Nathan, I had a similar insanity-producing click a few years ago. After much systemic searching, eliminating one variable at a time, it turned out to be a water bottle bolt that was not lubed and not tight enough.
Joe in GJT On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 5:52:06 PM UTC-6, Nathan Neuberger wrote: > > I'm in need of some help with an aggravating problem. Several years ago my > bike developed a clicking sound. It occurs at the same spot in the crank > rotation. Curiously, the click does not always happen (sometimes its > sleeping), but tends to wake up most often during a climb or when I'm > hauling a load. But it occurs during easy riding as well. > > > This winter, my bike was in need of some TLC, so I replaced the chain, > cassette, chainring set (but not the crank arms) and the bottom bracket. > Overhauled the hubs too. That covered almost every moving part, so I > figured that would solve it. Nope. > > > I think it is likely a pedal issue. The clicking only occurs when my right > pedal is at about 12:00 (about to start a downstroke) and under relatively > heavy pressure. Just pedaling with my left foot does not seem to trigger > the click. > > > Bike is a Rivendell Homer Hilsen (2009-ish). The pedals are MKS grip > kings. I took off both pedals, cleaned them, replaced all bearings, and put > in tons of grease. I did not see or feel any issues with the races. The > click is still there, and seems to have gotten a little worse since I > overhauled the pedals. Could the click be caused by the pedal cone being > too tight? > > > Any other ideas? > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
