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[Closed] Carbon fork, creaky steerer?

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Creak from the bar area on my Salsa with carbon Firestarter when heaving on the bars. Having examined and felt everything carefully and ruled out the headset and bar clamp I think it's the end of the very thin steerer flexing slightly and the headset spacers moving over each other.

Anyone else had this?


 
Posted : 26/05/2016 7:04 pm
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I had an annoying click on my road bike, narrowed it down to a dry headset, applied some grease and it went away.


 
Posted : 26/05/2016 7:16 pm
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Kuota Carbon X bike creaks from front end has done for years and comes & goes. Searched greased tightened slackened everything never found the cause so gave up, it still works.


 
Posted : 26/05/2016 7:44 pm
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I had exactly this and couldn't find it. Carbon paste on the steerer bung sorted it. Lovely and quiet now!


 
Posted : 26/05/2016 8:32 pm
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Carbon paste on the steerer bung sorted it.

Steerer bung meaning the head doctor/star fangled nut replacement?


 
Posted : 26/05/2016 8:46 pm