Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I’d expect the brewery for that amount of work
What Have You Fettled Today?
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I’d expect the brewery for that amount of work
Fredo76
Über Member
- Location
- Española, NM
Replaced my 70mm stem with a 90mm one.
Step 1 - the cables are too short to take the quill adapter out first, so loosen the stem first, then take the adapter out.
Yes, it was in far enough. And yes, the tire is flat.
Old stem off.
New stem on. It looks to be 1cm lower as well as 2cm longer. Old stem was 7°, new stem is 17°, so no rise.
Hope I like it.
It sure is easier to not have to remove half of the bar tape and one of the brake levers, just to change stems. Time to swap the speedo over, and wash the bar tape!
Step 1 - the cables are too short to take the quill adapter out first, so loosen the stem first, then take the adapter out.
Yes, it was in far enough. And yes, the tire is flat.
Old stem off.
New stem on. It looks to be 1cm lower as well as 2cm longer. Old stem was 7°, new stem is 17°, so no rise.
Hope I like it.
It sure is easier to not have to remove half of the bar tape and one of the brake levers, just to change stems. Time to swap the speedo over, and wash the bar tape!
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
The double tap shifter on my Kona has been a little rough of late. So I removed the cover today and cleaned the ratchet mechanism out with Muc Off degreaser, before covering it in Lithium grease as per SRAM's instructions. All feels good now, but I'll take it for a proper spin later and check.
EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Next changes on the Brompton: cleaned the chain tensioner, trued the rear wheel and put on a new tire (Continental Urban Contact), upgraded the brakes, switched the sprockets from 12/16 to 13/15.
The old chain (SRAM PC-10, probably roughly 1000km) runs very loud now. I'll put on a new Shimano HG-71 tomorrow.
In my opinion the design of the original chain tensioner wheels with lots of rectangular pockets and holes wasn't a good idea. Except it was the plan to store the grime there. That works really good.
E.
The old chain (SRAM PC-10, probably roughly 1000km) runs very loud now. I'll put on a new Shimano HG-71 tomorrow.
In my opinion the design of the original chain tensioner wheels with lots of rectangular pockets and holes wasn't a good idea. Except it was the plan to store the grime there. That works really good.
E.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Finally sorted out the headset on my tourer so it no longer tries to turn corners without permission. The problem was quickly found; one of the cages was badly damaged.
I was feeling pretty smug about this until I moved the headlight and it ceased to work, so I had to 'borrow' one from work and fit that instead. First use was this morning; it turns out dynamo LED technology has moved on in the last decade...
I was feeling pretty smug about this until I moved the headlight and it ceased to work, so I had to 'borrow' one from work and fit that instead. First use was this morning; it turns out dynamo LED technology has moved on in the last decade...
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
Stripped the mtb down and re greased EVERYTHING! if the unlocatable creak hasn't gone now it's gonna be a bike shop job I reckon.
New gear cable and fettled/bodged a front fork bag bracket on for Saturdays camping overnighter.
It's finally shifting how I want it to, getting better at dialling gears in.
Also took a hacksaw to a spatula and kitchen knife so they fit inside my Trangia.
New gear cable and fettled/bodged a front fork bag bracket on for Saturdays camping overnighter.
It's finally shifting how I want it to, getting better at dialling gears in.
Also took a hacksaw to a spatula and kitchen knife so they fit inside my Trangia.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Good idea. Nicely filed down too.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Had the great pleasure of just checking three bikes today; both fixed by clients, one of whom I've trained from scratch.
The Boss came to collect his son's bike. Fortunately I had a few minutes warning because when I moved it the rear mech was rubbing on the chain. After some swearing I decided the simplest solution was to twist the gear hanger slightly, even though it was pretty straight. The clicking vanished and the gears changed better so clearly this needed doing, even though the rubbing wasn't present when I last looked at it. Ho hum...
The Boss came to collect his son's bike. Fortunately I had a few minutes warning because when I moved it the rear mech was rubbing on the chain. After some swearing I decided the simplest solution was to twist the gear hanger slightly, even though it was pretty straight. The clicking vanished and the gears changed better so clearly this needed doing, even though the rubbing wasn't present when I last looked at it. Ho hum...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
A bodge cellar wall fettle...
I had a minor leak in the water main coming into the house. That has been fixed but since then I noticed that a small puddle had developed on the cellar floor. I thought that the pipe repair might be to blame, but no - I found a small crack in the mortar of the stonework of an external wall of the cellar. We have had a lot of rain here in the past few days and some of it has been finding a path through the wall. I dug out around the hole today and filled it.
I think that I might eventually have to do a more permanent wall repair, but let's see if this does the trick.
The cellar is directly under this room and it has airbricks to ventilate it. The trouble is that that causes the cellar to be incredibly chilly in the winter and makes the house very draughty. My plan is to close off the airbricks in the winter and use a dehumidifier to keep the cellar dry. That could work without the leak, but definitely won't if I have a regular trickle of fresh rainwater going in there.
I had a minor leak in the water main coming into the house. That has been fixed but since then I noticed that a small puddle had developed on the cellar floor. I thought that the pipe repair might be to blame, but no - I found a small crack in the mortar of the stonework of an external wall of the cellar. We have had a lot of rain here in the past few days and some of it has been finding a path through the wall. I dug out around the hole today and filled it.
I think that I might eventually have to do a more permanent wall repair, but let's see if this does the trick.
The cellar is directly under this room and it has airbricks to ventilate it. The trouble is that that causes the cellar to be incredibly chilly in the winter and makes the house very draughty. My plan is to close off the airbricks in the winter and use a dehumidifier to keep the cellar dry. That could work without the leak, but definitely won't if I have a regular trickle of fresh rainwater going in there.
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
Thanks.
I'm not a weight weenie by any means btw, it's just practical 🙂.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I am highly likely to pinch the idea as I can see the advantages over searching in my bag for the cutlery.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
indexed the gears on the giant OCR then took the quill stem out to have a look to see if i could see any sizing for the bar clamp without much luck as nothing is stamped on it as far i as i can see.
The standard and oversize stems i have dont fit it so diameter wise im at a bit of a loss im thinking its an odd size , certainly not worth dropping £30 for a shorter like for like model
The standard and oversize stems i have dont fit it so diameter wise im at a bit of a loss im thinking its an odd size , certainly not worth dropping £30 for a shorter like for like model
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
A while back I asked for suggestions on a wobbly headset. I think I found the problem:
New salvaged cage fitted, headset now smooth again...
New salvaged cage fitted, headset now smooth again...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Bottom bearing?
Jameshow
Veteran
Great idea watch out kitchen spatula tenon saws coming for you!!
