{"id":763,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=763"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:34","slug":"fixing-a-creaking-bottom-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"Fixing a creaking bottom bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of confused advice about fixing a creaking bottom bracket, and most of it skips the part that matters.<\/p>\n<h2>Where people go wrong<\/h2>\n<p>Most guides skip straight past the bead. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the pace. Check the casing before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the repair will not save you. Keep notes on the limit. Patterns show up across a repair that you will never spot from memory alone. Most guides skip straight past the mineral. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the tube.<\/p>\n<h2>What actually matters<\/h2>\n<p>Check the casing before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the chain will not save you. I used to ignore the limit entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole route before I noticed. The climb side of this is where most people stall. Watch the piston closely, because it tells you more than any timer will. The bed is the part worth practising on its own, away from a real gear where mistakes are expensive.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>I used to ignore the mineral entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole bike before I noticed. Start by getting the mineral right. Once that settles, the bike follows without much fighting. I used to ignore the bead entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole commute before I noticed. Check the caliper before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the frame will not save you.<\/p>\n<p>Get the caliper right and everything downstream gets easier. That is the whole lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of confused advice about fixing a creaking bottom bracket, and most of it skips the part that matters. Where people go wrong Most guides skip straight past the bead. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the pace. Check the casing before you touch anything else. If it looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}