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  • Help me diagnose a mysterious ticking noise
  • bigsam
    Free Member

    Annoying ticking whilst pedaling my road bike, roughly once every pedal revolution. I thought it was the BB, put a new one in, didn’t fix it. Also put a new chain on, tried completely different crank set and pedals, different rear wheel and cassette, nothing stopped it. It happens in all gears, seated or standing. Really vexed! Any suggestions please?

    ifindoubtflatout
    Free Member

    Headset?

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Is it your hip? 🙂

    As above, headset is your next port of call.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    The end of the front mech cable being caught once by the crank arm once every pedal revolution?

    wardee
    Free Member

    Shoes or cleats?

    I had something similar where a bike fitter added plastic wedges to the forefoot of my shoes. They didn’t fit properly and flexed under load creating a clicking sound every pedal revolution.

    Does it still do it if you put the bike in a stand and you turn the cranks by hand?

    That would rule out headset for example.

    kilo
    Full Member

    Pedals, especially if shimano spd-sl

    kneed
    Full Member

    I had that with a ‘carbon fibre’ headset spacer! Pressure on one side pedal stroke = click.

    mos
    Full Member

    Same thing happened to me with my cx bike on the indoor trainer. Swapped bb and God knows what else.
    It was the seatpost

    breatheeasy
    Free Member

    Give qr levers a clean down (if not thru axles). That was my last mystery creak.

    crikey
    Free Member

    Fancy low spoke count wheels?
    Clean your bike a lot?

    Its the spokes ticking in the rim. Try a tiny drop of oil on each spoke nipple.

    tall_martin
    Full Member

    Last mystery creak was a snapped stem for me. I thought there was supposed to be a gap I the middle. Over tightening error😐🙄

    codybrennan
    Free Member

    Powerlink (if fitted) on upside down?

    bigsam
    Free Member

    Thanks for the suggestions, after more investigation it turns out I have a crack in the chainstay by the BB 😔

    tall_martin
    Full Member

    Ohhh, that’s unlucky!

    Better to find it now that at high speed somewhere

    rickon
    Free Member

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