Bottom Bracket Help

[neilbauer]

I have a Boardman Hybrid and the bottom bracket was replaced by Halfords as it was creaking, the new one has now started creaking too. Is there a better unit I can fit rather than Halfords fitting another inferior part?

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Are you absolutely, doubly, tripply sure it's the bottom bracket? Creaks are notoriously difficult to diagnose and I suspect the mechanics of Halfords are far from the Poirots of the bike industry.

[Justin S]

Can you tell us/ photo the BB and perhaps we can tell what you have and what to fit as being better?

[Stiggolas]

I started to get a creak which I thought was the BB / cranks. Dismantled everything, rebuilt, new BB (already had one). Guess what, still the same.
Turned out it was the saddle clamp allowing the saddle to move a bit. 2 mins with an allen key and sorted!

[neilbauer]

I'll double check if that's where the creaks are coming from.

[yellowjack]

Check the chainring retaining bolts too (unless it's a riveted chainset). They don't need to be obviously loose to cause a creaking from that area. Nipping them up is a lot cheaper than swapping bottom brackets, and a quicker/easier fix too.

[neilbauer]

It might have been the saddle making the awful noise, need a road test to check. Thanks for replies it's been very helpful, I just thought bottom bracket as that was last thing to be replaced.

[neilbauer]

Ok after reading Stiggolas reply I tightened my saddle and one spin around the block later no more creak. Thanks for your replies and mostly Stiggolas who nailed it

[AyBee]

I'm forever getting creaks on my BB (fixed wheel, big gear and commute means it gets quite a lot of abuse) - every few weeks I take it out, grease the threads, put it all back together and it's quiet for a few more weeks - got it down to about 15 minutes such is the frequency that it happens

[CoolC]

It's surprising how many creaks turn out to be the seat post.

A mate was convinced he was getting a creak from the handle bars/stem/headset somewhere. After loads of stripping down, greasing and building back up it was only by chance that he moved the seat post and the creak disappeared.