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Help with Sentinel creaking

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flag Explodo
Posted: Apr 16, 2025 at 13:26 Quote
I got a carbon Sentinel in spring of 2024 when they were on sale. I built it up and within a few months, started having to chase a creak when pedaling hard. I've ridden with the seat down to isolate it to pedaling. I've swapped the cranks, bb, and pedals. I've taken all of the pivots apart and cleaned and regreased them. I've checked torque specs everywhere. What gives? It just won't stop being noisy and I'm about ready to get rid of it because a noisy bike is something I cannot tolerate.
flag eshew
Posted: Apr 17, 2025 at 7:28 Quote
Get a friend, a stethoscope and start creaking. Could be a seatpost, shock hardware, pivot bolt, headset bits... Something needs grease or a little antiseize to be quiet.
flag Garbjonzos
Posted: Apr 18, 2025 at 13:15 Quote
Probably not helpful if you've eliminated the seatpost by pedaling out of the saddle. I had some creaking when pedaling that was coming from the seatpost so I put some carbon paste on it and torqued it to spec, and it seemed to have fixed it.

Good luck finding that mouse.
flag accuracy
Posted: May 12, 2025 at 22:52 Quote
Check the rear derailleur cable housing coming out of the front triangle
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