I've been having a creaking/cracking noise on my Aeroad (just over 1000km old) for a few rides and haven't been able to fix it yet.
I can narrow it down as follows:
– Occurs rhythmically when pedaling, repeats with cadence
– It sounds 70% from the pedal region and 30% from the handlebar/front wheel region
– Also occurs when riding hands-free -> not caused by the handlebars or stem?
– Also occurs when riding standing up -> no cause in the saddle region
– I have already removed the pedals, cleaned them, re-greased them and refitted them.
– I removed the seat post and the rails to be on the safe side and reinstalled them with carbon paste.
– I removed the front wheel and cleaned, greased and refitted the axle.
– I removed the bottle cages, cleaned them and greased the bolts before reinstalling them
– I waxed my chain for the second time a little before the noise occurred for the first time, could it possibly be related to this?
Now I'm slowly running out of "simple" steps and I would be happy to hear any hints as to where the noise could be coming from.
Thanks for any advice!
by Doctormson
7 Comments
It’s gotta be bottom bracket, right?
I personally have had creaking come from my bottom bracket bearing. Its a fairly new bike so its highly unlikely for that but it has happened on my bike
Is there any side-to-side play with the crankset? It could be that the preload is not set correctly.
Bottom bracket. Depending on the kind, could even be a gap between it and the frame due to the frame being a bit out of tolerance.
Any moving or moveable part on the bike has a potential to make noise. With carbon frames, noise can reverberate so locating the source can be tricky.
From your process of elimination, I would investigate the bottom bracket next. Bearings may need to be reseated with retaining compound.
Several Canyon bikes in my squad. If it doesn’t make a creaking noise, it isn’t a real Canyon.
Sounds frustrating. FYI don’t take it down to the Titanic. Carbon cracking sounds seems to be a very bad omen