I would add that if the creak stops after you tighten the peddles, you should take them off and relubricate them with a heavy grease.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ryan <ryter...@mts.net> wrote: > I have a newish standard B-17 that creaks...guess I will have to live with > it..using same 27.0 mm Campy record setapost on my X0-1.If such a thing as a > 27.0mm Nitto S-83 was available I'd be all over it...literally and > figuratively. > > Regarding the bottom bracket creak that drives you nuts...I use the very > good , inexpensive MKS pedals (Sylvan Track and narrower Stream..like the > MKS touring pedals Riv carried). Both dried up. I tested for this by > swapping in some old deore XT pedals I had and the problem was gone. Once my > partner the mechanic cleaned and regreased the MKS jobs , that noise > vanished...but it was a bugger to find and it can drive you nuts and into a > waiting open door. > > > On Monday, July 1, 2013 1:25:35 PM UTC-5, Mojo wrote: >> >> So you guys are probably better at this. But just in case: >> When your bottom bracket area starts creaking with each pedal stroke, >> before you tighten the chainring bolts, before you tighten the crankarm >> bolts, before you pull your crankarms and reinstall, before you pull the >> crankarms again and replace the bottom bracket cartridge... try tightening >> down the pedals. It might save you an hour or your precious time. > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -Zack -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
