Creaking Headset/BB 😡

[tunster]

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

[Sowler]

@Poet

I’d be looking at stuff like this;

https://argonautcycles.com/bikes/custom-road-bike-rm3/

Wrote like a true TCS follower…they do look nice!

[Poet]

I ride with at least six people with an S-Works, and I’ve no beef with them at all, but I’m sure you get the impression I like to stand out from the crowd

They can come in turquoise, too

[leahnp]

I want this one…. Seriously considering one as my single road bike solution

https://www.meteorworks.co.uk/sebastiens-stainless-road-bike

[Jgav]

@Poet

Is it a press fit?

I replaced the press fit with a Token Ninja a couple of years ago and has been fine since then. Probably just needs a service.

[joex]

My roadie has had a creaking headset for years, I gave up trying to fix it. Kicks in on climbs.

I think you need to take it apart such that the only way to reassemble it is with a crown race fitting device. Or something. It’s been a few years since I built a bike.

Other ways forward:

1. Ride on noisy roads
2. Ride with earphones in
3. Ride only indoors
4. Throw bike into field

[Poet]

Joe - a lot of the time, I don’t understand what you’re talking about

But today, it feels like you’ve really understood my dilemma and uncontained rage with this innocuous creaking

So thanks.

Option 4 will be utilised.
As option 2 didn’t work on Sunday.
And nor did option 1.
Option 3 is just as bad, with the fans

[r0bh]

You can make a crown race fitting tool out of some bits of plastic pipe from B and Q for a few quid. Or better still only buy headsets with a split crown race

[Poet]

A man after my own heart

That’s like my press fit removal tool

[Poet]

Internally routed brake cables …

Seems like one of them was rubbing on the fork steerer.

I think.

Whatever it was has now gone

[FatPom]

That’s because all the fluid has leaked out.

[joex]

No way, that never occurred to me, I’ll have to check mine tomorrow…