Cracking

[Ian A4size]

the loud crackig noise is probably nothing serious, just a bad bit of spelling.

Head of pendants.

Welcome back Saen.

[Andrew G]

Better than a cacking noise .

If there's no play in the headset the only thing I can think of is possibly over tightening of the bolts, had this once when I was a bit ham-fisted with an allen key. Probably not doing any real harm but a) not a nice noise to hear when you ride, and b) better safe than sorry, so probably best to drop it in a (decent) shop and ask them to give it a quick shufty. They can probably sort whatever the problem is in a couple of minutes. Other than that try loosening the bolts a bit and then re-tighten, switching between each one all the time to do up evenly, and just avoid really cranking them up at the end.

[George]

Sean try swapping out the front wheel and see if that enables you to diagnose the problem. If it stops then it must be something to do with the wheel.

[Jon H]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Since getting back on the bike I've noticed an increasingly loud crackig noise coming from the front of the bike everytime I ride over a bump or hit a rut in the road.

[Ivor]

and you're sure it's not your joints creaking?

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote="George"]Sean try swapping out the front wheel and see if that enables you to diagnose the problem. If it stops then it must be something to do with the wheel.

[Jon H]

Could be that the headset is a bit loose. Check by putting the front brake on and rocking the bike backwards and forwards.

[Jon H]

Or it could be that there's a weakness in the fork and every time you hit a bump you hear a crack as a few more carbon fibres snap. Not to worry you or anything.

[Rob C]

Is it a loose cable hitting the frame? I had a similar problem on a bike I bought, everytime I hit rough road it sounded awful . I realised it was the excess cable pinging against the frame and got trimming.

[Andrew G]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Just back from GBs and they're about to start charging £40 an hour for anyone who brings in their bike with creaking and needs it checked out.