There is a creaking sound coming from somewhere on my bike. Usually happens when I'm pushing the pedals up hill. It happens whether I'm sitting or standing. See video. Possibly related, after coasting for awhile and starting to engage the pedals again, sometimes there's a "skipping" sensation. It's a new bike with only 1,200 miles on it so the drivetrain components should still be pretty fresh.
Between myself and the LBS, we've tried: headset overhaul, greasing and retorquing pedals, greasing and retorquing BB, greasing and retorquing freehub, retorquing cassette, retorquing chainring bolts, greasing and retorquing seatpost, retorquing stem bolts.
I hate to keep bothering LBS with this but at the same time, I dropped a fair bit of money on this bike (2024 Cannondale Supersix Evo 3) so I expect it to work perfectly. They can't seem to figure it out though so I am hoping you fine Reddit folks might be able to help! The sound is driving me crazy at the worst times (struggling up a hill)
by venetian_legion
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Maybe it’s time they replaced the bottom bracket
Has the noise gone away at any point due to trying different solutions. I would have gone with loose chinaring bolts, of grit inside the BB, as these has solved 3 out of 3 creaking noises from my aluminium frame in 16 months. Yes it’s very annoying. Are you a heavier rideer by any chance.