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Pain is is on the right leg: right between the glutes and harmstring on the left hand inside side of the right leg. Just where the leg stops and the butt starts. I havn't yet figured out yet why I have it, and I presume its down to the seat, as it has almost no cushion on it and I m pretty heavy already. I ve been resting it since Sunday's cobra race, and I can still feel it, but it has gotten a lot better. Been doing no cycling or running for that matter, just stretching and icing it in the evening.

Have had a bike fitting, so I think its the seat.

Cycle Lab in Westlake is good. But as I live in Seapoint my preferred option is John O'Connor Bike Shop in Mouille Point. Great service and highly recommended

Where are you based?

Looking for some advice on seats for my bike. I currently use a Sella Italia SL seat. But I seem to have picked up a strain that is between my right harmstring and my glutes. It seems the seat makes it worse and I had to shift my weight to ensure less pain throughout the Cobra on Sunday. Has anybody else experienced this kind of pain from a seat? And can anybody recommend a lightweight seat, similiar to Sella Itala Sl, but maybe one that distributes the weight better?

After re-tightening the skewers and I mean they are tight now, and cleaning the cleats and pedals and then putting talcum powder on them; results are in. After taking it for a spin up and down the road, trying to put all my weight into the pedals and accelerating, it seems creaking noise is gone. Of course as retarded I am, I did all suggestions at once, without testing in between to see if it was the skewers or the pedals with the talcum powder. But this will be seen properly when taking it for another morning ride tomorrow morning! If

gone try pedal/cleat thing and try using talcum powder, and also tighten up the skewers. And gone take it for a spin a minute.

After having an engineer/maintenance guy have a look at the bike, he said it was the pedals fault for the creaking noise. So I got a new pair of pedals (Must admit I wanted some cool new ones anyhow), but on my ride this afternoon (50km) the creaking noise was back. It seems that when I do a smooth pedal stroke, without putting proper power through the pedals, no creaking noise appears. Only when I put proper power through the pedals that the creaking noise comes, both standing and sitting and it seems on most chain-rings and also on the rear bracket now. The frame looks fine, I can't see any tears in the carbon or hairline fractures. I m close to throwing the bike of a balcony, and I don't live on a floor where the bike would survive the fall.

Legendary. I almost crashed my cycle in Bristol (UK) once, as there was a massive Advertising Board on a roundabout of some Hot chick in pretty much no clothes! I mean what were they thinking......

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End Result was that although the bike rolled very smoothly throughout the 75km, on the small chainring on the front creaking noise would appear when I would put a lot of power and weight through the pedals/crank! But only when the chain was on the small chainring on the front and middle to smallest chainring on the back! But not when going up the hill at 18km/h on small chainring upfront and largest chainring on the back. Creaking was there when I was standing or sitting. Couldnt feel anything wrong with the bike, except of course the creaking. Any further suggesstions?

After taking it apart as much as I could with limited tools, it seems that the creaking noise was from the saddle. Took it for a quick spin up and down the road, putting all my weight into the pedals whilst seating and standing on front big and small chainring and it seems the noise is gone. However I m slightly dubious about this, as often only after the 35km mark the creaking appears. So I guess tomorrow's Olympic Cycles/Pres Les "Journey 4 Sight 'n Service" Cycle Tour will have to do as my proper test ride. Feeling nervous as I ve done only one 50km cycle since 19th of December. I be in starting Group Z, looking for a slow way round! Thanks for all the advice and hopefully it be a race without distorting noise effects.

Thanks for all the advice, will work my way through my bike over the weekend trying out all possible suggestions and hopefully it will cure this diseased creaking noise.

I am at the end of my wits in regards to a creaking noise that my bike, a carbon Canyon Ultimate CF', seems to be giving out. Original thought was that it would be the bottom bracket, however this has now been rebuild probably about 4 times by a bikeshop! Subsequently the bottom bracket it can't be. The creaking noise comes when I m climbing and really pushing it on the small chainring on the front. The same noise comes also when I m going flat out on the big chainring. It always seems to happen when I put a lot of power through the pedals. The bikeshop has been more than amazing, trying everything possible what it could be, including tightening up the chainrings, lubricating every possible part of the bike. And i keep going back saying that the creaking noise is still there, and I feel rather idiotic that I have done so up to ten times. The bike seems still to ride smoothly and the bottom bracket feels just fine. Any suggestions would be fantastic, as I m out of ideas and I don't like feeling idiotic constantly having to bother my local bikeshop. Few More Details of Bike Setup: My Own weight: 84kilos (wee bit heavy) Campo Record Groupset Dt Swiss Hubs Look Keo Carbon Pedals