mgarl10024
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
Hi all,
My 4 month old Marin has developed a creaking from the handlebars. If I stress the bars (i.e. put weight on the left, then on the right) I hear a creak coming from around the clamp area (not sure if it is the clamp or the adjustable mount).
She's still pretty new so I'm surprised. I'm not the quickest of cyclists (I'm not the sort to often get out of the saddle and put excessive force on the bars whilst powering up a hill for example, but being overweight I guess I do put a reasonable weight on them). It also happened after I was in a rain shower or two, so maybe that's related.
Reading on the Internet, it seems quite common, and the advice is to take the bar out and lightly grease it. Is this the correct thing to do? Will I (and do others) need to do this frequently? I can't see any obvious cracks so I'm guessing that the bar is just flexing and rubbing against the non-flexing clamp.
I'm gonna pop it to the LBS who sold it to me to see their reaction tomorrow if possible, as I'm expecting them to resolve it as the bike is still quite new.
Advice welcome,
Thanks,
MG
My 4 month old Marin has developed a creaking from the handlebars. If I stress the bars (i.e. put weight on the left, then on the right) I hear a creak coming from around the clamp area (not sure if it is the clamp or the adjustable mount).
She's still pretty new so I'm surprised. I'm not the quickest of cyclists (I'm not the sort to often get out of the saddle and put excessive force on the bars whilst powering up a hill for example, but being overweight I guess I do put a reasonable weight on them). It also happened after I was in a rain shower or two, so maybe that's related.
Reading on the Internet, it seems quite common, and the advice is to take the bar out and lightly grease it. Is this the correct thing to do? Will I (and do others) need to do this frequently? I can't see any obvious cracks so I'm guessing that the bar is just flexing and rubbing against the non-flexing clamp.
I'm gonna pop it to the LBS who sold it to me to see their reaction tomorrow if possible, as I'm expecting them to resolve it as the bike is still quite new.
Advice welcome,
Thanks,
MG