dimrub
Über Member
I know my chances of troubleshooting an issue remotely based on vague audial terms are slim, but the natural recourse - "just go to your LBS" is not likely to work (to put it bluntly: I don't trust them), and neither is "use your warranty" (wrong country). So here it goes.
The bike in question is a new Sonder Camino TI, a 1-by gravel titanium bike. It has developed an annoying tick(ing) sound. It only happens when pedals are turning, and only under at least a bit of load (just rotating them while on a stand does not produce any sound). This appears to happen on any gear. When I take the chain off and rotate the cranks, there's no sound (but perhaps because there's no load?) The ticking is not rythmical - but it does appear to MOSTLY happen once per rotation, but sometimes more. Sometimes it goes away altogether. I've checked whether there's play in the crankarms (there's none) or in pedals (neither). I've actually replaced the pedals, due to unrelated reasons, and the sound was present in the previous set too (so not the pedals).
The issue does not manifest itself in any way and does no other harm than to annoy me to no end. However, if BB is the culprit, I'm concerned that it might be damaged and that the damage may progress further down the line (and might catch me mid-tour). So I'd really like to get this sorted.
Any ideas? What could it be, and how can I diagnose it (and perhaps fix it)?
The bike in question is a new Sonder Camino TI, a 1-by gravel titanium bike. It has developed an annoying tick(ing) sound. It only happens when pedals are turning, and only under at least a bit of load (just rotating them while on a stand does not produce any sound). This appears to happen on any gear. When I take the chain off and rotate the cranks, there's no sound (but perhaps because there's no load?) The ticking is not rythmical - but it does appear to MOSTLY happen once per rotation, but sometimes more. Sometimes it goes away altogether. I've checked whether there's play in the crankarms (there's none) or in pedals (neither). I've actually replaced the pedals, due to unrelated reasons, and the sound was present in the previous set too (so not the pedals).
The issue does not manifest itself in any way and does no other harm than to annoy me to no end. However, if BB is the culprit, I'm concerned that it might be damaged and that the damage may progress further down the line (and might catch me mid-tour). So I'd really like to get this sorted.
Any ideas? What could it be, and how can I diagnose it (and perhaps fix it)?
