Bike noise, creak, click, creaks, clicks, clicking, pinging sound - help

which parts have you replaced?

changed the freewheel, crankset, bb and chain

shoelace hitting the crank?

Is your kneecap well lubricated? your eyelashes fluttering at every pedal stroke? is your arse firmly mounted on the saddle?

a clicky arse?

I'm pretty sure it's a time-bomb.

Chainring bolts or interface between chainring and crank.

I had this recently on a bike were I'd painted the cranks and there was some flaky paint under the chainring, cleaned off, noise sorted.

Also had it on another bike not so long ago, tightened all chainring nuts and bolts (some of which were stupidly loose) and noise sorted.

What can cause a crunching sound and I can feel the "crunch" when pedalling. It feels as though every revolution isn't efficient, if that makes sense. Other days no sounds and pedalling feels good and tight.

Clean your chain set. Then lube it. Then remove excess lube so that you don't pick up loads of London.

What can cause a crunching sound and I can feel the "crunch" when pedalling. It feels as though every revolution isn't efficient, if that makes sense. Other days no sounds and pedalling feels good and tight.

Have you replaced your chain recently? If so, replace your sprocket also.

check for broken plate on the chain also, this can cause intermittent popping / crunching noises.

I'm being sent slowly crazy. Bike is ticking when clean. Nice and silent when its very dirty. Argh.

Doesnt tick when I turn the cranks on a bike stand. Doesnt always tick when I stand on them, or pedal lightly. Seems to happen regardless of gear.

Tick... ticktick...

Im going to go boom.

Campagnolo Athena Power torque chainset on an old steel rossin frame. ticktick.

Is it the seat?

http://triathlon.competitor.com/2012/06/gear-tech/whats-that-creak-coming-from-my-bike_55637

there's a teacher in the top tube marking 11+ exam papers from eton school

timebomb?

sounds like it could be the pedals? check the bearings perhaps?

a tick is definitely something you should have checked out.

grease under the frame where the axles sit. lube the saddle where the rails join the saddle. swap pedals over, check the chain, take out seat pin clean lube replace.
Check for wheel rub on brakes (if you have any)

Every (irregular) tick I've ever had - apart from on-going Tourette's, you cnut - has been seatpost or stem bolts - regrease and tighten..?

Squeeze a tube of this on the nape of your neck.

Stem bolts. Interesting. I've had some trouble there. I'll try changing them out.

What puncture said. Mine was driving me nuts. Eventually took it to Stephen at LMNH and he located it was one of my pedals needing some tlc.

Check your chainring bolts are tight and might even be worth whipping the chainring(s) off to clean the ring/crank interface.

I found out what was ticking on my bike this evening, just after the non-drive side crank jammed up against the chainstay.

My bottom bracket had decided to migrate towards the drive-side.

#goodmaintenance101

wow, no really, wow didn't know that could happen