What Have You Fettled Today?

[Arjimlad]

My Wellgo SPD pedals have been clicking away for some time. Having stripped & relubed the BB last week the click became ever more annoying.

I took them off, lifted up the rubber seal and gave them each a good squirt of aerosol-propelled grease before popping them back on again.

The ride in this morning was click-free but the escess grease has dribbled out a little bit here & there.. nothing a babywipe won't sort though.

 

[Christopher]

Installed cheap computer on cheap commuter. It works!

Bought pack of pawl springs for Campag hub, having bent the old one to heck after 'servicing' the hub (= 'making a pigs ear of it and having to carefully re-assemble the hub'). At least the bearings are okay, and you can replace all races + bearings when they are shot, not cheap though - about £40....

 

[Tribanite]

Flipped the stem,angled the bars ..... then the phone rang and i'm now at work

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Gave the MTB a good wash to remove yesterday's off-road crud, put my spare chain on and swapped the knobbly wheels for slick wheels ready for Tuesday's ride(s)

 

[gbb]

The wife has been complaining all winter there's a puncture that needs fixing on her bike (sounds bad, but she doesn't ride in the winter, there was never any rush).
Shamed into finally fixing it, dragged the bike out of the shed....eh, no puncture, fully inflated. When did I do that ?I ask myself ???

 

[subaqua]

rubbed the frame down on youngests "new" bike ready for priming and spraying next weekend. have all the bits from Chain reaction now and so far has come in at £90 for parts including a clarks brake set , thats the complete set cables , blocks calipers and levers for front and back at £22 . new chain , new bearings . 2 weeks time its the big reassemble and he will be helping me ( he is 5 so please wish me luck)

 

[ACS]

Bottom bracket on the commuter (Tricross sport 09) has been feeling a bit rough of late and as Its the original unit a replacement was required. Crackset off without much trouble. The 'cups' took a little more persuasion, the use of some mild industrial Anglo-Saxon appeared to have has a positive effect and off they came. Took out the BB which simply fell apart on my hands. Oh!

Good clean, lube up and everything went back together without too much effort. Took it out one a test ride and its a bit creaky so I will take another put at it tomorrow.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Pumped the tyres on the P-X - hardcore me!

 

[Psycolist]

I spent 5 hours today, removing my front forks, headset, brake etc and installing a new threadless headset, and fit a nice set of alluminium forks, stripped to bear metal, much lighter than the old set. New cups were very stubborn but got them seated eventually, popped the new forks in and fitted the stem, put the new brake bolt through the mounting hole and just did up the nut finger tight, grabbed the wheel only to find that there isnt enough clearence in the forks to let my marathon turn without fowling on the horseshoe of the brake, so have to take everything off again and put the origonal ones back on... What a waste of a sunny sunday afternoon !

 

[Monsieur]

Nothing overly taxing...took stand, panniers and bottlw holder off Reebok and put onto Karakum.
Then attached 2 thule bike carriers to roof bars so now ready to take bike(s) to derbyshire next weekend for some scenic riding

 

[Octet]

My Road Bike is in need of a service, and considering the weather is just about to get warmer and I shall be using it more I thought I better do it now.

I'm going to be replacing the chain (which has a seized link which despite my best efforts is going to have to be removed), the brake cables and giving it a complete wash down and degrease of the cassettes etc. and re lubrication. A rather daunting task considering the most I've done in the past is change an inner tube, however Google is my friend (and the cheque book is ready for when I need to take it into the LBS for them to fix my sorrows).

 

[fossyant]

Integrated headset on fixed feeling slightly rough. Popped forks out, removed bearings, removed seals, re-greased reassembled sorted.

Time for new ones though, not urgent but top one slightly rough. Feels smooth now refitted, so will get some ordered.

 

[fossyant]

I spent 5 hours today, removing my front forks, headset, brake etc and installing a new threadless headset, and fit a nice set of alluminium forks, stripped to bear metal, much lighter than the old set. New cups were very stubborn but got them seated eventually, popped the new forks in and fitted the stem, put the new brake bolt through the mounting hole and just did up the nut finger tight, grabbed the wheel only to find that there isnt enough clearence in the forks to let my marathon turn without fowling on the horseshoe of the brake, so have to take everything off again and put the origonal ones back on... What a waste of a sunny sunday afternoon !

Ditch the fat tyres.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Repaired bottle cage (Giant Side Car) cracked open near one of the mounting holes resulting in lack of grip when bottle inserted and possible failure if crack spread. Made small hole with hot needle either side of the crack, and wired together to strengthen. Good side entry cage for small frames, but obviously not very robust

 

[compo]

My Bontager tyres on the Trek were looking in a bit of a state so today fitted a pair of Continental Contact tyres. The Bontragers were 700x32c and the new tyres are 700x28c. I haven't ridden them yet on the grounds it was raining and that Rule 9 only applies at weekends