Inspired fourplay creak

[Jamie mcdonald]

I have just bought and inspired fourplay and within a week the front end is creaking I have creased the bars and stem bolts wondering if it could be anything else. before I take apart the headset. 

[AndyT]

Leave it out inna few thunderstorms should sort it out 

[Mark W]

On 6/4/2022 at 12:33 PM, Jamie mcdonald said:

I have just bought and inspired fourplay and within a week the front end is creaking I have creased the bars and stem bolts wondering if it could be anything else. before I take apart the headset. 

Can you isolate roughly where the creaking is coming from? There's a lot of front end related stuff that could cause a creak like loose rotor bolts, pad knock, contaminated pads (if you're only hearing the noise when you're braking), loose headset, tight headset, etc...

If you're getting the noise when you just rock the bike backwards and forwards on the ground with the front brake on, turn the forks 90° and see if it still does it. That should isolate whether it's more to do with the brakes/your front wheel or the headset.

With the bar clamp bolts, it's worth making sure they're evenly tightened up. Backing them so they're almost fully out then counting the turns as you go for each bolt should help keep them even. Plenty of grease on the bolt threads (and potentially a dab under the bolt head if you want, although I think they have washers on those bolts) will help too. Tightening the bolts in a cross pattern is the way to go too, so for example doing the top left - bottom right - bottom left - top right. Go bit by bit.

In general though, taking parts off, cleaning them, adding grease and reassembling is the best solution to creaking. The front end of the Fourplay is fairly simple so it shouldn't take long to do