Clicking noise

bikerider said:

I had a question about your rear hub previously, but no response. Do you run a Industry 9, Hydra 2? I had a problem with mine and it was making the clicking noise also when pedaling. If you are not running this rear hub, please disregard.

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Sorry for the late reply, the bike is a cube hybrid stereo 140S from 2022, it has all original parts nothing has been changed or replaced. I am not sure of the make of the rear hub. Did yours make this noise?

Mikerb said:

Try pedalling the bike whist in a bike stand. If necessary cover the rear brake slightly so that more pressure on the cranks is needed.
When you pedal whilst on the bike you also cause movement in the suspension and apply pressure to the seat post and bars. You would eliminate those as potential causes of the click by rotating the cranks without being sat on the bike.
It sounds to me that the click coincides with the the power part of the crank rotation 2oclock through 5 o'clock. That is when the shock gets compressed. I have to say the bike looks very dusty..including the shock shaft below the o ring. Try removing and cleaning the shock mounting bolts and shaft

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Thanks will try cleaning and removing shock. Its not seat post or headset.

GrahamA said:

Thanks will try cleaning and removing shock. Its not seat post or headset.

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Hi, I have the same noise and have also re-mounted the motor, serviced the pedals and replaced bearings, cleaned and remounted seat post, re-seated rear wheel and so on. Next two things for me are to remove and reseat rear shock and then I guess try to rebuild the dropper/seat post assembly? No idea how to do that so research starts soon.

@GrahamA did you need any special tools to remove the rear shock? Mine's a RockShox Deluxe Select+ (on a 2022 Cube Stereo Hybrid 140R).

Touchstone64 said:

Hi, I have the same noise and have also re-mounted the motor, serviced the pedals and replaced bearings, cleaned and remounted seat post, re-seated rear wheel and so on. Next two things for me are to remove and reseat rear shock and then I guess try to rebuild the dropper/seat post assembly? No idea how to do that so research starts soon.

@GrahamA did you need any special tools to remove the rear shock? Mine's a RockShox Deluxe Select+ (on a 2022 Cube Stereo Hybrid 140R).

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Sorry i haven’t managed to do it yet, i usually take it to the shop to get them to try and fix it, i just haven’t had the time. Mine only makes the clicking sound when i ride it i weight 95kgs, if my daughter rides it, it makes no sound

GrahamA said:

Sorry i haven’t managed to do it yet, i usually take it to the shop to get them to try and fix it, i just haven’t had the time. Mine only makes the clicking sound when i ride it i weight 95kgs, if my daughter rides it, it makes no sound

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People describe the noise they hear in different ways. For me a clicking sound is actually very specific....as opposed to squeek or a knock. If you ca hear it above the tyre on trail noise it is probably being amplified. The hollow tubes that make up the bike frame are good amplifiers.
I had a clicking noise on my gen 3 Levo Comp. It was at the front of the bike and definitely coincided with compression of the fork. Removing the forks and compressing them by hand eliminated them as the cause....so the headset was the next likely source. I checked for headset play before removing the fork....there was none. The headset is the type that carries a multi tool and is tightened from below. It also has the bearing cups arrangement that enables head angle adjustment. That means the lower bearing sits in a bearing seat which in turn sits in the fixed headtube bearing seat. The headset was clean and had sufficient grease......the bike was after all only a few weeks old. What I found was that the headset needs to be set with the bike on the ground so that the bearing cups and seats align correctly before then tightening the assembly. That fixed the clicking.

GrahamA said:

Sorry i haven’t managed to do it yet, i usually take it to the shop to get them to try and fix it, i just haven’t had the time. Mine only makes the clicking sound when i ride it i weight 95kgs, if my daughter rides it, it makes no sound

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No worries, I jumped in and did it this afternoon. If yours is the same as mine, it's really straightforward. Two 5mm hex bolts either side of the top of the shock and a bolt that fits into a socket on the other side of the shock at the bottom. Removing the top bolts first, the frame lowers easily onto the rear tyre.

Cleaned and lightly greased. Didn't stop the creak New chain next, then the drop post/seatpost 'rebuild'.

Have you checked the saddle? Installation points and steel frame movement in plastic seat? Any keys or similar in the pockets making noise? Shoe laces? Do you have tubes in tires -> Valve movement in rim - put some silicone oil on thread / rim.

What is that gravel there? BTW in the video, there seems to be to much pressure in the damper. There is lots of unused suspension, i.e. covered by dust.

Arminius said:

What is that gravel there? BTW in the video, there seems to be to much pressure in the damper. There is lots of unused suspension, i.e. covered by dust.

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I live in a place where it never rains so there is always lots of dust on the trials. Even when the bike is clean it still makes the noise. Could too much pressure in the damper be causing this clicking?

GrahamA said:

I live in a place where it never rains so there is always lots of dust on the trials. Even when the bike is clean it still makes the noise. Could too much pressure in the damper be causing this clicking?

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Do not think the damper makes the noise but the setup is to hard.

Please check your shoes / laces, if these are hitting the frame. You wouldn‘t need the first one with that causing ticks.

Touchstone64 said:

No worries, I jumped in and did it this afternoon. If yours is the same as mine, it's really straightforward. Two 5mm hex bolts either side of the top of the shock and a bolt that fits into a socket on the other side of the shock at the bottom. Removing the top bolts first, the frame lowers easily onto the rear tyre.

Cleaned and lightly greased. Didn't stop the creak New chain next, then the drop post/seatpost 'rebuild'.

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Thanks for the input, let me know how you get on

Touchstone64 said:

New chain next

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Nope, not the chain. Think I'll remove the crank arms and chainring, clean, grease and reseat everything next. There's not much left to refit!

Last week I experienced two annoying , and different mechanical sounds, within minutes of each other, while riding to the trail-head and only under torque conditions.

Great . Our dry and hot weather has finally caught up to me. I pulled over to the side of the pavement and started my search. Nothing found. I continued on and the sound amplified.(to me anyway).

When I returned home, after a few hours, I began my search. Safe in the bike cave, bike in the stand, surrounded by my lotions and potions specifically for mountain bikes.

After some investigation i found two issues. Front calliper misalignment and the right side magnetic pedal. I fixed the calliper alignment issue and then started disassembling the pedal.

Wow! Dry as a bone. No grease and the needle bearings were rusted. This was totally my fault. My maintenance routine was obviously lacking. However there was a glimmer of light …time for some new and updated magnetic peddles …right.

I glanced over their website and found some slight improvements and a variety of new colours were now available. Similar price as before but still pricey. I emailed the company and asked for a quote to deliver these pedals to my location, Coquitlam Canada.

Now I understand that there is difference in the dollar and shipping can be complicated sometimes. No problem. But Tariffs on this product could apply so the company reduced the price. Perhaps to compensate for the increase in price due to Tariffs.

I’ll try not to get political …but the Mango Menace strikes again.

I’ll respond back to the company via email and decline the offer. I’ll either wait for a few years, rebuild the peddles myself, change my technique or find another source in a friendly country.