I have been having what seems like the same issue on my Rosco Bubbe (Platypus variant). I switched my Boscos out for Toscos and switched the 100 x 26mm clamp Tallux with a 110 x 25.4. Mad clicking. Drive me mad clicking. Tightened everything, and everything seemed tight. But it seemed more from the stem/headtube interface than bars/stem. Took stem out, liberally greased the bolt, wedge, stem, and steerer. Seemed ok for a day. Then started clicking again. Noticed it was only when pressure was applied to the left hand side of the bars. Then had to stuff my bike in the back of someones car which required some disassembly. When I put the stem in again I set it higher by accident, which turned out to be a better height AND stopped the clicking.
In the end I still have no idea what was causing it. Some kind of grit in the steerer tube? On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 1:40:46 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > On my raspberry Platypus I have aluminum Billie bars and a Nitto Technomic > 12 cm stem from Riv. Maybe once a year in any of my bikes, I’ll get this > irritating ticking in the bars. Years ago after trial and error, I found it > was coming from where the stem clamps the bars. Put a little T9 on there > and you’ll ride in blissful silence for another year or so. But this time, > it is HORRID. A constant cacophony of ticking that nearly drove me wild > during our 34 mile club ride today. If I grab the bar ends, I can make the > sound happen. I have applied T9 twice, greased the bolt, unscrewed it and > screwed it back in again…it’s still making the noise. If I go howling to > the bike shop they will have mercy and help but before I do that, I’m > coming to you all because you’ll know more about our type of bars. > > 1. Do these bars wear out? I can’t imagine that would be the case. The > stem is maybe a year old and the bars maybe 3 years. > > 2. Has this ever happened to you? How did you fix it? > > 3. Would a faceplater stem fix this issue? If I thought it would, I’d get > one and learn how to properly torque that sucker. > > 4. I can’t get the bars to move on me, if that’s what you’re wondering. I > can stand and put weight on them and they don’t obviously slip. > > Thanks for your help! > Leah > -- 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/5fdef2b0-3c9b-4338-827c-3215626bc0f2n%40googlegroups.com.
