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Hmmm, I'm having one of those "where's that clicking coming from?" issues. It is in time with the turning of the cranks, happens regardless of whether I sit on the saddle or not, is more pronounced as I put power through the driveside crank than the non-driveside, is silent when I ease up on the pedals.
As it arrived within a week or two of having fitted new pedals, I was all ready to send them back and complain. But then I tested the pedals on my road bike, and that didn't creak, while the bike still creaks with the old pedals put back on it.
I've taken out the BB, cleaned the tapers and threads, fitted it snugly back in place. No improvement.
I took out all the chainring bolts, cleaned them and refitted them. No improvement.
I bought a new BB and fitted it. No improvement.
I might have another go at the chainring bolts: if I get some of those torx-fitting ones, I can be more confident of having them done up to the right degree than i can with the conventional ones - I have the tool to hold the back half of the bolt in place but it never grips as well as it should.
The other thing that occurred to me is that the paintwork on the frame comes over the outside edge of the BB shell, and there is some slight flaking. Do folks on here think it might be worth sanding off the paint back to the alloy, so there's nothing between the driveside flange of the BB and the alloy of the BB shell?