A day off from training today, so I set to finding the annoying squeak on my Specialized Tricross that I get whenever I stand up and turn up the effort.
Last week I replaced the bottom bracket bearings in an attempt to banish it, but no luck. Today I took off the seatpost and bottle cages, then removed the crank, stripped it down, and put it back together with plenty of grease between all mating surfaces. No joy, just as creaky as ever.
Just before giving up for the day, I swapped out the rear wheel for the one on the Planet-X, and suddenly all fell silent. I put the Tricross wheel back, and still pretty quiet. So it looks like the noise is in the area of the axle and quick-release, so next time I'll know where to concentrate my efforts.
Anyway, it's nice to have a shiny clean crank, even though it was a waste of effort. Helps to set off my blingin' new KMC X10-SL shiny gold chain. If I was that way inclined I'd be tempted to use it as jewellery, except a gold chain would probably be cheaper!
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