Old 07-22-18, 12:02 PM
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Speedldew
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New Bike suddenly noisy after its first cleaning

So, after the first 180km on a lot of Gravel roads I decided that it's time for a first cleaning of my new Trek Checkpoint ALR4. So I did my usual bike cleaning procedure which worked uncountable times on my other bike with a Deore/LX drivetrain:
1) Rince of the bike with running water but with low pressure
2) Spray the chain with bike degreaser
3) Let the chain run through two brushes to make it sparkly clean
4) Rince off the chain again
5) let it dry in the sun for about 3 hours
6) relube the chain with an allround chain oil (Kettenwixe) which is somewhere in between a wet and a dry lube.
7) wipe off the access oil after 5 Minutes

Unfortunately when I wanted to do a bike tour today, after a few meters the bike started to make loud and noisy crackling noises with every pedal stroke on both sides - the harder the noisier. Happens in every gear, only while pedaling and also while standing. I already tried putting more lube on the chain, different pedals and taking out the crankset and cleaning it as well as the bottom bracket. I'm completely at a loss here - Only thing I can imagine is that this chain in particular doesn't take well to my cleaning procedure for some reason - it's a KMC X10-1 and came with the bike.

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