loud cracking from fork/suspension sorted.....cant believe what it was :)

[Dave7]

Having tried all I could think of.....including removing mud guard I took it to my lbs. He took it for a spin, came back and said......
........
.......
"Its your saddle.......its come slightly lose".
Apparently the noise was travelling thro the frame.
I asked him "what on earth made you check that"?
He said "I do this all day, every day so had a gut feeling".
No charge!!!

 

[I like Skol]

Was it your knees?

 

[Dave7]

Was it your knees?

Nope.....definitely the saddle

 

[mjr]

Always check the saddle if it's not obvious. I once cured a creak that seemed to be coming from the bottom bracket by tightening a screw in the saddle nose...

 

[Ajax Bay]

Quite often, if the creak starts when you get out of the saddle eg up a steep hill, and the creak stops when you sit down, it's the saddle. The nut on my Brooks keeps coming undone. I can't get a lock nut on there and I don't want to tighten it too much or the fixing points/rivet holes will start failing.

 

[Banjo]

I was convinced my headset was creaking .Cleaning and greasing the seatpost fixed it.

 

[Ajax Bay]

greasing the seatpost

 

[Dave7]

So glad I'm not the only one.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Quite often, if the creak starts when you get out of the saddle eg up a steep hill, and the creak stops when you sit down, it's the saddle. The nut on my Brooks keeps coming undone. I can't get a lock nut on there and I don't want to tighten it too much or the fixing points/rivet holes will start failing.
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Suitable strength thread locking compound.

 

[Banjo]

Quite often, if the creak starts when you get out of the saddle eg up a steep hill, and the creak stops when you sit down, it's the saddle. The nut on my Brooks keeps coming undone. I can't get a lock nut on there and I don't want to tighten it too much or the fixing points/rivet holes will start failing.
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That saddle looks like it could tell a few stories. my B17 has done some distance but doesn't look anything like as interesting as that.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Nope.....definitely the saddle

Was it your saddle knees ?