lulubel
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- Location
- Malaga, Spain
I went out today for my second "proper" ride on my new bike. I've taken it out for a few short tests so far, then around 25 miles yesterday, and another 30 today.
About 15 miles into today's ride, I started to get a clicking noise when I pressed down on the right pedal. This was quickly joined by a matching one when I pressed down on the left pedal. Then, a more general, erratic, clicking started coming from the front end. It got worse when I was pedalling under load, and stopped altogether when I let go of the bars completely.
I stopped a couple of times and checked everything I could think of, and rode along holding anything that I thought could be clicking against the frame. There was no movement in the headset when I did the rocking it while holding the front brake trick, but there was some leeway to tighten it slightly, so I did that. It didn't solve it.
When I fitted the headset, I didn't know to be careful of the bearings, so I wasn't careful. I didn't read about not crushing the bearings until after I'd already fitted it, so I may have crushed them.
I'm using the stem and bars off my old bike, so it's possible they could be damaged, but I did check them very carefully because I didn't want to risk a failure with the steering. Also, I would have thought damage there would make more of a creaking noise, and this is a very definite click/tap.
Any thoughts?
About 15 miles into today's ride, I started to get a clicking noise when I pressed down on the right pedal. This was quickly joined by a matching one when I pressed down on the left pedal. Then, a more general, erratic, clicking started coming from the front end. It got worse when I was pedalling under load, and stopped altogether when I let go of the bars completely.
I stopped a couple of times and checked everything I could think of, and rode along holding anything that I thought could be clicking against the frame. There was no movement in the headset when I did the rocking it while holding the front brake trick, but there was some leeway to tighten it slightly, so I did that. It didn't solve it.
When I fitted the headset, I didn't know to be careful of the bearings, so I wasn't careful. I didn't read about not crushing the bearings until after I'd already fitted it, so I may have crushed them.
I'm using the stem and bars off my old bike, so it's possible they could be damaged, but I did check them very carefully because I didn't want to risk a failure with the steering. Also, I would have thought damage there would make more of a creaking noise, and this is a very definite click/tap.
Any thoughts?