That one week where every bike seemed to have the same weird bottom bracket creak

Last week at the shop, I swear I had five different bikes come in with a creak that sounded like it was from the bottom bracket. The last one was a customer's gravel bike from a trip to Moab, and after checking everything twice, I found the noise was actually from a slightly loose seatpost clamp, not the BB at all. It made me double-check my whole process on the others. Has anyone else had a noise totally fool them like that?

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riverl753d ago

That Moab grit can make any bike sound like a bottom bracket issue!

victorw953d ago

My buddy rode Slickrock last fall and swore his crankset was shot. That red dust got into everything. He spent a week cleaning and regreasing every part, even bought a new BB. The noise was still there. Turns out it was just a single grain of sand stuck between his chainring and the spider, making this awful grinding sound every pedal stroke. He felt pretty silly after that.