Irritating "click" from crankset

[Dec66]

[QUOTE 4804032, member: 9609"]shoe lace hitting the bottle cage or something[/QUOTE]
The click happens at the bottom of travel on the LH pedal, so any loose laces would just scrape on the floor. Besides which, it's constant.

 

[mjr]

The click happens at the bottom of travel on the LH pedal, so any loose laces would just scrape on the floor. Besides which, it's constant.

Do the pedal loosen/clean-threads/tighten thing because it's easy, but when did you last regrease your pedal bearings?

The other prime suspect to me is that the left crank might be working loose but I'd expect that to be felt/heard twice a revolution and I'm sure I'll get complaints if I start talking about checking the torque on the crank bolts!

 

[jonny jeez]

Check cleats, pedals, rear and front drop outs (ensure qr is proper tight) spokes for rub, rim for cracks, saddle for springs, seatpost for tightness and cables for lube

 

[User6179]

The click happens at the bottom of travel on the LH pedal, so any loose laces would just scrape on the floor. Besides which, it's constant.

Mine was doing this as well when left hand pedal was at the bottom of travel and only on hills, turned out it was end of the cable on the mech hitting the crank arm but only in the smallest front ring.

 

[Dec66]

Mine was doing this as well when left hand pedal was at the bottom of travel and only on hills, turned out it was end of the cable on the mech hitting the crank arm but only in the smallest front ring.

Miner's doing it on both rings. It's also an amalgam of a "click" and a "creak" (more the former).

I'll grease the pedals later and we'll see what happens.

 

[jonny jeez]

The click happens at the bottom of travel on the LH pedal, so any loose laces would just scrape on the floor. Besides which, it's constant.

Also, check chain ring bolts on the drive side...i appreciate this is not the LH but worth eliminating.

Also worth leaning the bike over and pushing your foot on the frame where the bottom bracket sits, listen for creaks in the frame...

My bet is a spoke rubbing against another, a lose QR or a rim joint that needs a wack with a centre punch.

Its never the thing you think it is so give up all hope of a BB swap curing it.

Btw, I have a cracking sound that I have isolated to the freehub, its seized once before(which is to say the springs failed and the free hub stayed free) every time i freewheel and then put pressure on a crankarm it cracks with a nasty noise.

I should sort that out really.

 

[smutchin]

Are you sure it's not your knees?

 

[iandg]

New cotterpins needed

 

[iandg]

Do the pedal loosen/clean-threads/tighten thing because it's easy, but when did you last regrease your pedal bearings?

The other prime suspect to me is that the left crank might be working loose but I'd expect that to be felt/heard twice a revolution and I'm sure I'll get complaints if I start talking about checking the torque on the crank bolts!

I had a knocking sound recently due to the left hand crank being loose. What I noticed first was the grey/black staining along the crank arm.

 

[Dec66]

Are you sure it's not your knees?

I can categorically rule my knees out of the equation.

However, it's not unknown for my right ankle to make a similar sound whilst walking on occasion...

 

[cuberider]

I had similar symptoms and it turned out to be a shot pedal.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Spray some lube on the pedals / axles. You'd be surprised how often this solves the issue you described.

 

[Lonestar]

Yup I've got the same and it's bloody irritating and it's been going on for ages.

Feels like it bottom bracket or something or could it be the special link in the chain...It's a fixie...Always the same position on pedal turn.

 

[Dec66]

Ok, fettling done... It's the pedals.

I took them off, went to spin them while holding the threads, and they were very reluctant to move. So, I took the caps off the bolt ends, sprayed in GT85, and freed them up (the left one more than the right one, actually, that one feels a bit 'grindy' and is on its way out, but it'll do for now).

A spot of 3 in 1 to finish the job, caps back on, pedals back on... Bye bye clicking.

Thanks all!

 

[SuperHans123]

Had exactly this recently and I know it can be a thousand things but Bottom Bracket for me.
Get off the bike, hold the bike with the brakes on and apply pressure to each pedal/crank arm, real pressure. If you hear the click from both sides, it is likely to be the BB.
Also, make sure your pedals are tightened correctly.