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This year hasn't been the easiest for me. Cut off from building by a lack of funds, and supplies. When I finally catch a break and get a better job, I still can't build for at least 2.5 months.
Can it get any worse? Need we ask?
It did... I've been hearing the most annoying creaking noise from my bike for awhile now. It seemed to be tied to the seat post. So, after greasing it, the noise stops for a day or two. I'd heard a loud crack (which sounded like a spoke breaking) and felt something, but inspections didn't turn up anything. I dismissed it as a rock that must have been kicked up by a car and hit the bike. The creaking has been getting worse, and when I took it into the shop, they did the same thing I did. Looked it over for cracks, and finding none, greased it again, and off I went. A couple of days ago, I went to a closer shop, and the same round inspection, and lubrication followed. Sound disappeared... Until I started home after work. Get home, inspect, nothing. Today, the sound was was really driving me nuts. I went to a 3rd bike shop, now thinking that the sound was originating from the seat itself. The mechanic cleans out the all grease (on the inside, the outside was clean), and reattaches the seat. Then he spots something. In forcing the seat back and forth, a clear crack has appeared where the top tube meets the seat post, meets the seat stays. If the crack were to completely join, the seatpost could be pulled out from the seat tube without tools. Of course, the TREK dealership is 5K away, and I have to be at work tomorrow.
The bike's a 2015 TREK 8.5. So, with a little luck, it will be covered under warranty (again)... If not, I'm looking at basically a month's pay to get a new bike that is similar in quality to this one.
Murphy was an optimist.
Can it get any worse? Need we ask?
It did... I've been hearing the most annoying creaking noise from my bike for awhile now. It seemed to be tied to the seat post. So, after greasing it, the noise stops for a day or two. I'd heard a loud crack (which sounded like a spoke breaking) and felt something, but inspections didn't turn up anything. I dismissed it as a rock that must have been kicked up by a car and hit the bike. The creaking has been getting worse, and when I took it into the shop, they did the same thing I did. Looked it over for cracks, and finding none, greased it again, and off I went. A couple of days ago, I went to a closer shop, and the same round inspection, and lubrication followed. Sound disappeared... Until I started home after work. Get home, inspect, nothing. Today, the sound was was really driving me nuts. I went to a 3rd bike shop, now thinking that the sound was originating from the seat itself. The mechanic cleans out the all grease (on the inside, the outside was clean), and reattaches the seat. Then he spots something. In forcing the seat back and forth, a clear crack has appeared where the top tube meets the seat post, meets the seat stays. If the crack were to completely join, the seatpost could be pulled out from the seat tube without tools. Of course, the TREK dealership is 5K away, and I have to be at work tomorrow.
The bike's a 2015 TREK 8.5. So, with a little luck, it will be covered under warranty (again)... If not, I'm looking at basically a month's pay to get a new bike that is similar in quality to this one.
Murphy was an optimist.
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