I don't have a billie bar but I do have the choco's and have had similar creaking/noise/slight movement issues with them. The way I have found to temporarily deal with the problem is to actually put some chain lube (or other penetrating oil) around all the interfaces to the sleeve, including the cut outs. I tried using low viscosity loctite, but that didn't work any better and perhaps a little worse than the chain lube.
If anyone has a more permanent solution I'd be all ears. On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 9:26:30 AM UTC-7, J Edward wrote: > > I grabbed up a billie bar as soon as they went up for sale and have been > riding it ever since (a year and some change, I guess?). Last winter I > started hearing a little creaking when I would lean forward on them and > start cranking, but I tightened the hell out of the stem and it mostly > subsided. > > A few weeks ago I slightly switched up my cockpit (slid my brake levers > and inboard thumbies way forward and added some ESI 6.75” grips) and went > on a 50+ mile ride the next day. About 30 miles in it started creaking > steadily and hasn’t let up. I remembered an earlier thread about the 1st > gen billies possibly rotating in their sleeves, but I haven’t noticed any > rotation at all (I’m pretty sensitive to that stuff anyway). I even tried > Sheldon’s loctite in the sleeve cutout + compressed air trick, but it > hasn’t changed. > > I’m not too worried about the bar failing, but due to the way my brain > works I AM worried about losing my mind on long, quiet rides when I should > be relaxing and enjoying myself. I love these bars (especially with the > current setup), so any ideas on how to quiet them? -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cdf4b2aa-913c-48ee-ac73-dca3f3b69c7f%40googlegroups.com.
