Creaking

Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium equippe
front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The front end
creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I am not sure
if it is the spokes or the fork.

My last bike was a 1972 Gitane Tour de France. This is nicer!

Thanks,

Ted.

wrote:
Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium
equippe front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The
front end creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I
am not sure if it is the spokes or the fork.

You sure it's not the stem/bar interface or headset? ******* spacer? "Dry"
quick release? (Bottom bracket, crank bolts, pedals, cleats...)

Bill "I hate creaks" S.

wrote:
Does a carbon fork creak?

they can. and if they do, stop riding immediately! walk home. but
it's most unlikely. take the wheel out and squeeze the fork blades
together with *one* hand. hard. any creaking or cracking, that fork's
going to fail. otherwise, it's /much/ more likely to be handlebar,
stem, spacer, etc. make sure everything's done up right & you should be ok.


I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium equippe
front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The front end
creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I am not sure
if it is the spokes or the fork.

My last bike was a 1972 Gitane Tour de France. This is nicer!

Thanks,

Ted.

wrote:

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium equippe
front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The front end
creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I am not sure
if it is the spokes or the fork.

The last time I had a loud creak it was a dry QR (lots of riding in the
rain had delubed it)... but you should definitely check for cracks in
your stem (and bolts), bars, and fork. Things tend to creak before
breaking... and that is a very bad area to have something break. With
only 400 miles I would suspect a loose fitting or lack of lube, but it
is best to be safe.

wrote:
Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium equippe
front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The front end
creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I am not sure
if it is the spokes or the fork.

My last bike was a 1972 Gitane Tour de France. This is nicer!

Thanks,

Ted.

Overhaul the HS, adding grease, and also the front hub axle. Ksyrium
front hubs can be noisy.

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
wrote:

Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium equippe
front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The front end
creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I am not sure
if it is the spokes or the fork.

My last bike was a 1972 Gitane Tour de France. This is nicer!

Thanks,

Ted.


Overhaul the HS, adding grease, and also the front hub axle. Ksyrium
front hubs can be noisy.


Headsets make creak-ing noises?

Robin Hubert

Bill Sornson wrote:
wrote:

Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium
equippe front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The
front end creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I
am not sure if it is the spokes or the fork.


You sure it's not the stem/bar interface or headset? ******* spacer? "Dry"
quick release? (Bottom bracket, crank bolts, pedals, cleats...)

Bill "I hate creaks" S.



Bill,
What's a "dry" quick release? The reason I ask is that I once had a
persistent creak out of the front end. It turned out that it was either
the axle/dropout interface or the QR face/dropout interface (both SS/Al
contacts). I discovered that it happened after rainy rides. The cure
is to clean and wipe lightly with oil.

Robin Hubert

Robin Hubert wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
wrote:

Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium
equippe front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The
front end creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I
am not sure if it is the spokes or the fork.


You sure it's not the stem/bar interface or headset? *******
spacer? "Dry" quick release? (Bottom bracket, crank bolts, pedals,
cleats...) Bill "I hate creaks" S.


Bill,
What's a "dry" quick release?

One in need of a drop of Tri-flo.

The reason I ask is that I once had a
persistent creak out of the front end. It turned out that it was
either the axle/dropout interface or the QR face/dropout interface
(both SS/Al contacts). I discovered that it happened after rainy
rides. The cure is to clean and wipe lightly with oil.

Well there ya go.

Bill "trick question?" S.

Bill Sornson wrote:
Robin Hubert wrote:

Bill Sornson wrote:

wrote:


Does a carbon fork creak?

I have a new Bianchi Virata with a full carbon fork and Ksyrium
equippe front wheel (20 spokes) with about 400 miles on it. The
front end creaks on bumpy roads and when I stand going up hills. I
am not sure if it is the spokes or the fork.


You sure it's not the stem/bar interface or headset? *******
spacer? "Dry" quick release? (Bottom bracket, crank bolts, pedals,
cleats...) Bill "I hate creaks" S.



Bill,
What's a "dry" quick release?


One in need of a drop of Tri-flo.


The reason I ask is that I once had a
persistent creak out of the front end. It turned out that it was
either the axle/dropout interface or the QR face/dropout interface
(both SS/Al contacts). I discovered that it happened after rainy
rides. The cure is to clean and wipe lightly with oil.


Well there ya go.

Bill "trick question?" S.



And now for my next act ....


Robin