Mavic Aksium creaking under load

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

What could it be? Is it that I have the wrong force applied on the
cassette on installation? It only happens on the 25 tooth under load up
a climb. It occurs in and out of saddle. Any ideas??? I need to ride up
this hill every day to go home to my wife an family. I do not want to
destroy 3 wheels in 2 months!

Here is the background that has lead to me wanting help. I had an old
set of mavic open cd 4 which had rear wheel problems. I had it rebuild
in the last 6 months after a few seperate incidents of broken spokes on
the drive side. So I went to local bike shop after last major break
which cost me $75 just to get it one new spoke and the wheel trued (The
same bike shop quoted me $80 for a complete rebuild of wheel with new
spokes and nipples???).

So I have bite the bullet and bought a new wheelset. I now have a 9
speed Mavic Aksium rear being used on an old down tube 8 speed shifters
on friction. I have an old Ultegra 600 rear derauiller. The wheelset,
13-25 9 speed cassette and chain kit, Michelin tyres and tubes cost me
only $480 with postage from the UK!

On installation of new cassette and chain, the new chain caught on the
old Ultegra front deraullier and snapped "clean off" [al la Clint
Eastwood]. I now have an old Suntour GPX front deraullier which the
above bike shop sold to me for $20 after a little adjustment after
installation [good service guys!!!]. It works great now (no rubbing now
when on the small ring when in 25 tooth on the rear!!!).

So now my chain is clean and working, gears are working but now I go on
my first ride from Penrith to Glenbrook. The Lapstone Monocline is
unforgiving climb from the Lapstone turnoff to the local primary
school. This is where the creaking started noticeably (I was in denial
before then, it has been there all the time I have had the wheelset
going just hoping it was going to go away)

Grease the nipples and heads at rim and hub. I have a creaking / clicking noisy rear Ksyrium SL which responds very very well to a bit of lithium grease at the spoke

Check the hub adjustment - that there is no play.

As a matter of interest, which shop did you get the wheels at? Most
people avoid getting wheels sent in, due to the freight cost. Also
interesting is that Mavic doesn't allow the shops to send the wheels
O/S from the UK.

Donga

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

What could it be? Is it that I have the wrong force applied on the
cassette on installation? It only happens on the 25 tooth under load up
a climb. It occurs in and out of saddle. Any ideas??? I need to ride up
this hill every day to go home to my wife an family. I do not want to
destroy 3 wheels in 2 months!

Here is the background that has lead to me wanting help. I had an old
set of mavic open cd 4 which had rear wheel problems. I had it rebuild
in the last 6 months after a few seperate incidents of broken spokes on
the drive side. So I went to local bike shop after last major break
which cost me $75 just to get it one new spoke and the wheel trued (The
same bike shop quoted me $80 for a complete rebuild of wheel with new
spokes and nipples???).

So I have bite the bullet and bought a new wheelset. I now have a 9
speed Mavic Aksium rear being used on an old down tube 8 speed shifters
on friction. I have an old Ultegra 600 rear derauiller. The wheelset,
13-25 9 speed cassette and chain kit, Michelin tyres and tubes cost me
only $480 with postage from the UK!

On installation of new cassette and chain, the new chain caught on the
old Ultegra front deraullier and snapped "clean off" [al la Clint
Eastwood]. I now have an old Suntour GPX front deraullier which the
above bike shop sold to me for $20 after a little adjustment after
installation [good service guys!!!]. It works great now (no rubbing now
when on the small ring when in 25 tooth on the rear!!!).

So now my chain is clean and working, gears are working but now I go on
my first ride from Penrith to Glenbrook. The Lapstone Monocline is
unforgiving climb from the Lapstone turnoff to the local primary
school. This is where the creaking started noticeably (I was in denial
before then, it has been there all the time I have had the wheelset
going just hoping it was going to go away)

Does it ONLY happen in the 25? Any chance it is the odd spoke just
clipping the rear derailleur when loaded?

--
BrettS

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

You weren't eating depleted uranium were you Spack?

Travis

BrettS said:

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

What could it be? Is it that I have the wrong force applied on the
cassette on installation? It only happens on the 25 tooth under load up
a climb. It occurs in and out of saddle. Any ideas??? I need to ride up
this hill every day to go home to my wife an family. I do not want to
destroy 3 wheels in 2 months!

Here is the background that has lead to me wanting help. I had an old
set of mavic open cd 4 which had rear wheel problems. I had it rebuild
in the last 6 months after a few seperate incidents of broken spokes on
the drive side. So I went to local bike shop after last major break
which cost me $75 just to get it one new spoke and the wheel trued (The
same bike shop quoted me $80 for a complete rebuild of wheel with new
spokes and nipples???).

So I have bite the bullet and bought a new wheelset. I now have a 9
speed Mavic Aksium rear being used on an old down tube 8 speed shifters
on friction. I have an old Ultegra 600 rear derauiller. The wheelset,
13-25 9 speed cassette and chain kit, Michelin tyres and tubes cost me
only $480 with postage from the UK!

On installation of new cassette and chain, the new chain caught on the
old Ultegra front deraullier and snapped "clean off" [al la Clint
Eastwood]. I now have an old Suntour GPX front deraullier which the
above bike shop sold to me for $20 after a little adjustment after
installation [good service guys!!!]. It works great now (no rubbing now
when on the small ring when in 25 tooth on the rear!!!).

So now my chain is clean and working, gears are working but now I go on
my first ride from Penrith to Glenbrook. The Lapstone Monocline is
unforgiving climb from the Lapstone turnoff to the local primary
school. This is where the creaking started noticeably (I was in denial
before then, it has been there all the time I have had the wheelset
going just hoping it was going to go away)

Does it ONLY happen in the 25? Any chance it is the odd spoke just
clipping the rear derailleur when loaded?

--
BrettS

Brett. Only happen on the 25 but the rear derailleur is quite clear
from the spokes.

Travis said:

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

You weren't eating depleted uranium were you Spack?

Travis

No, but working for Defence I am sure I know where I to get it.

monsterman said:

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

What could it be? Is it that I have the wrong force applied on the
cassette on installation? It only happens on the 25 tooth under load up
a climb. It occurs in and out of saddle. Any ideas??? I need to ride up
this hill every day to go home to my wife an family. I do not want to
destroy 3 wheels in 2 months!

Here is the background that has lead to me wanting help. I had an old
set of mavic open cd 4 which had rear wheel problems. I had it rebuild
in the last 6 months after a few seperate incidents of broken spokes on
the drive side. So I went to local bike shop after last major break
which cost me $75 just to get it one new spoke and the wheel trued (The
same bike shop quoted me $80 for a complete rebuild of wheel with new
spokes and nipples???).

So I have bite the bullet and bought a new wheelset. I now have a 9
speed Mavic Aksium rear being used on an old down tube 8 speed shifters
on friction. I have an old Ultegra 600 rear derauiller. The wheelset,
13-25 9 speed cassette and chain kit, Michelin tyres and tubes cost me
only $480 with postage from the UK!

On installation of new cassette and chain, the new chain caught on the
old Ultegra front deraullier and snapped "clean off" [al la Clint
Eastwood]. I now have an old Suntour GPX front deraullier which the
above bike shop sold to me for $20 after a little adjustment after
installation [good service guys!!!]. It works great now (no rubbing now
when on the small ring when in 25 tooth on the rear!!!).

So now my chain is clean and working, gears are working but now I go on
my first ride from Penrith to Glenbrook. The Lapstone Monocline is
unforgiving climb from the Lapstone turnoff to the local primary
school. This is where the creaking started noticeably (I was in denial
before then, it has been there all the time I have had the wheelset
going just hoping it was going to go away)

Grease the nipples and heads at rim and hub. I have a creaking /
clicking noisy rear Ksyrium SL which responds very very well to a bit
of lithium grease at the spoke

--
monsterman

Will give that a try

monsterman said:

Spack said:

Hi,

This is where the new problem starts. My rear wheel starts creaking in
25 tooth gear under my 92 kg frame and 20 kg lpayload(it is not just my
lunch in the backpack although I must admit I love my food)

What could it be? Is it that I have the wrong force applied on the
cassette on installation? It only happens on the 25 tooth under load up
a climb. It occurs in and out of saddle. Any ideas??? I need to ride up
this hill every day to go home to my wife an family. I do not want to
destroy 3 wheels in 2 months!

Here is the background that has lead to me wanting help. I had an old
set of mavic open cd 4 which had rear wheel problems. I had it rebuild
in the last 6 months after a few seperate incidents of broken spokes on
the drive side. So I went to local bike shop after last major break
which cost me $75 just to get it one new spoke and the wheel trued (The
same bike shop quoted me $80 for a complete rebuild of wheel with new
spokes and nipples???).

So I have bite the bullet and bought a new wheelset. I now have a 9
speed Mavic Aksium rear being used on an old down tube 8 speed shifters
on friction. I have an old Ultegra 600 rear derauiller. The wheelset,
13-25 9 speed cassette and chain kit, Michelin tyres and tubes cost me
only $480 with postage from the UK!

On installation of new cassette and chain, the new chain caught on the
old Ultegra front deraullier and snapped "clean off" [al la Clint
Eastwood]. I now have an old Suntour GPX front deraullier which the
above bike shop sold to me for $20 after a little adjustment after
installation [good service guys!!!]. It works great now (no rubbing now
when on the small ring when in 25 tooth on the rear!!!).

So now my chain is clean and working, gears are working but now I go on
my first ride from Penrith to Glenbrook. The Lapstone Monocline is
unforgiving climb from the Lapstone turnoff to the local primary
school. This is where the creaking started noticeably (I was in denial
before then, it has been there all the time I have had the wheelset
going just hoping it was going to go away)

Grease the nipples and heads at rim and hub. I have a creaking /
clicking noisy rear Ksyrium SL which responds very very well to a bit
of lithium grease at the spoke

--
monsterman

Worked on my bike too... or was that my back brake rubbing
:P

T