Aethos: Weird creaking/noise

[flyordie]

Hey. I have this weird creaking on my aethos which I believe is the rear through axle. It's greased and torqued to spec but it almost seems like the flex in the frame causes the hub to move in the dropouts a tiny bit. Does anyone else have this problem?

I ruled out headset, crankset and bb already (just switched cranks and BB for silly reasons and it's unchanged...)

[rollinslow]

Hey. I have this weird creaking on my aethos which I believe is the rear through axle. It's greased and torqued to spec but it almost seems like the flex in the frame causes the hub to move in the dropouts a tiny bit. Does anyone else have this problem?

I ruled out headset, crankset and bb already (just switched cranks and BB for silly reasons and it's unchanged...)

Could definitely be the cassette. Need to make sure the lockring is tight. I also usualyl will make sure each gear on the cassette is fully in correct position (no forward play with rotation) before tightening down the lock ring. It's probably not the thru-axle.

[spdntrxi]

I had a creak on my Parlee.. finally tracked down to rear hanger was every so slightly loose. It can be frustratiing.

[stillTrying]

What wheelset are you running?
Some of those rovals have creaky spokes.
Gotta grease where the spokes overlap on the back wheel.

[flyordie]

Tried different wheels and running lightweights right now. Cassette is tight and greased

[NiFTY]

Try greasing the endcaps on the rear wheel hub. I get a creak on my evo with one wheelset if i don't, evo dropouts probably not completely square

[flyordie]

I did grease the dropouts and it didn't do the trick. Derailleur hanger is also greased and tight. Trying a tarmac TA now since that one might be stronger

[alcatraz]

So just to be clear. The creak doesn't change when you swap wheels?

[flyordie]

Yeah it doesn't:-(

[alcatraz]

Try putting down power seated or unseated.

Try one leg, left/right.

Are the wheels using different cassettes or the very same one?

What kind of frequency? (describe it carefully)

Only under power?

[MattMay]

Had something like that under power/torque/climbs. Replaced endcaps of I9 hub, gone.

[Sock3t]

Had the same - only under power. Would start with hard power then over time get worse.

Rear hub bearings in my Carbon-ti hub were destroyed. Local shop that built the wheels fixed me up quickly.

[alcatraz]

It's not the rear wheel guys. He swapped it and the creak remains.

[raggedtrousers]

Try riding the bike on a trainer and seeing if someone else can pin point where the noise is coming from.

I had this on a Madone; it took my other half listening while I rode it on the turbo to identify it was coming from the bb area, and then I narrowed it down to the plastic top hat.

[jfranci3]

This sounds like an End Cap fit issue or you're using a Road hub with a MTB freehub. Maybe you're using a SCS wheelset. WHat wheels/hub?

Otherwise one of your chainstays may be cracked.