the headset or the handlebars, tightened them up! Then I thought it was from the bottom bracket or ring bolts - tightened the bolts. But it still kept coming back! In the end, I figured it was the outer cables rubbing off my GoPro housing that was mounted to the handlebars!!! :D
Best advice I read was to get someone else to listen, as when you're on the bike, it's nearly impossible to tell where a creak is coming from other than 'below you'. In this case, I was on an indoor trainer which made it easy, but I got someone to come listen to what i thought was a BB creak, as it would creak with every pedal stroke, but they pointed straight at the rear skewer and said 'there'. And yes, it wasn't clamped down tight enough!
ahhh maybe that’s my problem with mine then! i went on this morning and it started making a noise with every pedal stroke on the left side 😢 i don’t know what to do or how to really fix this
One thing that is not your bike that makes crack-like sounds and drove me crazy is your TIRES! They might collect small stones/sand and throw it towards your frame. Especially when you push hard
So basically grease grease then grease again
Solution for square taper is to remove it from the bike and replace with a different bottom bracket system and cranks . I'm 240 lbs and pretty fit. Square taper lasts me 1-2 seasons no matter how tight they are, after that the cranks are slightly rounded over and need replacing.
It's a leaf a twig or your bottom bracket
I get a creaking noise which sounds like its from the bottom bracket area but I've so far changed the bottom bracket, the Chainset and the pedals but the noise continues.
It happens when I'm pedalling stood up or sat down, but only under load, so if I try it when its on the stand there's no noise.
Whats strange is that it only happens on the smallest 5 rings on the rear cassette (Shimano 10 speed cassette), the cassette looks in great condition and the bike is only 6 months old. The noise is driving me crazy anybody have any ideas?? :-(
Giant FCR creak, source? The water bottle cage screws of the Carbon Arundel cage. The frame flexing caused the cage mounting bolt locations to change slightly and it creaked every time i climbed. The fix was to place thin rubber washers between the cage abd frame.
for some reason my front wheel is making a creeking sound everytime i use the rear breaks... It's diskbreaks... And my pedal clicks everytime.
I would add, and this sounds stupid, but for BB and seatpost creaks...check that your rear QR is REALLY tight, especially if it is thru-axle. I thought my WhlsMfg. ceramic BB had given up, or that I cracked a seat-tube, based on the creak I was getting. Checked all the usual suspects, BB, crank arms, pedal spindles, ring bolts, etc. Turns out the stupid QR could have been tighter and was resonating noise down the carbon chainstays. GREAT series, GCN guys!
hey Jon. Just figured mine out, I hope. The clamp bolts on the left pedal. The creak comes with the down stroke of the left pedal. Crankset is a Tiagra c2008 CAAD9.
Dunno how tight. Wish you'd cover that. Guess I'll just equal tighten one at a time and hope for the best.
After a week or two discovered annoying creak was coming from my helmet! Doh! I have a Domane 5.9 Di2 when giving it a bit of welly uphill the noise from the internal cables would wake the dead????
Back wheel skewer!!!! I tightened the steerer, did the seat, checked pedals and cleats. The silly creak was identical sitting or standing so i was sizing up the bottom bracket task. Then i thought to just double check the rear wheel skewer... Aaaah, silence! I'm sure i can push harder when there is no creak!
Well i have a new procaliber Trek with a Isospeed Decoupler below the saddle. I start to think the clicking comes from there. I tightend it again and it even seems to click louder. Or my mind is just playing tricks on me. I've got an appointment with the bikeshop for my first check up, just did 800km on it but it drives me nuts!
What product is used for the seat rails at 6:47? Referred to as "copper paste" but I'm not familiar with that. Is it the same as "assembly compound" like Park Tool SAC-2?
Spent last season chasing a persistent creak. Replaced the BB, took everything apart and cleaned/greased/re-torqued. Then I narrowed it down to my shoes, so I replaced all the bolt inserts, cleats, and cleaned and torqued everything. Still creaking like an old mans knees. Final discovery? Turns out the old vinyl covered Velcro straps have taken to rubbing on the metal D-rings. Solution: new shoes.
I have been hunting and mostly eliminating various creaks in the past, they all initially seem to come from the crank-area, right? However my latest creaking is giving me a headache. Every revolution my back wheel gives an annoying creak, regardless whether i'm pedaling or not. There is no rubbing on frame or brakes anywhere. It's a quite new bike with equally quite new wheels (Mavic Ksyriums) that have rolled less than 1000 kilometers. It's bought from a certain German internet giant and that's why I'd like to sort this myself instead of going trought the hazzle of packing and shipping to the not-so-local-bike-shop abroad. Greasing skewers didn't help.