Creaking seat.

[Sailorsi]

Had a similar issue, really annoying and took me a while to find where it was coming from (thought it was my knee for a while!). Spray grease worked for mine, turned the bike upside down and let the grease run into the rail pockets at both ends for an hour. Check for any cracks on the underside and check the tightness of the seat post clamp and seat position bolt, might be worth removing the post, clamp and bolts and giving them a clean up. Hope you get it sorted

 

[wisdom]

Silicone spray worked on mine.

 

[lpretro1]

Take the clamp apart fully and give it a reet good cleaning up, regrease the bolts and refit. Also remove seatpost from frame, clean & re-grease (or carbon paste if carbon one) and re-torque

 

[mjr]

I think Muc Off make one in a blue can called Silicon Shine.

Top tip is to make sure all the bolts or screws on the underside are tight. I tightened mine this morning and it's now fairly quiet. Some don't have any visible screws, so when they start creaking, it can be the beginning of the end.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Copper 'slip' on seatpost (unless carbon). You've got to be careful with creaking synapses.

turned the bike upside down and let the grease run into the rail pockets at both ends for an hour.

Given the saddle rails are horizontal, plus or minus a couple of degrees, what is the benefit of turning it upside down? I hope the poor bike is not then resting on its saddle and bars/hoods.

 

[Sailorsi]

Copper 'slip' on seatpost (unless carbon). You've got to be careful with creaking synapses.

Given the saddle rails are horizontal, plus or minus a couple of degrees, what is the benefit of turning it upside down? I hope the poor bike is not then resting on its saddle and bars/hoods.

I'm no expert but gravity does assist the fluid to run down the rails when inverted and pool at the inserts whilst it soaks in, it certainly has more chance than running up the rails with the bike the correct way up! Gravity may be a relatively new concept but has been around a while. It worked for my squeaky seat rails so I thought posting the solution that worked for me might help Liz out, sorry if it upset you

 

[mjr]

But why invert the bike instead of just taking the saddle off and flipping it?

 

[Sailorsi]

But why invert the bike instead of just taking the saddle off and flipping it?

That would do the job nicely, I never was much of a lateral thinker Lol....

 

[Ajax Bay]

I'm no expert but gravity does assist the fluid to run down the rails when inverted and pool at the inserts

Why would the saddle rails be any less or more at an angle to the horizontal (and therefore benefit from 'gravity' for the oil) if you turned the saddle (and seatpost, or the complete bike) upside down?

 

[mjr]

Why would the saddle rails be any less or more at an angle to the horizontal (and therefore benefit from 'gravity' for the oil) if you turned the saddle (and seatpost, or the complete bike) upside down?

Most rails curve upwards into the saddle either side of the horizontal bit.

 

[summerdays]

My saddle seems to generate some noise that gets amplified by the seat post, but it appears to come a slight flex in the right rear if the saddle. So far I've not managed to eliminate it.

 

[Sailorsi]

Why would the saddle rails be any less or more at an angle to the horizontal (and therefore benefit from 'gravity' for the oil) if you turned the saddle (and seatpost, or the complete bike) upside down?

The issue I had was a squeak between the metal rail and the plastic pocket in which it engages, on the underneath of the rear end of the seat. Allowing some lube to soak into the pocket under gravity reduced the friction and stopped it squeaking. i repeat this every so often and it seems to have worked. Thought it may help Liz out. Sorry if don't think its worth trying.

 

[*Dusty*]

I found there was a squeak from the seat, turned out to be the plasticky mounting bracket for my underseat bag.

 

[summerdays]

I have tilted the bike and dripped some lube where the rail meets the back of the actual saddle .... the noise is really annoying me. It may be new saddle time if I can't sort it!