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Originally Posted by Dead Man
TWICE I've been positive a creak was a Chris King headset.. and TWICE they've proven to me I was wrong.
Good guys for putting up with me
(I'm local, so I can just ride the bike right in there)
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CK would have been seeing a lot of me in 2012. But their headsets have been totally faultless. R45 hubs are another story. If you don't clamp down on those bad boys they'll be enough play in the dropouts for some nice creaking.
Speaking of headsets, I did have one long term creak on my CAAD10. Never suspected the headset as the bearing cover and spacer weren't loose. Thought it was a similar situation to the cables being too tight or housing rubbing the stem. Finally took my stem off and noticed that the compression plug had slipped slightly. The creak always occurred under extreme load (climbing out of the saddle on 15% grades) but had become more common.
Creaks, man.