Clicking noise has now gone..

[Markymark]

My bike just had a new chain and rear cassette from my LBS. Since getting it back there's a little clicking (3 quick clicks) from around the front cassette. It appears at the same pedal position (right foot down). I checked it all over for dirt, cleaned and oiled it, but didn't go away. Anway, after 30 odd miles commuting, its just gone away.

3 options:

1. Be pleased it's gone and think no more about it.
2. The click may have turned into something more serious, take it to my LBS to investigate
3. Not possible to know, could be anything.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

4. It's moved to one of your other bikes.


GC

 

[Markymark]

4. It's moved to one of your other bikes.

Then it would probably be my knee!

 

[PpPete]

5. It was telling you to learn to do such things for yourself, with help from the good folks on CC, but you ignored it. The fluffy bunnies will get you!

 

[Koga]

May be it is not related to the service in which case it could be / have been the bottom bracket, not the bearings but the housing.

 

[4F]

Option 1) If there is no noise now, there is no problem.

 

[DWiggy]

Option 6: The clicking noise fell off never to be found again.

 

[YahudaMoon]

Option 7) keep changing components as you already have, maybe try the pedals next, changing the frame should always be the last component change

Its also a good way for getting a new one

 

[cyberknight]

its passed to my bike, only creaks when the right foot is on the down stroke and its driving me nuts !

 

[Koga]

its passed to my bike, only creaks when the right foot is on the down stroke and its driving me nuts !

As I said before, on my bike it creaks between the bottom bracket and the frame, very regular and only one side on the down stroke.

 

[DWiggy]

I know this sounds silly but have you checked the seat post out?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

8. After 30 miles, your knee warmed up, and decided to stop clicking .

 

[byegad]

9. The component causing the noise is now worn out and rather than be adjusted, it needs replacing.

10. The component will fall off the next time you ride.

 

[PpPete]

its passed to my bike, only creaks when the right foot is on the down stroke and its driving me nuts !

Regular creaking in time with the pedal revolution, if on a square taper or octalink is often due to an undetectably small amount of play between BB spindle and left crank.
If left for any length of time (especially on a square taper) you'll never get rid of it, however hard you tighten the crank bolts, because the square hole ceases to be square..

Of course if you've left it that long you won't be able to find just a matching left crank and will need a whole new chainset, but why not get a whole new drivetrain while you are at it? Or, somewhat easier and maybe cheaper, N+1, and use the creaking one just for going down the pub.

 

[cyberknight]

Regular creaking in time with the pedal revolution, if on a square taper or octalink is often due to an undetectably small amount of play between BB spindle and left crank.
If left for any length of time (especially on a square taper) you'll never get rid of it, however hard you tighten the crank bolts, because the square hole ceases to be square..

Of course if you've left it that long you won't be able to find just a matching left crank and will need a whole new chainset, but why not get a whole new drivetrain while you are at it? Or, somewhat easier and maybe cheaper, N+1, and use the creaking one just for going down the pub.

BB is less than 6 months old but the cranks have seen a good 10k so i might look for a new crank set for crimble