| I’m impressed with your ability to get down to it, Leah… even if you don’t turn up a solution (yet), the fact that you can interchange all of those parts on your own makes me wish I could do the same thing. Maybe that’s why ticks come to us…so our problem-solving muscles exercise..
Please keep updating your progress!
Liz in Cincinnati
Sent with delight from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2024, at 9:32 AM, 'John Hawrylak, Woodstown NJ' via RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Leah
I believe Peter is referring to shop that has an 'alignment table'. A good frame builder would have one too.
I would suggest Shierk's Bike Shop in East Earl PA, but that may be a bridge too far for you. They are in the PA Dutch county. They do not have an internet presence so telephone is the main method of communication. They are quite good at real mechanical work, they extended my steerer tube notch 15mm with a dremel tool and charged only $10.
John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ
On Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 4:29:15 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
Ted, I’ve had the loose clunking headset on my Betty Foy and your description is my memory of it.
I got 19 miles in this morning. At first, everything was blissfully quiet and sturdy. By mile 12 the ticking came back. Not as bad, but it’s there. Remember in the video when I applied pressure to the left grip and could initiate the sound? Now it’s in the right grip. I can’t do it consistently and there doesn’t seem to be correlation with weight on the bars. I did throw that bike around heartily today. I took it on a wooded trail with tons of tree roots to bash over and inclines to stand up and pull on the bars.
It’s just so frustrating. I’m worried there’s a more sinister problem, like in the head tube/steerer. Like, please not the frame. I can replace any component and will do so with gladness, but please let my frame be ok. It’s my #1 favorite bike and it’s so special.
Joe thinks maybe a new headset. I wonder if I should spring for new bars and stem.
Buying new things to address unknown problems with old things…sounds expensive. But I’d do it if I knew it would fix the ticking. L
On Friday, October 4, 2024 at 4:43:09 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: He found that the headset was loose, so he tightened that too (and mashed the headset cup or spacer or whatever in the process).
It's worth noting that, while the frames ship with headsets, they aren't installed. Despite trying to be careful about installation, I have found on all three of my Sams that the FSA headsets seem to loosen up pretty quickly after initial installation, and the linear bearings seem to want the adjustable surface to be pretty tight, tighter than normal ball bearing headsets.
That said, I wouldn't describe the sound of a loose headset as "ticking", it's more like "clunking" and is readily felt and seen by applying the front brake and pushing the bike forward and back.
And I would be irate if a shop mechanic handed back my bike with a mangled part. My headset locknuts are bit scuffed but I only have myself to blame :-)
Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI USA
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