"Clicking" pedal maybe?

[bobbyg]

I have a clicking noise on my hybrid bike and I have checked everything possible but can't find the issue.
I am pretty sure I feel it through my left foot just as it is pushing down under a bit of pressure.
I have checked chains, cogs cranks, tightened every bolt that I can find but it still hasn't made a difference.

Doesn't make a noise when freewheeling or back pedalling, only when normal pedalling when under slight strain.

I have Shimano PD-T400 pedals like these
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... lsrc=aw.ds

and am now wondering is there anything that could be wrong with the actual pedal? It doesn't feel like my foot is slipping in the pedal so its not a loose cleat but is there anything else it could be?

[beardy]

Two others spring to mind, your shoes and the bottom bracket bearings, especially if they are the modern external type.

[bobbyg]

I have tried 3 sets of shoes and they all do the same.

Bike was in to my local indie bike guy and he had checked everything over including bottom bracket bearings and they were fine (this was while he replaced the chain, rear cassette and deraillieur during annual service).

[Eyebrox]

I have had this before on several occasions. The causes were:
- loose bottom bracket
- loose pedal
- loose chainring bolt(s)
- loose crank bolt
Each time the "looseness" was minimal. I slackened parts off, greased them (not ST BB axle) then tightened them all - finishing each tightening movement with a tap from a rubber mallet. Solved the problem every time despite my constant doubts.

[Brucey]

.... and I have checked everything possible....

well clearly not....

if you have not done so yet, remove the pedals from the cranks, grease both the crank thread and the pedal thread and reassemble.

Similarly it is not sufficient to merely check that chainring bolts are tight; you should remove the chainrings, clean the interfaces, and refit the bolts with lots of grease or copper ease on the bolt threads.

The same goes for the BB parts, everything really.

If you do various things one at a time you will eventually discover what caused it.

Try to eliminate the shoes, the cleats, the saddle, the seat post, the handlebars... all one at a time.

cheers

[gregoryoftours]

Also swap over to a spare pair of pedals and go for a ride to see if it still makes the noise.

[[XAP]Bob]

Is the clamp on the pedal coming loose from the pedal itself? I've had that start to shift before...

[simonhill]

Try cleaning the pedal and spindle threads. Even the smallest piece of grit can result in clicking. This is normally more of a problem if you remove the pedals frequently, eg for flying.

Simple, cheap and worth a try. Get right into the threads with very small screwdriver or fingernail on rag.

It's happened to me!!

[syklist]

It could be a click caused by the saddle frame or mountings. I had that once. The frequency of the click is the same as the frequency of a pedal/bb etc click.

[fatboy]

It could need some more grease. Simple job with one of these

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/shimano-tl-p ... -prod5968/

I've had pedals with the same axle click and then stop after a re grease.

[pwa]

I'm sure most of us have had a ticking noise we struggle to identify, only to find that it was actually a shoe lace flicking a crank, or a bit of clothing tapping the top tube.

[danielhall1237]

I've got the same problem. I took it to halfords as that's where I bought the bike from and they changed the bottom bracket but still doing it. I've been told on another forum and seen on this one maybe just take the pedals off and try different ones. Will try that and post back on here to say how it goes


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[Tiberius]

FWIW.....When I had checked out all the really obvious stuff AND it was time to get the spanners out, then my first port of call would be the pedals.....

[Flinders]

When I had this, it was the bearings.

I find I sometimes get wheel/crank bearings needing work at the end of hard winters where I've been out on rural roads with salt and grit, or after a lot of wet weather generally on what are (these days) roads liberally spread with gritty mud.

They seldom seem to clean rural roads now, though they did do one here a few weeks ago - I was astonished to see the tarmac, normally I can only see a little on each side of the road as the hump of mud in the middle had spread to over a yard wide over the years, there was even grass growing in it.

[gbnz]

It could be a click caused by the saddle frame or mountings. I had that once. The frequency of the click is the same as the frequency of a pedal/bb etc click.

Same here, I eventually found last year that the issue related to the saddle rails, clicking in conjunction with the turning of the pedals/cranks