Bottom bracket

[SalsaMTB]

Definitely not Italian. 1993 Specialized Crossroads.

Last year we replaced the original bottom bracket with one with sealed bearings. (I know this because I took it out today.) Though it was making the same noise as last year, I'm not convinced that the problem is the bottom bracket because after replacing it today, I hear the tiniest little "clink clink clink"....

At least I know I have a new good bottom bracket, so whatever is making that noise, the pedals won't be falling off the bike.

If you stand on one side of your bike and put all your weight on one pedal, can you reproduce the noise? What about on the other side of the bike?

Some things it could be.....(hard to know without hearing the sound)
-Pedals
-Rear Hub

If you have an extra rear wheel laying around, try swapping and see if the noise goes away. Try it with the pedals also. We had a customer come in recently thinking he had a noisy bottom bracket and found it to be the rear hub, we could easily reproduce the noise by pushing on the pedal on the drive train side.

[g19]

Bearings today come in many many levels of quality.

Try next time a set of Phil Woods and you probably will have many happy miles in front of you.

I replaced mine too and never had a crank that was so easy turning compared to the original shimano's.

Als if you ride in all kind of weather do every 6 month's dismantle your BB bearings and clean all the grease out en replace with new grease of you choice.