Thomson seat post + KH frame creak?

[onewheeldave]

@siafirede

So, I finally spent a little bit more cash and put on a nice thomson seatpost on my geared 29. The first 75 miles or so I didn’t really hear any noise, but on my most recent ride it was creaking like CRAZY. I am fairly certain it is coming from somewhere at the contact of the frame and post, but it could be the rails (yes the bolts are tight). It does not sound like a spoke creak, and I dont hear the sound when pedaling without much torque, but shifting around and forward back movement seem to cause some nasty creak…

I recently had a similar noise when I installed a new handle, which, I assumed was caused either by the new seatpost required for the handle, or, the changes in the seat.

After checking for the usual possibilities (including bearing holders) I spent 2 hours messing around with the seat/handle at the end of which, with no solution in sight, I again tightend the bearing holders and the noise dissapeared.

Details here-

Nimbus Shadow Handle first impressions

Handle came yesterday, here’s my first impressions. Firstly, some thanks are due to Roger- I’d previously ordered a KH handle some time ago, listed as ‘in stock’ on the site, but which wasn’t actually there, so, Roger promised me a good deal on the new Nimbus handle when it came out- thanks Roger Due to me having a KH 29-er, a shim was necessary in addition to the handle and seat post. Putting it together was actually quite straigthtforward- one minor niggle was that the quick …

Might be worth you re-checking the bearing holders, I wish i had