There seems to be a metallic ticking on the down stroke when pedalling under medium load.

Bike is a HT Genesis core 40 as a single-speed.

I have greased my rear mech hanger, greased my QR even tried a shimano and a Hope one and I have taken my BB apart cleaned and reassembled with park anti sieze. Still ticks.

If I take the seat post out it is slightly louder.

Stem bolts have been greased and checked. Chain ring Bolts greased with anti sieze and done up tight.

Not my fork as it still ticks when locked out.

Any suggestions what it could be please 😥

Pedal bearings.

try some different pedals on it to eliminate that possibility.

EDIT: snap

last time I had that, it too was tracked down to the pedal bearings having gone through the usual suspects – greased drop outs, greased and retightened chainring bolts, tightened crank bolts, swapped BB….

crocodile ?

(do you have cable brakes ? the cable caps of mine make a squeakyticky noise when they’re dry)

sent from the drought-ridden south of england

As above, pedals or could still be the BB if the bearings weren’t changed when you stripped them down.

Have you taken off your wristwatch?

pedal thread would be my first suspicion, then crank bolts and chainring bolts.

it’s your zip handle on your jacket tapping against the zip.

Its the chrome winkelnut on your triple variomat scroll thrutcher, just needs a tweek.

it’s your zip handle on your jacket tapping against the zip.

had that one the other day – drove me mad and then madder when i finally realised

Fancyish wheels with high spoke tension? washed the bike recently? try a drop of oil at the hub end of each spoke.

I’d look at the pedals first.

Sometimes creaky headset bearings and crown races can make noises that sound like they’re coming from the rear end.

Cured this weeks ticking by taking off the pedals, anti seizing the threads, putting back on. 🙂

+1 for zip , add to that metal tipped laces on cranks, necklace on camlebak strap, keys in pocket ,glasses on helmet, retard on saddle

Pedals

You looked inside frame?

Had one last year and could not trace it for ages. Turned out to be zip from saddlebag “tickling” the frame.

retard on saddle

🙄

Speaking of saddle only ticks when out of it i.e. standing up

Not zips or shoes, I have ridden it in all sorts of clothes i.e. normal clothes/cycle clothes

Could it be the frame? How could I check this?

Chainring shifting on spider.

Your pulling on the bars and its actually the stem thats clicking.

Your knee needs lube.

Front mech excess wire catching the cranks?! I’ve had this in the past and drove me nuts for a while!

Definitely the shoelace flugelbinders hitting the cranks

Loosen your pedals, remove them, clean & regrease the threads on pedals & crank then refit them

If they’re clip less do the same to your cleats

kingkongsfinger – Member
Its the chrome winkelnut on your triple variomat scroll thrutcher, just needs a tweek.

What’s a tweek ?

Front mech excess wire catching the cranks?! I’ve had this in the past and drove me nuts for a while!

Doubt it will be this as the OP states its a singlespeed.
I’d go with pedal bearings first ,also have you checked the frame over for any cracks which may be opening up as you apply pressure on the down stroke.

What’s a tweek ?

Seven days in Yorkshire?

Seven days in Yorkshire?

No. That’s hell.

Assuming it’s not one of the usual culprits, there’s another option.

You know that little flat spring thing that keeps your disk brake pads apart? Sometimes something can snag under one of the arms and lift it slightly. It then gets caught by one of the holes in the disk and slightly bent. Cue a tick, tick, noise and not always consistent. More likely to happen if your pads are worn.

Also, friend who doesn’t give a toss about his bike, just rides it, had a horrible clicking noise which really annoyed me. Took the bike off him to sort it out, the top jockey wheel was so worn out, the chain was just jumping over on it, swapped some old less worn jockey wheels from an old bent mech and issue solved I think. not sure he’s grateful, but made me happier.

Front mech cable end is touching your leg or the crank.

Yes, best get that front mech checked on your SINGLE SPEED…

It’ll be worth having a look at welds etc if you haven’t already, if you clip in, can you pedal hard just using the non-drive pedal? Just to see…

could it be a bit of cable/string/trouser leg catching the crank arm?

Cleaned and greased the seatpost and clamps?

Have you got a pump on the downtube? My pump had twisted round and my shoe was catching the inflator tube

Try wrapping the threads of BB in PTFE tape rather than anti sieze. Cured a similar problem for me (After I had stripped cleaned and rebuilt every other component several times)

I just went through the same troubleshooting process on my singlespeed this morning after an annoyingly clicky ride last night. Checked rear wheel, chainring, cranks, pedals…and then noticed my chain was a bit more slack than usual. Tightened it up & glorious silence is back again.

I’ve had this on my CX bike as well and in the past I’ve tracked it down to the lower headset race. Sounds daft but stresses of hauling on the bars while out of the saddle caused the lower race to make a crack,crack sound which was transmitted down the down tube and sounded like it was coming from the BB.

I’d had the BB out, re greased the chainring bolts, tried different pedals, it was driving me mad!

What’s a tweek ?

These people may be able to shed some light on the subject

Your thread has at least prompted me to strip my seatpost down to get rid of the annoying click when Im pedalling sitting down, In my lunchbreak too, hows that for dedication?

scaredypants – Member
crocodile ?

genius well done 😀

scaredypants – Member
kingkongsfinger – Member
Its the chrome winkelnut on your triple variomat scroll thrutcher, just needs a tweek.
What’s a tweek ?

A fortnight?