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Are you sure? A saddle which is poorly positioned or inadequately secured, particularly if the bike is too small (or the rider too heavy) can creak under exertion. You might say "Well, get up out of the saddle; if the noise stops, it's the saddle and if it doesn't, it isn't" but I've had the reverse situation. What was actually a BB bearings issue seemed like a slight saddle creak, because it stopped when I got out of the saddle, but that was because doing so changed the way I was pedalling. Then it got a little worse and made the noise no matter how I pedalled.