Bike spat out grease from headset?

[Ghoetic]

Hey all!
Vitus owner from early june.
Was out on a bike ride today where suddenly the bike spat out some thick yellow brownish grease from the stem/headset and onto the wheel so it threw some grease onto the crossbar of the fork.

So im wondering what should i do next/check for? bearings?

Thanks!

 

[Ghoetic]

Hey all!
Vitus owner from early june.
Was out on a bike ride today where suddenly the bike spat out some thick yellow brownish grease from the stem/headset and onto the wheel so it threw some grease onto the crossbar of the fork.

So im wondering what should i do next/check for? bearings?

Thanks! View attachment 16064

 

[MattyB]

Is it a brand new bike, and does the headset still feel ok (not grinding or wobbling)? It could just be some excess grease that ended up inside the headtube during manufacture and dropped out after a few miles of riding. If it is very new and and you can't feel any roughness in the headset I would just clean off the frame and carry on riding. If it feels bad though take apart the headset and inspect the bearings.

 

[Ghoetic]

Is it a brand new bike, and does the headset still feel ok (not grinding or wobbling)? It could just be some excess grease that ended up inside the headtube during manufacture and dropped out after a few miles of riding. If it is very new and and you can't feel any roughness in the headset I would just clean off the frame and carry on riding. If it feels bad though take apart the headset and inspect the bearings.

Thanks for the input!
Yeah bike is brand new!
Yes nothing feels off or rough, i cleaned the bike and rode home. Gonna keep an eye on it tho!

 

[Zimmerframe]

I'm colour blind, but even with my somewhat distorted vision I can't help but think that the grease is colour coded to your bike ? Maybe this is supposed to happen .. maybe you just made it very happy ?

 

[Trail-Niels]

Usually they aren’t too generous with grease when assembling the bikes, so my guess is that a seal has come off at the lower headset bearing. Do you know what brand the headset is?

 

[routrax]

What have you been feeding it? Vindaloo?

 

[Mikerb]

More likely water mixed with grease? Been washing it? Upside down?Does not take more than a few minutes to drop the fork out of the headset so I would certainly do that to check whats in there!

 

[Trailing Edge]

I’d drop the fork out, clean the headset up and re-grease.

As said earlier they’re usually quite sparing in the grease dept. when assembling new bike.

My Vitus has developed a headset creak after two months and 700km of heavy use.

Dropped the fork and re-greased. Working perfectly now.

 

[Trailing Edge]

Oh, and definitely don’t wash this bike upside town. You’ll get water collecting in the frame (which might also be causing your headset issue)

If you’ve got water in the frame tip the bike up until the rear wheel is vertical and then drop back down. You’ll see the water poor out the hole under the motor. Repeat as necessary

Hope that helps

Cheers, Tim

 

[Ghoetic]

I’d drop the fork out, clean the headset up and re-grease.

As said earlier they’re usually quite sparing in the grease dept. when assembling new bike.

My Vitus has developed a headset creak after two months and 700km of heavy use.

Dropped the fork and re-greased. Working perfectly now.

Thanks!
im actually at 640km. No creaking yet. What kind of grease did you use?

 

[Trailing Edge]

Thanks!
im actually at 640km. No creaking yet. What kind of grease did you use?

Park Tool PPL-1

Cheers, Tim

 

[Trailing Edge]

I’ve been riding mine quite aggressively in very dusty environments recently. I think some dust got in and started the creak