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There is a tick/creak that seems to be coming from my stem and/or bars.
Set up:
Steel frame
Steel fork/steerer
Al King headset with included plastic spacer
Al headset spacers (black ano.), one above stem and one below.
Titec Fat-Head Ti stem (one bolt on steerer clamp, two on handlebar clamp. Steel hardware)
White Bros. Ti handlebar with black ano. Al shims.
I have heard everything from no grease/anti-seize required (from Titec) to anti-sieze on everything (various posts here).
Thus far light grease on stem bolts only hasn't worked, heavier grease on stem bolts only hasn't worked and heavy grease on stem bolts and light grease between the shims, bar and stem hasn't worked. In each case a small "tick" starts up after a couple miles, which increases over rough ground and when climbing out of the saddle.
Is it something that can be fixed? Should I learn to live with it? Possible component defect?
Any advice or info would be much appreciated.
Set up:
Steel frame
Steel fork/steerer
Al King headset with included plastic spacer
Al headset spacers (black ano.), one above stem and one below.
Titec Fat-Head Ti stem (one bolt on steerer clamp, two on handlebar clamp. Steel hardware)
White Bros. Ti handlebar with black ano. Al shims.
I have heard everything from no grease/anti-seize required (from Titec) to anti-sieze on everything (various posts here).
Thus far light grease on stem bolts only hasn't worked, heavier grease on stem bolts only hasn't worked and heavy grease on stem bolts and light grease between the shims, bar and stem hasn't worked. In each case a small "tick" starts up after a couple miles, which increases over rough ground and when climbing out of the saddle.
Is it something that can be fixed? Should I learn to live with it? Possible component defect?
Any advice or info would be much appreciated.