strange noise

davek said:

My new-ish (less than four months old) commuter bike has developed a
squeak and I'm slightly perplexed.

Saddle rails?

Simonb said:

Saddle rails?

Hmmm, there's an interesting thought. Nice one, thanks.

d.

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:29:06 +0000, davek <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

But since the squeak only appears when I'm riding at a fair lick, it's
hard to actually locate it precisely.

Any other thoughts, tips, suggestions? I'm loath to take my hubs apart
unless I really have to.

Side of your shoes against the crank?

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:29:06 +0000, davek <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

My new-ish (less than four months old) commuter bike has developed a
squeak and I'm slightly perplexed.

Mouse in the saddlebag?

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davek said:

Any other thoughts, tips, suggestions? I'm loath to take my hubs apart
unless I really have to.

Perhaps its your shoe. Seriously one of my shoes on my second oldest
pair squeeks sometimes. I am not sure if its becuase the cleat is moving
in relation to the pedal (I have fitted new cleats but some of my pedals
are well worn) or the leather itself, I suspect the latter as when I
massag the leather in my hand it squeeks.

MSeries suggested:

Quoted message said:

Perhaps its your shoe. Seriously one of my shoes on my second oldest
pair squeeks sometimes. I am not sure if its becuase the cleat is moving
in relation to the pedal ...

I was about to suggest squeaking at the cleat/pedal interface. I often
get squeaks when riding hard, and so far they've always been fixed by
lubricating the surfaces where the cleats and pedals meet.

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... (I have fitted new cleats but some of my pedals
are well worn) or the leather itself, I suspect the latter as when I
massag the leather in my hand it squeeks.

That sounds like a distinct possibility too, if Dave is wearing leather
shoes.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My new-ish (less than four months old) commuter bike has developed a
squeak and I'm slightly perplexed.

Mouse in the saddlebag?

Not as facetious as you think:

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Quoted message said:

But since the squeak only appears when I'm riding at a fair lick, it's
hard to actually locate it precisely.

Any other thoughts, tips, suggestions? I'm loath to take my hubs apart
unless I really have to.

Mice?

Cheers, helen s ;-)

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Simonb said:

Saddle rails?

Hmmm, there's an interesting thought. Nice one, thanks.

Or seatpost, or stem/steerer, or stem/bars (although that's not likely
to be in rhythm with pedalling). Any aluminium-to-aluminium joint is,
in my experience, prone to squeak unless greased.

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Quoted message said:

Any other thoughts, tips, suggestions? I'm loath to take my hubs apart
unless I really have to.

cheers,

d.

Had a similar squeak recently and it turned out to be the bottle cage.
I'd only recently installed it (bought a cheap toolkit in a bottle
pack from asda).

Anyway refitted the cage with copper grease in the threads and other
places where it would stay hidden and squeak disappeared.

Al C-F said:

Side of your shoes against the crank?

Crossed my mind, but not likely, I think - it's definitely more of a
"mechanical" squeak.

This bike has platform pedals and I normally wear trainers when riding
it (will be replacing with SPDs in due course but haven't done so yet)
so this rules out the possibility of cleat noise too.

Though it occurred to me that it might be pedal bearings.

But I have a hunch that Simon's saddle/seatpost suggestion is the likely
culprit, especially as there is a suspension seatpost involved, so I
shall investigate along those lines.

d.

Mark Thompson said:

Not as facetious as you think:

That's mad, Ted.

d.

Danny Colyer said:

That sounds like a distinct possibility too, if Dave is wearing leather
shoes.

No - see above. But thanks for the suggestions - all helpful, even the mice.

d.

helen said:

Mice?

Could be - lured by my brake blocks, which appear to be made of cheese.

d.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Not as facetious as you think:

That's mad, Ted.

You try finding someone to babysit a _rat_ for a few weeks! :-)

Was also a moderately successful anti-theft device. I'd come out of a shop
to find a small crowd of people slowly backing away from the bike..

davek said:

But I have a hunch that Simon's saddle/seatpost suggestion is the
likely culprit, especially as there is a suspension seatpost
involved, so I shall investigate along those lines.

I wouldn't be suprised if that was it as well. Test-ride standing up to
try and eliminate.

~PB

Take things off and refit with grease if you get desperate. Works with
the handles on my crutches :-)

Is the noise in time with anything? Once per revolution of anything?

~PB

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Not as facetious as you think:

That's mad, Ted.

You try finding someone to babysit a _rat_ for a few weeks! :-)

Was also a moderately successful anti-theft device. I'd come out of a shop
to find a small crowd of people slowly backing away from the bike..

One of the most amusing moments of my life thus far was deciding I
didn't have time to put rattie back indoors (she was helping me garden)
when the icecream van turned up down the road.

Along I toddled, rattie in my hoodie (fast asleep). Was handed
icecream, rattie realises something interesting afoot, wakes up and hops
up onto my shoulder. Icecream van bloke pales visibily and stutters
'you have a rat on your shoulder!' to which I reply 'Yes, and she loves
icecream' :-)

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Following on from davek's message. . .

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It's not there all the time, and mostly seems to appear when I am
spinning at fairly high cadence (which means somewhere in the range
100-120). I'm therefore a bit concerned that it's coming from the bottom

FWIW I had a similar squeak which only appeared after a while at
sustained speed. Lubricating the chain idler bearings seemed to do the
trick.

BTW Does anybody else have this problem:
Whenever I take the bracket that holds the two idler wheels apart it
takes me ages to work out how everything fits back together. It's like
trying to do a job while looking in the mirror.

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