Seatpost squeak??

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

Was getting worried about a noise coming from the BB, but the wisdom of
previous posts got me to experimenting a little, and realize now that
it is in fact 'seatpost squeak'!!

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

AH, In the past, I mark the seat height, remove the seatpost, clean the
post and tube and apply a thin smeak of black Molybdenum grease (Any
grease will do really) inside the seat tube. A thin smear on the seat
post and refit. Clean any excess off.

It will happen on regular occasions if you ride through water. The
small slot in the rear of the seat tube where the clamp sits, collects
water and slowly but surely, little bits of gunk force their way in
between the seat post and seat tube. I guess the way to fix it would be
to fit a rear mudguard :shudder: so water and road grime doesn't get
flung into the slot off the rear tyre

I've had to lube mine twice in the last 18 months.

--
BrettS

BrettS said:

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

Was getting worried about a noise coming from the BB, but the wisdom of
previous posts got me to experimenting a little, and realize now that
it is in fact 'seatpost squeak'!!

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

AH, In the past, I mark the seat height, remove the seatpost, clean the
post and tube and apply a thin smeak of black Molybdenum grease (Any
grease will do really) inside the seat tube. A thin smear on the seat
post and refit. Clean any excess off.

It will happen on regular occasions if you ride through water. The
small slot in the rear of the seat tube where the clamp sits, collects
water and slowly but surely, little bits of gunk force their way in
between the seat post and seat tube. I guess the way to fix it would be
to fit a rear mudguard :shudder: so water and road grime doesn't get
flung into the slot off the rear tyre

I've had to lube mine twice in the last 18 months.

--
BrettS

Long term fix: become a fair-weather cyclist! 🙂

Tam

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Quoted message said:

Hi all,

Quoted message said:

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

It's probably the seatpost clamp rather than the seatpost/frame. Grease
both!

"Long term fix: become a fair-weather cyclist! 🙂 "

<snip>

But that's no fun!!

AH

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

Was getting worried about a noise coming from the BB, but the wisdom of
previous posts got me to experimenting a little, and realize now that
it is in fact 'seatpost squeak'!!

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it.

Have you checked for mice in the seat tube?

--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 at 02:45 GMT, Peter McCallum (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

Was getting worried about a noise coming from the BB, but the wisdom of
previous posts got me to experimenting a little, and realize now that
it is in fact 'seatpost squeak'!!

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it.

Have you checked for mice in the seat tube?

And what ever you do, if you find them, don't remove them!

Do you know how much power those things add? I don't have to peddle!

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
The gedanken experiment failed. I couldn't reproduce the results -- me

Absent Husband said:

Hi all,

Was getting worried about a noise coming from the BB, but the wisdom of
previous posts got me to experimenting a little, and realize now that
it is in fact 'seatpost squeak'!!

This happened to me last week. I was wondering where that squeak was coming
from till I noticed my seat was starting to lean farther and farther back.

Stopped, re-tightened, and continued. How embarrassment.
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Quoted message said:

Hi all,

Quoted message said:

Only seems to happen when I'm seated, pedalling hard uphill....

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

It's probably the seatpost clamp rather than the seatpost/frame. Grease
both!

I agree.....it was the clamp that fixed the noise for me.....good luck

Gags

Absent Husband said:

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

Grease up the seatpost clamp bolt. That's usually the problem
there for me.

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Absent Husband said:

"Long term fix: become a fair-weather cyclist! 🙂 "
<snip>
But that's no fun!!

Move to Melbourne.. we have all the fair weather! :P

hippy
- will eat his words tomorrow when it's 19degC..

quote='Michael Warner'On 11 Apr 2005 17:09:21 -0700 said:

Anyways - wondering how to stop it. There is something
counter-intuitive about putting lube on a seatpost (won't it just slide
all the way down??). Any ideas on fixes would be appreciated!!

Grease up the seatpost clamp bolt. That's usually the problem
there for me.
[/QUOTE]

Check that the seatpost hasn't broken your seat.
That was the source of my squeak, and rough ride.

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Quoted message said:

Absent Husband said:

"Long term fix: become a fair-weather cyclist! 🙂 "
<snip>
But that's no fun!!

Move to Melbourne.. we have all the fair weather! :P

hippy
- will eat his words tomorrow when it's 19degC..

I live in hope. I really do prefer riding in the colder weather.

hippy said:

Absent Husband said:

"Long term fix: become a fair-weather cyclist! 🙂 "
<snip>
But that's no fun!!

Move to Melbourne.. we have all the fair weather! :P

hippy
- will eat his words tomorrow when it's 19degC..

Absent Husband caught up with me today, as I walked across the road
(didn't trust the broken cleat on the uphill takeoff, and the bike shop
had issues, yes, they didn't call me to let me know they needed more
info, thanks guys)... I guess I'm easy to spot in my blue jersey on my
Learsport. He said something about being glad I'd stopped, because he
was trying to catch me. Logan Rd is like that, the lights just kill your
race plan. Anyway I can vouch for the fact that the squeaky seatpost is
genuine, and very, very squeaky. It was fun to have someone to chat to
and maybe another BLART is on the chart.

Tam

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 at 13:54 GMT, Resound (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Quoted message said:

Move to Melbourne.. we have all the fair weather! :P

hippy
- will eat his words tomorrow when it's 19degC..

I live in hope. I really do prefer riding in the colder weather.

When's winter fscking coming!? Oh, it's here... for a few days...

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall

Thanks Tam - now maybe they'll take me seriously!! I spent ages shoving
bits of cheese down my seatpost before I realised...........

BTW - it was the bright yellow/orange Learsport that gave you away,
shooting along Logan Rd as I was riding up towards the Mitre 10 from
Creek Rd. I just missed following you through the traffic lights at the
Holland Park Fire Station, and so was ready to give up the chase (sorry
hippy - don't take that the wrong way!!) when I saw you walking across
the next intersection. Those cleats must be driving you crazy!!

And thanks for the tip for heading 'around the back' of Stones Corner -
definitely much safer/less stress. Think I'll head that way from now on
(although I miss the caffeine smells along the shopping strip that
way!).

Another BLART can't be far off.... Will post up a proposed date soon
and see if we can rally the BrisVegans!!

Cheers,
Absent Husband

Absent Husband said:

Thanks Tam - now maybe they'll take me seriously!! I spent ages shoving
bits of cheese down my seatpost before I realised...........

Tee hee... that's cute. I want a mouse in my bike frame. Hey, do you
reckon you could hitch a little running wheel inside for the critter to
add power to your pedals?

Quoted message said:

BTW - it was the bright yellow/orange Learsport that gave you away,
shooting along Logan Rd as I was riding up towards the Mitre 10 from
Creek Rd. I just missed following you through the traffic lights at the
Holland Park Fire Station, and so was ready to give up the chase (sorry
hippy - don't take that the wrong way!!) when I saw you walking across
the next intersection. Those cleats must be driving you crazy!!

They're not soooo bad. There's only about 3 hills that I can't take off
on. And I think it was my own fault for big gears, but I'm not taking
any chances...

Quoted message said:

And thanks for the tip for heading 'around the back' of Stones Corner -
definitely much safer/less stress. Think I'll head that way from now on
(although I miss the caffeine smells along the shopping strip that
way!).

<snip>

Coffee smells... Mmmmmm... just get an espresso machine in your office!
It was good to have the company.

Tam

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 at 13:54 GMT, Resound (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Quoted message said:

Move to Melbourne.. we have all the fair weather! :P

hippy
- will eat his words tomorrow when it's 19degC..

I live in hope. I really do prefer riding in the colder weather.

When's winter fscking coming!? Oh, it's here... for a few days...

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall

Yeppers. I got to drag out the "it's only rainwater...it washes off in the
shower" line today 🙂

Absent Husband said:

I just missed following you through the traffic lights at the
Holland Park Fire Station, and so was ready to give up the chase (sorry
hippy - don't take that the wrong way!!)

I have two words for you..

:P :P

hippy 😉