The creak! AAAAG! (Brooks)

[KnottedYet]

When my Brooks B67 was new, it had a creak. Greased the heck out of the shackle in the nose, and no more creak.

Poor baby was on the front of a bus (in the rack) during a terrible rainy commute last month. Somehow that deluge started up the creak again.

I've greased the shackle, the frame, the springs even; but can't seem to find the creak!

I'm pretty sure it's not in the base frame, but somewhere in the floating frame.

Any other ideas?

[mimitabby]

earplugs?



the wonderful rhythm of your bike; another sound it makes like campy gears do in "idle" ??

[VeloVT]

the wonderful rhythm of your bike; another sound it makes like campy gears do in "idle" ??

This reminds me of one time when I was at a stoplight with another rider (we were actually turning on opposite directions, but there were no turn lanes...). We were in the front of the line, before a bunch of cars, poised to go, one toe on the ground, clipped in foot at 1:00, focused on the light. He turns to me and says, "I feel like we should be revving our engines!"

(Sorry, it seems like I'm queen of thread drift lately...).

[DebW]

Maybe if you back off the tension in the nose shackle the grease could get in there better?

[KnottedYet]

Ooh, good idea Deb. Thanks, I'll try that tonight.

Something about being in the rain and on the front of a bus for 1 1/2 hrs... must've washed the grease out? The shackle and springs are the only parts of the saddle frame that were exposed.

I need to find a saddle cover big enough to fit over a B67, eh?

[mimitabby]

Knot, I always carry a good plastic bag! that's all you need.

[kat_h]

Something about being in the rain and on the front of a bus for 1 1/2 hrs... must've washed the grease out?

If it did that to the grease on the saddle it probably also washed out a lot of grease from other parts of your bike. I know the squeaky saddle gets the grease, but check on everything else while you're at it.

[redrhodie]

I read graphite powder will stop a creaky saddle if it's from a metal to metal contact point.

[malkin]

My saddle creaks steadfastly, grease or no grease.
I'll start to worry when I hear it speaking to me.

[Trek420]

Any other ideas?

It's not the saddle, it's your knees? Brphhhhht

And what is a shackle?

[KnottedYet]

I warmed up the grease in my fingers, then smooshed it into the shackle (ball-n-socket joint at the front of the frame). Went for a nice long ride and worked the grease in well.

No more creak.

I gotta get a good sturdy cover for the saddle when I put the bike on a bus rack in the rain.

[VeloVT]

I gotta get a good sturdy cover for the saddle when I put the bike on a bus rack in the rain.

Goody shower cap (in color to match bike, of course) works like a charm.

[Trek420]

Like this from TE