Annoying clicking

[newfhouse]

My Genesis Croix de Fer has recently developed an annoying click on every rotation of the chain wheel. It stops if I pedal only with my left leg and I think its worse under load. I have swapped the right SPD pedal with one from another bike but the click persists. I've done less than 1500 miles in the short time since I bought the bike. Any thoughts before I take it back to Evans?

 

[Sharky]

As you are doing, process of elimination. Try riding with different shoes, without cleats. Also check that your shoe is not catching cable ends.
Good luck

 

[Racing roadkill]

Make sure your ankle and knee joints are okay. Cod liver oil is very good.

 

[ianrauk]

Check the seat post

 

[roadrash]

check here

http://www.jimlangley.net/wrench/keepitquiet.html

 

[Levo-Lon]

BB would be my guess as it stops whan you pedal with one leg..
i put a new press fit BB on my cube mtb last month for the same reason..it was shot on one side.

check post and frame as said first...

 

[newfhouse]

Check the seat post

I think this may have fixed it. I adjusted the saddle up a millimetre or so and I've not heard the click in the last week. I find it strange that it was a click rather than a creak if this was indeed the cause. Time will tell.

 

[ianrauk]

I think this may have fixed it. I adjusted the saddle up a millimetre or so and I've not heard the click in the last week. I find it strange that it was a click rather than a creak if this was indeed the cause. Time will tell.

Yep, had the same symptoms. Fingers crossed you've located the annoyance.

 

[ColinJ]

I had annoying clicking like that recently. Most of the noise was coming from a loose plate on top of the SPD pedal (the 3 posidriv screws were not quite tight enough) and most of the remaining noise was coming from the cleat which was also not quite tightened down enough.

 

[newfhouse]

Yep, had the same symptoms. Fingers crossed you've located the annoyance.

I'm glad it doesn't seem to be a warranty claim for the BB. In fairness it was more annoying to people I ride with. Some people are a bit OCD about such things

 

[ianrauk]

I'm glad it doesn't seem to be a warranty claim for the BB. In fairness it was more annoying to people I ride with. Some people are a bit OCD about such things

Well it drove me round the bloody bend
It was so nice to have located the problem, eliminate it and have a nice quiet ride.

 

[slowmotion]

@ianrauk fixed a similar problem for me on a night ride. The crank was getting loose on the BB axle/rod thingy. It clicked at every rotation. One of the travelling mechanical Gods produced a large hex key and fixed it.