What Have You Fettled Today?

[EckyH]

Attached a new headset, an old bottom bracket and an old rear derailleur to a bicycle frame, swapped the chainrings from grey 50/34 to black 44/34 and the heavy metal seatpost clamp to a lighter one made of aluminium.

E.

 

[biggs682]

Cleaned my razor as it self destructed as I finished my weekly shave this morning.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Lubed the chain, 650km and several floods since last lube.

 

[geocycle]

New valve in mixer tap to stop drip. Had tried to clean up old one without success so the new one was needed. Was shocked to find that the Franke ones with 28 splines are £18!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I just cleaned the shower. This involved taking off the plastic around the glass and cleaning it and putting it back on.

That's fettling. Sort of.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

After the failed experiment of 38mm Marathon GT365 on the Super Galaxy I decided to go back to the 32mm today. Before I popped the old marathons back on I gave them an inspection and they are looking very tired, I've done 3000km on them mostly on Stockport and Manchester's glass strewn roads, and they are the original tyres on the bike so circa 12 years old, despite the first 10 and a bit years sitting unused in a garage after a puncture.

Anyway I digress, whilst if they where still on the bike I would have left them for a bit it didn't make sense to stick them back on. I got a pair of Marathon Plus in the more modern tread over a year ago for this very moment, so they have gone on.

Mudguards readjusted and ready for the morning hopefully will be a better experience.

 

[Fredo76]

Swapped out the 117.5 mm Shimano BB for a 123.5 mm one, to get more clearance for the small ring.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Lubed the chain, 650km and several floods since last lube.

Am intrigued by this, as 15km in the rain with one flood seems to reliably strip all the lube from mine (Finish line wet lube)

What magical concoction do you use to so successfully resist British roads?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Am intrigued by this, as 15km in the rain with one flood seems to reliably strip all the lube from mine (Finish line wet lube)

What magical concoction do you use to so successfully resist British roads?

ISO 100 oil mixed with ISO 7 viscosity oil in a 3:1 ratio. Apply a drop to a roller one at a time. After rotating chain a few revolutions wipe down outside of chain with old cloth to stop it attracting dirt. Then good to go.

 

[All uphill]

New cassette, chain and tyres on son's workhorse Carrera ebike.

I showed son how to get a Marathon+ on without levers or broken thumbs. He then repeated on the other wheel.

It's a great feeling passing on important knowledge.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Car battery charging. Was meant to be MOT day but car wouldn’t start. Not completely flat, and smart charger doing a good job. Hopefully MOT tomorrow will go okay.

 

[fossyant]

Fettled some shoes ? My ebay offer on a pair of Shimano MW7's was accepted and they arrived yesterday. Removed the foot bed and popped the shoes and footbed through the wash twice. The original owner must have been somewhere 'loamy' near a forest as the wash brought quite a few 'bits' of dried out fir tree out of the shoes ! Made a repair to a slight rip in one of the shoes (which I was aware of) - blob of super glue and it's sorted - likely a chainring 'catch'. Popped the shoes on-top of the dehumidifier and they are like new this morning.

So that's three pairs of winter boots now, 2 x MW7 (one for commutes, one for weekend) and a pair of road RW5. That's warm and dry feet for me.

 

[dimrub]

Replaced the EZwheels on my Brompton, having just received the new set from Ali. I went about it in the exemplary way (in a sense of making quite an example out of myself of how not to do things). I persuaded myself that I will be able to complete the task without removing the wheel. I then proceeded to remove the old set successfully, at which point it became abundantly clear that reinstallation without wheel removal is mission impossible. I then removed the wheel, installed the new set and put the wheel back.

Quite an improvement on the old set though!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've got a bike in the stand with centre pull brakes which is a nice change and something of a learning experience.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fully charged battery back in car. Here’s hoping MOT this afternoon goes well.