Amor Fati

being tested today i guess...

this week - this time of year...

the bottom bracket noise i've been chasing...

I don't think it is the bottom bracket, or the crank, or anything else. I stripped the frame down at work (anything that bolted on to the frame other than the headset and crank). W/O touching the crank, I could get it to creak.

Found the likely spot of a crack. Put a tiny drop of heavy oil along it and went and did a scope training. came back...  quite a bit quieter.

Now if that was just a paint chip it wouldn't be an issue, and it explains why the noise went away/got quieter in the rain (water acting as a lube between the squeaking metal faces).

And yeah as much of my secret BB compound that is on all the surfaces? There's not a spot of metal on metal to make this kind of squeak.  And that it gets quiet under load means something too.

packing up early today - gonna go see what can be done about it w/o having to use the entry insurance i purchased.

heddwch
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EDIT:::

I really want to go hulk smash and through shit around and scream and destroy stuff 

GODZILLA SMASH

trying not to - but that fist of anger and frustration is not diffusing very well