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Pulled apart the BB to see why it sounded so bad, you guessed it , no grease. That was expected tho’ the finger tight cups weren't. Put it all back together with a plenty of grease and tightened WITH A SPANNER. While I had my hands dirty I swapped the sprocket for one I had lying about (+ 1 tooth) and the lock ring was only finger tight too. Is this the norm for new bikes (not had a new bike since my Grifter about 30 years ago) every other bike I've had has been pre owned or put together by me from bits.