Last week in the shop, a customer insisted his creaking noise was a 'bottom bracket poltergeist' and asked if I could perform an exorcism. | Bicycle Mechanics

Tessa Black · 2026-03-09T15:10:08.336592+00:00

He was dead serious, so I charged him $60 for a 'spiritual realignment' which was just a full drivetrain clean, new chain, and proper torque on the crank bolts, and he left convinced the ghost was gone, so has anyone else had to get creative with a customer's bizarre diagnosis?

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Last week in the shop, a customer insisted his creaking noise was a 'bottom bracket poltergeist' and asked if I could perform an exorcism. | Bicycle Mechanics - The Design Community Hub