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Oscillate Wildly on "Seatpost/Seat Cracking noise"
anybody else got/had this? ive finally cured the sqeaking saddle syndrome on my fizik gobi xm, only for a few rides on to suddenly have acquired a rather horrible cracking sound when i sit on the...
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Have you put grease on the rails of your saddle?Mine used to creak without it
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i've not greased the rails nope, but then i didnt when i fitted it at xmas, and its been fine till nowthe squeaking i was getting was where the rails go into the plastic, i dipped some wet lube in and...
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I had this with a Syncros carbon post and an SDG saddle, no amount of stripping and greasing and tightening and loosening bolts would cure it, tried an Easton post on the SDG and they were fine, tried...
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anyone else had this? im seriously thinking 2nm for my thomson collar really isnt much at all! it sort of sounds like somethings not tight enough i reckonits only happened since i took the saddle off...
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Had this on my roadie the last few weeks, took me a while to diagnose but a quick application of toothpaste to the lower part of the post stopped it straight away.
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Oscillate Wildly on "Seatpost/Seat Cracking noise"
toothpaste? did you just smear it on the inside of the seat tube too or literally just the post?
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well, i unscrewed my reverb bolts, which were covered in dust/mud, and ive put some copper grease on them and cleaned etc, ive also taken my thomson seat collar off and put some carbon paste on the...
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I had an old cannondale saddle that always squeaked where the rails entered the plastic. Structurally fine, but sooooo annoying!!
View Articlemuzzle on "Seatpost/Seat Cracking noise"
Is there grit in and around the seatpost clamp? I've had exactly the same issue twice; both times I cleaned the clamp, post and the frame around the area and then put some grease on the post. Worked...
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Toothpaste is just something some folk use instead of carbon paste.
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My money would be on it being the seatpost creaking/cracking in the seat tube. Try greasing the lower part of the seat tube then inserting the seatpost and using carbon paste round the top. The grease...
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cheers guys, reckon it will either be the reverb bolts (dry as a bone and muddy/dusty dried), and actually werent very tight at all when i came to undo themor as Singlespeed stu says the seatpost in...
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Seat post creaking in the seat tube. I had it when I put the Hope Eternity post on. Had to tighten the seat clamp up a lot more than when the Thomson was on there. Carbon paste also helps.
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