Help with annoying clicking sound ...

[Lal George]

For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying
clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.

1) The clicking only appears when I am applying torque to the
pedals. If I am coasting with little effort there is no
clicking.

2) The clicking appears to come from the bottom bracket but I am
not absolutely certain about that.

3) It appears regardless of whether I am seated or not.

4) The clicking is periodic (sort of).

5) My LBS said that there was a good chance that my BB was
shot, so I popped in a Shimano Ultegra BB, and the clicking persists.

6) The LBS recommended checking that all bolts were tight and the
derailler properly adjusted. I did that and the problem persists.

Any ideas what this could be?

Thanks for any help.

p.s. I plan on test riding without the seat and water bottle cages,
but after that, I am out of ideas.

[kh6...@nospampe.net]

Remove your pedals, grease them on the threads and install them back on
the bike.

Lal George <geo...@research.bell-labs.com> wrote:
: For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying

: Thanks for any help.

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Bob Masse' kh6...@PE.NET
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[VoiD]

On 20 Nov 2000, Lal George wrote:

> For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying
> clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.
>

I had a similar experience earlier this year and thought first it was my
bottom bracket, then someone here suggested it might be my pedals. Turns
out it was my rear hub, since I switched rear wheels and the clicking
went away. You have to remember that the noises on a bike are not
necessarily where you think they come from.

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Kyle Legate (leg...@mcmaster.ca)
Tower of Tongues -- 10:30-11:30 Thursday nights on 93.3 CFMU
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Experimental radio touched by the hand of Maldoror
live webcast: http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca

[Jon Isaacs]

>I had a similar experience earlier this year and thought first it was my
>bottom bracket, then someone here suggested it might be my pedals. Turns
>out it was my rear hub, since I switched rear wheels and the clicking
>went away. You have to remember that the noises on a bike are not
>necessarily where you think they come from.

How true. Those large tube Al frames are famous for both amplifying small
noises and for playing ventriloquist.

It could be a number of things, the seat post, the pedal threads, the chain
ring bolts, various parts of the rear wheel, various BB stuff, and even stuff
on the front of the bike.

I once had a noise in a Cannondale and the mechanic found that by putting
grease under the mount for the derrailleur that the noise disappeared.

Process of elimination, Have fun....

Jon Isaacs

[michal_knudsen]

In article <yr1s7l5y...@nslocum.cs.bell-labs.com>,

Lal George <geo...@research.bell-labs.com> wrote:
> For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying
> clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.
>

> 1) The clicking only appears when I am applying torque to the
> pedals. If I am coasting with little effort there is no
> clicking.
>
> 2) The clicking appears to come from the bottom bracket but I am
> not absolutely certain about that.
>
> 3) It appears regardless of whether I am seated or not.
>
> 4) The clicking is periodic (sort of).
>
> 5) My LBS said that there was a good chance that my BB was
> shot, so I popped in a Shimano Ultegra BB, and the clicking
persists.
>
> 6) The LBS recommended checking that all bolts were tight and the
> derailler properly adjusted. I did that and the problem
persists.
>
> Any ideas what this could be?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

Order of importance for checking torque induced creaking: 1. Tighten
crank bolts(I like using blue loctite) 2. Tighten chainring bolts
(grease only) 3. make sure pedal threads are greased and tight. 4.
install BB with teflon tape or blue loctite (purple loctite if you must
remove with a pin tool, fyi) For me, bb creak is due to loose crank
bolts about 75% of the time. Good luck, Mike Knudsen

> p.s. I plan on test riding without the seat and water bottle cages,
> but after that, I am out of ideas.
>

--
Michal Knudsen

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Before you buy.

[Frederic Vailler]

If it does not come from the BB, neither from the pedals, you may try to
grease your seatpost.

"Lal George" <geo...@research.bell-labs.com> wrote
> For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying
> clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.
>
> 1) The clicking only appears when I am applying torque to the
> pedals. If I am coasting with little effort there is no
> clicking.
>
> 2) The clicking appears to come from the bottom bracket but I am
> not absolutely certain about that.
>
> 3) It appears regardless of whether I am seated or not.
>
> 4) The clicking is periodic (sort of).
>
> 5) My LBS said that there was a good chance that my BB was
> shot, so I popped in a Shimano Ultegra BB, and the clicking persists.
>
> 6) The LBS recommended checking that all bolts were tight and the
> derailler properly adjusted. I did that and the problem persists.
>
> Any ideas what this could be?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

[Tomek Liniecki]

SSNIP!

> Any ideas what this could be?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> p.s. I plan on test riding without the seat and water bottle cages,
> but after that, I am out of ideas.

After reding all suggestions provided earlirs by the others, I think one
cause was missed by everyone - a single spoke broken or loose in your rear
wheel. If a spoke is loose, it bangs the second crossing one each time you
put a torque onto the wheel. Just check the spokes.

Tomek Li

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

<< I have been trying to track an annoying
clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike. >>

<< Any ideas what this could be? >>

Pedals?
Peter Chisholm
"Vecchio's" Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl ST.
Boulder, CO
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com

[Someone]

If you don't bend it inwards, the cable end from the front deraileur will rub
on the inside of the crankarm and make a clicking sound... a friends bike was
doing that (and actually still does - it would drive me nuts)

Another place which can tick/creak - check your stem/steerer tube and stem/bar
interfaces - remove, clean, grease, tighten - see if that helps...

Lal George wrote:

> For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying

> clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.
>

> 1) The clicking only appears when I am applying torque to the
> pedals. If I am coasting with little effort there is no
> clicking.
>
> 2) The clicking appears to come from the bottom bracket but I am
> not absolutely certain about that.
>
> 3) It appears regardless of whether I am seated or not.
>
> 4) The clicking is periodic (sort of).
>
> 5) My LBS said that there was a good chance that my BB was
> shot, so I popped in a Shimano Ultegra BB, and the clicking persists.
>
> 6) The LBS recommended checking that all bolts were tight and the
> derailler properly adjusted. I did that and the problem persists.
>

> Any ideas what this could be?
>

[to...@juno.com]

I also have had an intermitent clicking sound, thought it was the bottom
bracket. But dicovered it was the rear hub pawls, the Edco Racer hub had a
lubricant that stiffened up when the temperature got too cold, less than 40
degrees, and didn't allow the pawls to spring back into place. Cleaned them
up, applied light silicon oil and no more clicking.

<Pine.HPP.3.91.100112...@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>,
VoiD <leg...@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA> wrote:

> On 20 Nov 2000, Lal George wrote:
>
> > For several weeks now, I have been trying to track an annoying
> > clicking sound, on my Klein QPro road bike.
> >

> I had a similar experience earlier this year and thought first it was my
> bottom bracket, then someone here suggested it might be my pedals. Turns
> out it was my rear hub, since I switched rear wheels and the clicking
> went away. You have to remember that the noises on a bike are not
> necessarily where you think they come from.
>

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kyle Legate (leg...@mcmaster.ca)
> Tower of Tongues -- 10:30-11:30 Thursday nights on 93.3 CFMU
> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> Experimental radio touched by the hand of Maldoror
> live webcast: http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca
>
>

[Gocycle]

I had clicks in the following less obvious area's:

Seatpost
Rails under the saddle
creaking handlebars
rear derail hitting A spoke
clicking shoe cleats and pedal spindle

Good luck-it ain't fun

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[michal_knudsen]

In article <8vd2t5$q6v$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

[GK]

Tomek Liniecki <lini...@poczta.onet.com> wrote:

> SSNIP!

> > Any ideas what this could be?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >

> > p.s. I plan on test riding without the seat and water bottle cages,
> > but after that, I am out of ideas.
>

> After reding all suggestions provided earlirs by the others, I think one
> cause was missed by everyone - a single spoke broken or loose in your rear
> wheel. If a spoke is loose, it bangs the second crossing one each time you
> put a torque onto the wheel. Just check the spokes.

I'll second that. I had a clicking sound, only while leaning forward on
the bike, initially I thought it was the computer's pickup hitting the
magnet, but it wasn't. Because all the spokes on the front wheel didn't
seem to be as tightly tensioned as several years ago, I tightened every
spoke half a turn. No more clicking sounds.

--
Gary King

[TriNrn7]

I had a similar problem last summer. Apparently a few spokes (straight pull
Mavic) had loosened up. The LBS trued the rear wheel and it solved the problem