Leah On all sleeved aluminum handlebars, the sleeve was at one time a separate part from the rest of the bar. That interface is not always totally perfect on every instance of every bar, and some can click click. It's case by case, and some people have never heard a sleeved bar tick. Some will be really proud about it: "I have seven sets of Noodles in my stable and they are ALL SILENT, harumph!" Some people who have had one ticking handlebar might overstate it with "Sleeved bars all do that! BLAH". Most mechanics of a certain age who pay attention have seen it from time to time. Give a shot of your T9 at that interface, where the bar-proper disappears into the sleeve. If that's the ticking you are hearing, that should quiet it down.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 1:40:46 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > On my raspberry Platypus I have aluminum Billie bars and a Nitto Technomic > 12 cm stem from Riv. Maybe once a year in any of my bikes, I’ll get this > irritating ticking in the bars. Years ago after trial and error, I found it > was coming from where the stem clamps the bars. Put a little T9 on there > and you’ll ride in blissful silence for another year or so. But this time, > it is HORRID. A constant cacophony of ticking that nearly drove me wild > during our 34 mile club ride today. If I grab the bar ends, I can make the > sound happen. I have applied T9 twice, greased the bolt, unscrewed it and > screwed it back in again…it’s still making the noise. If I go howling to > the bike shop they will have mercy and help but before I do that, I’m > coming to you all because you’ll know more about our type of bars. > > 1. Do these bars wear out? I can’t imagine that would be the case. The > stem is maybe a year old and the bars maybe 3 years. > > 2. Has this ever happened to you? How did you fix it? > > 3. Would a faceplater stem fix this issue? If I thought it would, I’d get > one and learn how to properly torque that sucker. > > 4. I can’t get the bars to move on me, if that’s what you’re wondering. I > can stand and put weight on them and they don’t obviously slip. > > Thanks for your help! > Leah > -- 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/b298e65c-e59c-4e95-8219-00e086920d77n%40googlegroups.com.
