Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

You mustn't have read my post.

volvo cannondale mtb .... tidy but pricey

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cannodale-F3000SL-CAAD4-Disc-Specific-Volvo-Team-Edition-/371634291756?hash=item568721442c:g:XfsAAOSwbPxXQDg1

About £800 of that is for the yellow headshock boot.

Sadly it is for midgets

I'm running a GXP Wheels Manufacturing adapter in a BB30 bottom bracket (Caad 10). It's fine, apart from when the weather is warm or when pushing it hard for a while when it starts to creak REALLY FUCKING LOUD.

Is there any way to solve this? I don't know if the guy I bought it off had glued the bearings in or not, but is this worth a shot? Apparently grease makes it worse...

Ask him?

Both are valid option, sure it's not the quick release, chainring bolt etc.?

I'll check those things, but I moved the groupset over from another bike where it was silent. I'll try and dial the front mech in a bit more, but it definitely seems to be the BB. The internet is full of people with the same problem, but those adapter cups are meant to sort it out.

I asked him about noise when I bought it and he said it wasn't a problem for him. I might just need to stick some grease in; it can't hurt...

try with other rear qr also

If it's with a Shimano chain set, perhaps tighten the hollowgram bolt a bit more before torquing the crank arm up?

Is this a real problem? I've never heard of this. Will give it a shot.

It's rival, so just one bolt to tighten. It's fine most of the time, just when it's been going for a while (like after 40 or so miles), which makes me think it's something expanding and rubbing.

Is there any way to solve this?

Get a wrench who knows their shit to install a proper 30mm crankset.

it is true. my caad10 was super creaky but was just the rear qr. sounded exactly like it was the bb too

@dglshrn
yup same with my caad12.

switched ww qr to shimano and silence

i had it on my supersix, from a mavic skewer

yeah mine was wiggle Lifeline -series alu thingie

Same goes for headsets too. Aluminium must be good at transferring the sound of all creaks to the bottom bracket.

C'mon the suspense is killing me!

I have close cam Shimano QR, Praxis BB convertor for M30 cranks and still creaks. I ride with headphones most times though.

So this has popped up for pretty cheap in my local area on the gumtree. What should I be wary of with the lefty/f800 frame? Plan would be to swap parts out to XTR/Hollowgram, and lightweight (aliexpress?) 26" wheels to make a ultralight XC rig...

What year is it? The older lefties can't be updated and the official channels won't touch stuff older than 2006.

If there's no problems with it though then they are reliable enough.

You'd need the hollowgram tandem axle - spendy

as a platform for xc racing the 26" stuff is at a disadvantage to the 29"er stuff - an alloy FSi might be a better bet long term.

Fuck me the unicorn poop is available - but only if you are very very tall

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/162107904223

What am I looking at?

No way is that XL...

but only if you are very very tall

Bah, it doesn't even have a head tube.