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On Sunday I noticed my drivechain was making more noise than usual - almost a clicking at a particular point of each crank revolution.
Got back home, took chain off and spun the cranks hard whilst holding the seat tube and there's no vibration or noise. So definitely not the bb. No side to side wobble of the spindle, either. It's (Miche) only a couple of months old, not done too many miles, anyway.
Put it all back together, and with the bike upside down, when I spin the cranks you can see the chain move side to side as the cranks go round.
Take off the chainring, lay it flat, with the outside facing up, on a couple of surfaces and one side is raised by about 1-2mm - you can press it up and down.
Take it to Condor and they lay it facing down on a glass counter and say it's fine and to bring the cranks in.
I've watched the cranks go round, and I don't think it's them. I put a bit of blue tack between the chain stays and inside of the spider, and it doesn't move much. Perhaps 0.5 mm? Next to nothing; probably 0.5mm because of me moving rather than the cranks relative to the frame.
I was wondering what anyone else might think it is? I'm taking the cranks to condor tomorrow morning, but i don't see how they're going to test them - just wondered if any of you had any suggestions... takes me ages to get there on public transport plus I've got loads of uni work I'd rather be doing!
Edit: they're condor miche cranks.