Creak / Resonation from front of frame advice
Creak / Resonation from front of frame advice
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okgo

42,123 posts

227 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Try a different front wheel. Could be hub.

TwistingMyMelon

6,507 posts

234 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Headset ?

okgo

42,123 posts

227 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Ribble?

Kermit power

29,622 posts

242 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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Sounds like you've got Tarantulas nesting in there. This is the downside of leaving a bike in a shed all winter.

S10GTA

13,782 posts

196 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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Nice bike left in a damp shed all winter? Does not compute.

SteveSteveson

3,209 posts

192 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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I say this because I had a very similar issue. It turned out to be the internally routed cables were catching whenever anything caused them to move. A spray of WD40 sorted it (followed by some ACF50 so stop it happening again).

Have you taken the headset off to see if there is any rust?

If it is a damp shed, you might what to use one of these next year:

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productsList.aspx?tier1=Bik...

S10GTA said:
Nice bike left in a damp shed all winter? Does not compute.
Some of us have no choice but to use a shed. Same with parking on the road. I would like to put my car and my motorbike in a garage, but I don't have the luxury. We do what we can with what we have.

Edited by SteveSteveson on Thursday 7th May 09:45

Matt_N

9,035 posts

231 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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Re-torque the stem bolts on the steerer and bars, check the front quick release is tight enough and get a bike shop to check the headset.

S10GTA

13,782 posts

196 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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SteveSteveson said:
I say this because I had a very similar issue. It turned out to be the internally routed cables were catching whenever anything caused them to move. A spray of WD40 sorted it (followed by some ACF50 so stop it happening again).

Have you taken the headset off to see if there is any rust?

If it is a damp shed, you might what to use one of these next year:

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productsList.aspx?tier1=Bik...

S10GTA said:
Nice bike left in a damp shed all winter? Does not compute.
Some of us have no choice but to use a shed. Same with parking on the road. I would like to put my car and my motorbike in a garage, but I don't have the luxury. We do what we can with what we have.

Edited by SteveSteveson on Thursday 7th May 09:45
I'd love a garage too, but my nice bike lives in the house smile

SteveSteveson

3,209 posts

192 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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S10GTA said:
I'd love a garage too, but my nice bike lives in the house smile
My wife would not be happy with that at all (and also I lack the room in the house to keep it without falling over it all the time). It is difficult enough for me to negotiate using a turbo trainer in the house.

okgo

42,123 posts

227 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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SteveSteveson said:
My wife would not be happy with that at all (and also I lack the room in the house to keep it without falling over it all the time). It is difficult enough for me to negotiate using a turbo trainer in the house.
You have to set expectations.

I have over ten grands worth of bikes and there is no way they're living in a shed that I could break into with my bare hands. When put like that anything other than keeping them in the house would be retarded. But I do have a cupboard under the stairs where they all fit.