[kcw72]

I have a click coming from somewhere. I think drivetrain as it seems to occur at same point in pedal or wheel revolution. But it is intermittent and only noticeable riding uphill slowly on fire road. I’ve tried pedal standing up and it still occurs, but frustratingly it doesn’t occur when bike in stand. So I assume something to do with weight on bike or torque on drivetrain. My hub is pretty loud, so i can’t be sore but I don’t think it it happens coasting. Even more annoying is I can’t replicate it at home in driveway, it only happens on fire road climb. Please throw some ideas at me, I reckon process of elimination will get it. It’s definitely a click, not a rub or a grind..
Thanks in Advance

 

[TraxFactory]

check:
chainring
cranks
pedals
seat rails
seat tube + clamp
suspension links

 

[natas1321]

pedals, of seat tube would be my first two guesses and the usual culprits for myself.

 

[kcw72]

Thanks, couple suggestions in there that I haven’t tried yet.

 

[Mike's MTB]

Clean and grease your headset.

I had a similar issue with my bike. I only heard the click click click while pedaling slowly up a long hill. Went through everything else on the bike before figuring it out.

 

[mtnbkrmike]

@kcw72 Check pedals first. It’s quick and easy, and may very well be the culprit.

I wore out the bearings in the first set of pedals I ran on my Wahoo KICKR bike. It’s still under warranty and I almost returned it last month. I had a click click click at exactly 11 o’clock on the right side. I almost went mad. It largely matched your description of symptoms - including no noise when unweighted and noise still when standing (which likely rules out your saddle). But mine went from intermittent, to a 100% hit rate when weighted, at 11 o’clock.

So so so glad I tried changing my pedals.

Good luck. For me, noises like you describe suck the joy from riding, and drive me even crazier. I am so noise averse these days that I seriously wonder if I need some professional counselling.

 

[127.0.0.1]

rear axle, dropouts, rear derailleur bolt...that can do it too

 

[Mountainfrog]

Check your drive side BB also. I had a loose BB and it did exactly what you have described. I never thought I'd have a BB come loose and it took 28 years before it actually happened on one of my bikes.

 

[LVLBTY]

Check the cassette too, I had mine come lose, click click under pedal pressure.

 

[SteveF]

Are your shoes lace up? Could be a lace tip tapping your crankarm.

 

[141]

For me turning off the derailleur clutch removes a clicking sounds that happens while pedaling.

 

[bingemtbr]

I had a click-click-click occurring intermittently. Tried all the usual suspects. Turns out the sealant in my rear tire had dried out to the point that it had balled up within the tire. The "clicking" noise was the hard, dried out balls of sealant rolling around in my rear tire. Weird and simple to fix.

 

[CLDSDL43]

Chain ring bolts (if any). Back in the 3 ring day thats what drove me crazy.

 

[Shark]

Bb bearing. Pedal bearing....

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[Fuse6F]

its your shoes. either the eyelets or a loose lace end it hitting the cranks as you rotate

dont feel bad, happens all the time

your welcome!
😁

 

[kcw72]

its your shoes. either the eyelets or a loose lace end it hitting the cranks as you rotate

dont feel bad, happens all the time

your welcome!
😁

I like this answer the best !!! I’ve taken off both wheels cleaned and reinstalled, removed brake pads and reinstalled. Checked all bolts torqued and still click today. Just pullled off cranks, cleaned, greases and reinstalled. See how that goes tomorrow. Thanks for all replies.

 

[Purulento]

Please throw some ideas at me

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