...out came the sun
and dried up all the rain
and the Flite's ti rails
began to creak again
Dissimilar metals, road grime, rain, neglect, heavy rotation, ridden hard, put away wet.
Do you hear that creaking?
There are special procedures to isolate the source of “the noise du jour”. To pin it down to the rails of your saddle, stop pedaling and shift your weight around on the saddle, waggle your ass, side to side, front to back. You put your ass in, you put your ass out, you put your ass in and you shake it all about…This may be amusing to your co-workers, other cyclists and passing motorists, but it works. They might think you’re attempting to adjust your chamois, or scratch an unreachable itch or that you’re just a strange one. And maybe you are.
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