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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Apples » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:12 pm

[quote]huw williams wrote

Bought a track bike just two months ago


Is that for when you lead the ACC nippers round Hearne Hill 8) :lol: 8)
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby huw williams » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:13 pm

It has indeed been used for that very purpose
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Jon H » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:30 pm

[quote="huw williams"]Bought a track bike just two months ago - with money too.

Well that saved having to spend anything on all those useless bits like gears and brakes.
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Jon H » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:33 pm

Anyway, back on-topic...

Take everything apart, give it a clean, grease and oil the bits that are meant to be greasy and oily, then put it all back together again. That often cures random creaks without ever actually diagnosing what the problem was.
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Amy » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:07 pm

Does it count the fact that Huw made me buy a new bike (with my own money of course)? :roll:

No, I didn't think so either :shock:
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Marky Mark » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:22 pm

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I just had to do it :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Amy » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:53 pm

A bed at my cousin's place in Charmouth was like that. I barely slept as I was trying to turn over without it creaking so I never relaxed enough to go into a really deep sleep and the creak woke me up if I did start to drift off :x
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Keith » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:25 pm

Thanks for all the advice :D (and abuse :roll: ). The plan is to swap pedals and wheels with those off Michelle's bike (sssh, don't tell her), and if it's still making a racket, replace the bottom bracket.

Fingers crossed.
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Marky Mark » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:29 pm

[color=#FF4000][size=200]Michelle.... Keith is stealing bits of your bike[/size][/color]

Oops

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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Keith » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:33 pm

Snitch!

I'm only "borrowing" bits. I prefer my wheels anyway. :wink:
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby KeithK » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:02 pm

Hey Keith, look on the bright side weak riders never that that squeaky noise unless the chain is rusty.

Hhhhmmm our George must hear that noise nearly every day!!
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Re: Creak... Creak... Creak... Creak...

Postby Keith » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:09 pm

George must need earplugs!

I've started to use it as a training aid - If I can get it to creak all the way around, I must have a really progressive pedalling action, putting in power all the way around. :lol:
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