I need to get Garth to help me locate and *!!!annihilate!!!!* the hateful, annoying creak/whine/buzz from the SKS P65 fenders on my Matthews. It sounds like a stay or a stay bracket is momentarily and very lightly rubbing against the tire, but I can't identify which stay or bracket and I can't catch it or them or he/she/it in the act. Every time I hear it, I am tempted to stop and do a diagnostic, but efforts so far have been fruitless.
So Garth, what's the regimen? Not that I will have to live with this much longer as, God willing, Colin at Kelpie will deliver on my custom 76mm wide fenders before our 2019 monsoon season departs ... (Reminds me of car problems that suddenly appear and then, just as suddenly and mysteriously, disappear. For a few months, every time I turned a tight right-hand corner, the horn of my 1984 Passat/Quantum wagon would sound. Ignored it; it went away.) On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 3:34 PM Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > I once had a creaking that that seemed crank/bb related, took off cranks > and bb, reinstalled BB with teflon tape, IO even tried light grease on > tapers, something I've never ever done. Chainring bolts tight. Pedals and > all that jazz fine. Still ... it came in went. "Maybe it's the weather .... > yea ... it's dammn weather that did it ..... I'll blame that ! ". Hilarity > ensued .... it wasn't the weather ... sigh . Endless thoughts of what to > blame ..... to pin the goldarn crime on .... there had to be a perp dammit > ! Who or what donnit ?!!! > > You got me ! I just said eff it .... ride on. Months go by .... seasons > change .... creakety creak ..... like a sneakin' creakin' bitin' dog that > shows up out of nowhere.....dine-and-dash .... terrorize enough to let let > you know "I'm around ... somewhere".... then poof ! ... gone..... for a > while .... until the little monster strikes again. > > Well...... ((((( laughing ))))) > > I felt like my old lady neighbor when I was a kid yelling at me to get off > her lawn .... "get off my bike". And such is the delusional curse of > ownership ... as-if anyone owns anything.... hah ! > > So anyways time rolls on and ho-hum .... I need to change my > freewheel(grease and teflon tape) and put on a new chain...... I just slap > that KMC on there unaltered and wipe it down. .... and I ride. It sounds > lovely..... liked greased lightning. I had been using Clean Ride wax lube > for a few years until the quart was gone, times up. > > So far with the stock greased chain ..... no creaks. > > I know ... it can't be the lube I was using ...... or can it !!! > Ahahahaahaha ! Theories abound .... and all of them suppositions and > assumptions. I never heard any creaks on the first ride after an overnight > application of CR..... but seemed to come on after a few rides..... hmm. > > Yes, it was a creak .... and I know what a darn creak is. > > At least the chain sounds good for now ! > > I'm not saying this is the perp for Nathan's bike ..... but it's another > "theory" and you know what they say about theories ....... ! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5cf79071-4a0d-4128-bbd3-bb7f542d5c86%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5cf79071-4a0d-4128-bbd3-bb7f542d5c86%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvcbsQzS5t2hFjnUh%3DeiSrnGjgr6RqfKEAysH1BQPhOXA%40mail.gmail.com.