Creaking WTB saddle

[Johnnysmooth]

New bike, with new WTB Silverado Race saddle and reverb dropper. Out for third ride on this new bike and saddle is creaking like crazy - driving me crazy.
Anyone else have a problem with this saddle?
Were you able to stop this maddening creak?
I like my bikes whisper quiet...

[headtube]

You sure it's the saddle? Could be the post. I'd start there. Remove the post and clean any grit or dirt. After cleaning, if it's a carbon post add some fiber grip on reassembly. Also, it doesn't hurt to add a tad of lube to your saddle rail attachment points.

[TheRookie]

Try a dot of lube where the saddle rails go into the shell....

[Johnnysmooth]

Thx for tips - will do both (had to do something similar in past for a Thompson post which made a ton of racket until i greased the saddle/rail bolts.

[DanW]

My WTB was a noisy bugger. Drop of lube in the saddle rail- saddle interface was a temporary fix, replacing the saddle the permanent fix

[whilgenberg]

WTB saddles just seem to do that. Squirt a bit of a penetrating lubricant under the nose and let it sit nose down for a little while to allow for it to get in there. That should fix it for a while.

It will come back depending on conditions.

[MikeDee]

If you have another saddle or seatpost, swap it out to eliminate the seatpost being the cause. I swore my saddle was the problem but it turned out to be the seatpost where the head was bonded to the carbon post.

[deek]

My Reverb and a few of my friends' squeak where the bottom clamp mates to the post. Grease that part and you should be good to go.

[Johnnysmooth]

Fixed it
Was indeed the saddle, where the rails enter the nose.
Squirted some lube in there, let it sit/flow down in and viola - no noise.

Now the question is:
If this is a chronic issue with these saddles, should I just get it replaced (believe still under warranty with CC)

[MikeDee]

Fixed it
Was indeed the saddle, where the rails enter the nose.
Squirted some lube in there, let it sit/flow down in and viola - no noise.

Now the question is:
If this is a chronic issue with these saddles, should I just get it replaced (believe still under warranty with CC)

I would try to get it replaced. I haven't had any creaking issues with my WTB saddles.

[DanW]

I've had about half a dozen WTB's on various bikes in the past. Every single one creaked. It took a while but I eventually learned my lesson and switched

[Johnnysmooth]

My WTB was a noisy bugger. Drop of lube in the saddle rail- saddle interface was a temporary fix, replacing the saddle the permanent fix

Did the squirt trick recommended here - worked for exactly 2 rides. Switched to an older Aliante I had - problem solved.
Now dealing with Competitive Cyclists for warranty - guy on phone said this was a pretty chronic issue for WTB.

Never was an issue for the Selle I had on my rigid, nor any Fizik I've had

[TheRookie]

Get it swapped under warranty, sell it as new (before it creaks) and fit a decent saddle!

[Steve_W]

Just lubed my selle italia slr just the other day.....creaking gone. Seems a few saddles share this problem. Easy fix though.