A few more details in case anyone is still reading this: Creaking happens under hard pedalling. I feel it through my feet, so it really seems like it's coming from the crank area. It started a few weeks after I replaced chain rings (from Sugino triple to 40-26-bashguard) and the chain ring bolts were a bit loose when I tightened them. Honestly, I don't remember if I greased the cranks before reinstalling them. I usually do, but I had them off for cleaning not too much before so maybe I figured they were good enough. I'll pull, clean, regrease and reinstall them this weekend. Shifting - With the old cassette, Shimano 11-34, the only issue I noticed while riding was failure to shift up from 18T to 15T. I had to shift twice, to 13T and them down again if I wanted that gear. It had been fine before that for a long time until I replaced the chain. New and old chains were both Shimano. With the new SRAM 11-34 cassette, on the stand, it is skipping cogs going in both directions. I would think that the cable could be either too loose or too tight, not both. I will try the adjustment procedure described here and hope nothing is bent. Derailler is LX from Jensen's ($30 NOS if anyone needs). I wouldn't expect any compatability issues, but maybe that's part of it? Jay On Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:07:51 PM UTC+2, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote:
> 2 annoying mechanical issues on my Sam Hillborne: > > > 1. Creaking - sometimes more, sometimes less, but dramatic enough to > be easily heard by someone riding next to me. Tried so far - tightening > chain ring bolts; cleaning, oiling and finaly replacing the chain; playing > with FD trim until cross-eyed, check BB for play. Next steps - replace > pedals, replace BB even though no play, ...? > 2. Rear shifting - indexed bar end shifter was skipping my favorite > cog (15T), so yesterday I replaced the cassette, thinking I had waited too > long to replaced the chain a few weeks ago. Now it's skipping all over in > indexed mode, both up and down. Tightening the cable (also recently > replaced) didn't help either so I switched to friction, which is of course > fine. I have nothing against friction, but I don't like it when things > don't work. In this case I'm commuting in traffic with a 40-26 in front, > so > for this terrain it's essentially a 1X9 and I want indexing. > > I don't have access to a Rivish LBS anymore, and no one I know around > here has ever seen a bar end shifters. So it's just you guys. > > Thanks, > Jay > -- 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.
