Creaking crank - ok or no?

joker77

Hey, just back from a Saturday spin and have something that's bothering me a little bit that I'd like some advice on.

There's a creaking sound coming from the crank area - only when I get out of the saddle.

The bike is a Planet X, built last October time (by Mr. Skeffington) and was back for a service with him in January. I'd say there's less than 2,000kms on it - around a thousand since the service.

I'm doing the Stephen Roche Tour de Cure on the 8th May, had planned on bringing it for a service before this to make sure everything was ok, should I bring it for one sooner rather than leave it the few weeks?

Cheers

anoble66

you sure its not coming from the fork / headset? hold on your front brake and wiggle the bike back and forth, if you get any movement in the fork you need to loosen the stem bolts and then tighten your headset, then re-tighten the stem bolts - had the exact same noise. Sounded like it was the crank and only when coming out of the saddle.

joker77

Cheers - yea fairly sure it's from the crank area alright

jwshooter

joker77 wrote: »

Hey, just back from a Saturday spin and have something that's bothering me a little bit that I'd like some advice on.

There's a creaking sound coming from the crank area - only when I get out of the saddle.

The bike is a Planet X, built last October time (by Mr. Skeffington) and was back for a service with him in January. I'd say there's less than 2,000kms on it - around a thousand since the service.

I'm doing the Stephen Roche Tour de Cure on the 8th May, had planned on bringing it for a service before this to make sure everything was ok, should I bring it for one sooner rather than leave it the few weeks?

Cheers

you possibly should consult mr skeffington .

and not try to make a cxxt of him on hear .

joker77

jwshooter wrote: »

and not try to make a cxxt of him on hear .

Insinuating something?

I've had nothing but good things to say about him and the service I received both times, so you can leave out the smartass comments

If I was trying to make a 'cxxt' of someone, I'd be a little more direct. Like how about you learn to spell, it's 'here' not 'hear'

Mr. Skeffington

Hi Joker77,

Do you want to drop over with the bike to me some evening during the week and I will sort out that creak for you FOC. Im sure that it will only take a couple of minutes to fix and probably something quite simple.

Cheers,

Skeff

snollup

Evening all,
Not meaning to hijack the thread but have noticed a similar noise from the cranks of my bike lately. Is this an easy fix or would I be best leaving it in somewhere?
Any advise would be great.
Thanks.

Lumen

snollup wrote: »

Evening all,
Not meaning to hijack the thread but have noticed a similar noise from the cranks of my bike lately. Is this an easy fix or would I be best leaving it in somewhere?
Any advise would be great.
Thanks.

All bike noises sound like they come from the cranks. Pedals, cranks, bottom bracket, headset, freehub.... If you lack patience, take it to a mechanic.

seamus

Had a similar issue on my bike, started creaking from the crank after it's first long spin.

Sorted it out about 1500km later (:D) by completely stripping them down and greasing everything up to hell.

Lumen's right though, all creaking noises tend to sound like they're coming from your cranks, because they only appear when you put stress on the crank. Even serious frame cracks can sound like your cranks are creaking

joker77

Mr. Skeffington wrote: »

Hi Joker77,

Do you want to drop over with the bike to me some evening during the week and I will sort out that creak for you FOC. Im sure that it will only take a couple of minutes to fix and probably something quite simple.

Cheers,

Skeff

Cheers Skeff - yea I think it's probably easier all round to just bring it over, for piece of mind more than anything else. I was going to be bringing it over for a service next month anyway - but not looking for it FOC!
Will pm you during the week,
Cheers

feck sake lads

i would guess it's the bottom bracket get it checked out before you go stripping everything

iregk

To echo a previous post I'd a very similar noise myself that I was convinced was the crank. Was coming out of the headset. Slight bit of play in it so tightened things up there and not a bother now.

Zorba

Slightly off topic but..................


Wonder were Cancellara's cranks creaking much over the last 2 weekends with all the power he was putting into them !

jwshooter

Zorba wrote: »

Slightly off topic but..................


Wonder were Cancellara's cranks creaking much over the last 2 weekends with all the power he was putting into them !

i dont know ,but i would not like to buy ether bike he rode today