So I took my CX bike to France. Yes this is a shameless way to post more pictures and brag about my experience. Do you blame me? Anyway, when I get home I grab the Road bike to commute and the BB is making noise, so I pull the crank and clean everything. Did I mention that I just replaced the BB about two months ago?
Well, I did. The cleaning did nothing to "fix" my noise, and now I have a shifting problem. I didn't get my derailleur cable tight enough and it will not shift into the big ring. And. On top of that I still have a creaky BB!!! The non-drive side BB cup slid out .5-1mm??? What the??? Now my shifting is off because my crank is moving .5mm back and forth. Awesome.
Somehow when I cleaned my BB I dropped a washer or spacer or who knows. Wavy washer to the rescue. Problem solved. Nope. Still have a creaky BB. How about pulling the seatpost and cleaning that? Really? Yep. Done and dusted or should I say lightly lubed?
Word to the wise or un-wise. It's not always the BB. We are so quick to blame the poor BB, it does such and awesome job, but always gets blamed for everything. I should know this by know, Right?
I know this is just my Road bike getting back at me for not taking it to France. Sorry, maybe next time you will get to go to Belgium. Now who's jealous? My MTB's that's who.
