My Charge Spoon has starting creaking and I cannot work out why. Have tried putting some lube into the bit where the rails go into the saddle but it is not helping. Any ideas?
Dogsby
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Why is my Charge Spoon creaking?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Too many pies.?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Because it's a cheap saddle made to a price point. HTH.
Posted 1 year ago # -
check the screws around the underside of the saddle are tight,
mine started squeeking mainly because i'm a fat bloke but seemed tostop after tightening up the underside screws,
the single bolt on my old easton ea50 rubs the bottom of my saddle too, but i think thats due to me being 16st!Posted 1 year ago # -
Thankfully at 12 st I do not think that my propensity towards baked products is the cause. I shall try tightening the screws!
Cheers
Dogsby
Posted 1 year ago # -
tried spraying a bit of gt85 near where the rails meet. they could be rubbing also. undo the saddle clamp put some grease around it and tighten if back up as it can sometimes be the cause.
Posted 1 year ago # -
When spraying some lube into where the rails meet the saddle leave the bike upside down over night to seep into it and tighten any screws.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Also, I'm sure I've read elsewhere that if your BB is creaking, it can seem like it's coming from the saddle? Likewise seatclamp?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Take it all off and clean everything then put it all back together.
Posted 1 year ago # -
What seat pin are you using?
Posted 1 year ago # -
It is on a Thompson post. I have replaced the saddle and post and the creaking has stopped. I can hold onto the saddle and make it creak by bending it a bit so it is definatley the saddle.
Cheers for all of the advice. I will dowse it in lube and tighten the screws tomorrow.
Dogsby
Posted 1 year ago # -
What nicko74 said - I have a Charge Spoon & a Thomson post and it was doing my head in with the apparant creaking which I thought was coming from the saddle/seatpost. Turned out it was the newly fitted Hope BB that needed a tweak.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Copper grease on the rails/clamp interface.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Having the same problem myself with my Charge. 10st12 so don't think my pie eating is much of a contribution either. Seat is virtually new after destroying my old Bel Air in a crash. That one creaked also. Seat post also new and is an Easton Havoc which I'd bought for something solid, sturdy and to see if it fixes the creaking as it's got big chunky solid clamps.
Dismantle and refit and the creaking will go away for a bit but a ride or two and it comes back and just gets worse as time goes on.
Will try copper grease next, but I'm not convinced it's creaking from the rail/clamp part and not from the seat itself.
Posted 9 months ago # -
mine does it also ona joplin 4 - all greased!!
Posted 9 months ago # -
Try greasing the bolts in the top of the seatpost and the rails that clamp down on the seat rails. I've got a Thomson seatpost and Charge Spoon and i had the same thing - drove me bonkers until i took it apart and did this.......much better now. Still get the odd one, but nowhere near as bad as it was - it'd creak when you looked at it!!
Posted 9 months ago #
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