creaking advice (again)

[mynydd]

Hi, I'm after some advice please. Following on from this:

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/annoying-creaking.138335/#post-2620927

Unfortunately the problem wasn't solved, so I returned the bike on friday and they replaced the crank. All seemed good and I thought that was the end of it.

Then..... On my ride home tonight the bleeding creaking started again! Same side, each pedal rotation. Nothing if I pedal only with the right foot clipped in.

Should I ask them to change the bottom bracket do you think? I'm pretty fed up now and am spending a fortune driving back and forth to the shop.

Thanks

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Hi, I'm after some advice please. Following on from this:

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/annoying-creaking.138335/#post-2620927

Unfortunately the problem wasn't solved, so I returned the bike on friday and they replaced the crank. All seemed good and I thought that was the end of it.

Then..... On my ride home tonight the bleeding creaking started again! Same side, each pedal rotation. Nothing if I pedal only with the right foot clipped in.

Should I ask them to change the bottom bracket do you think? I'm pretty fed up now and am spending a fortune driving back and forth to the shop.

Thanks

Check your cleats, and grease them ( assuming you are using them), I get it with my right one, I have to re-grease them every 2-3 weeks, for some reason it becomes more noticeable the further you ride, if you have checked this please ignore.

Opps already mentioned it.

 

[mynydd]

Thanks, it definitely isn't my cleats though. I took my SPD's off and put the original pedals on and it still creaked.
Its definitely in the crank/bottom bracket area and I wondered if people thought it was reasonable to ask for a whole new bottom bracket.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I've sprayed grease on the springs of my SPD pedals the last 2 weekends, and that's considerably reduced some creaking noises I had. Perhaps give it a try? The spray I used was a can of white lithium grease.

 

[mynydd]

Thanks but Tightening the bolts on the pedal arms stopped it temporarily (ie for a few miles), the shop fitting a new crank worked temporarily (ie a few miles more). And the creak is still there with different pedals.
Thanks again

 

[goody]

Probably your knee.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Lots of things to check HERE

 

[Brommyboy]

I have a creaking shoe! I just ignore it as there is no cure for it.

 

[hopless500]

My hybrid was doing summat similar. Turned out to be the bottom bracket.
It has been changed and is now blissfully silent.

 

[steve52]

my saddle creaks,my peddles creak my chain ring creaks as do my wheels sometimes, and maybe my knees too! im not so much a cyclist as a moble syphony

 

[mynydd]

Thanks all, have concluded it must be an issue with the bottom bracket - so packing it off back to the shop tomorrow.
Oh, my knees creak too - but this is a different type of creak