What Have You Fettled Today?

[fritz katzenjammer]

Replaced a frame on a carbon road bike today. The customer crashed in a big way and broke the top tube against his thigh, apparently he had quite the bruise to show for it. I’m not likely to ever be convinced that a frame material that can fail if hit wrong and then cannot be recycled is a good idea.

Anyway, six hours later it’s done, half the time seemed to be rerouting all the internal lines and bleeding brakes. Now we need a new right hand control unit because it seems the crash has damaged it worse than was originally thought and the master cylinder is leaking internally. Oh well… it’s Ultegra so that won’t be cheap either.

 

[Punkawallah]

The Joys of Internal Routing :-)

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

The Joys of Internal Routing :-)

I notice the bike in your avatar seems to lack internal routing…

Or carbon…

Or Di2…

Or hydraulics…

Or a threadless stem…

Nice.


Now please post a bigger picture.

 

[EckyH]

To contrast that high sophisticated modern operation, I cut a steel (!) fork to length for now, deburred the cut and inserted the star nut.
For the record: that bicycle has neither internal cable routing nor hydraulic brake hoses.

E.

 

[FrankCrank]

I've got a Raleigh Twenty from 1977 with internal cable routing - what goes around comes around, eh

 

[Punkawallah]

I notice the bike in your avatar seems to lack internal routing…

Or carbon…

Or Di2…

Or hydraulics…

Or a threadless stem…

Nice.


Now please post a bigger picture.

Is it worth setting up an ‘Only Fans’, I wonder? The latest picture is nowhere to be found, but here is the penultimate one running Suntour AR. Will update when I get to the desk top.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Is it worth setting up an ‘Only Fans’, I wonder? The latest picture is nowhere to be found, but here is the penultimate one running Suntour AR. Will update when I get to the desk top.

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A properly beautiful bike, makes you wonder why we’ve moved away from such lovely durable frames.

my similar machine was grabbed off the scrap heap at work, apparently these things are not worth the cost of maintenance.

 

[Punkawallah]

A properly beautiful bike, makes you wonder why we’ve moved away from such lovely durable frames.

my similar machine was grabbed off the scrap heap at work, apparently these things are not worth the cost of maintenance.

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Scrap heap? Please, say it isn't so?

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Scrap heap? Please, say it isn't so?

Yup… it was deemed not worth repair and tossed. It needed tires, a seat and a seatpost to be rideable. I’ve spent a bit on it since but it was not really needed.

now that I’ve serviced it a bit and adjusted it to my size it’s amazing how much like my 2023 Trek Domane this thing feels and rides. All it needs are the modern controls to feel bang up to date.

 

[Bristolian]

Today I fitted a pair of TAGVO Bar End Bike Mirrors bought from Amazon and replaced the brake cables and outers. The cable inners came from my spares box and the outers are Jagwire KEB-SL Compressionless Brake Outer Casing, which I bought from SJS Cycles.

The acid test of both should come tomorrow - Storm Isha willing

 

[EckyH]

Made a special washer for a braze on front derailleur out of an old adjusting part (one of those "hollow" aluminum parts on the brake pad shaft) of a V brake.

E.

 

[HLaB]

A very minor fettle from me today. When I put the new shifter on my winter/commuter bike last week, it was a little too square. So I rotated it in a bit.

 

[Punkawallah]

A very minor fettle from me today. When I put the new shifter on my winter/commuter bike last week, it was a little too square. So I rotated it in a bit.

In all honesty? Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that make all the difference ;-)

 

[FrankCrank]

Time for some new tyres on the front of the trike

The cost for 2 tyres and tubes is £7.50. All are locally made, the tyre factory a 10 minute drive from the house. Bought from a nearby mama & papa bike shop - gotta support the local community. Not pretending they're high quality, but if I get a couple of years out of them I'm happy.

The bearings were a bit loose, so a quick adjustment and all is fine. The spokes are pretty rusted, but that will have to wait for another time - will treat to some nice stainless ones methinks.

 

[ColinJ]

(Yesterday) I cleaned and lubed my chain and rear brake pivots after they had corroded because I left the bike covered in salty grit after a wintry ride.

I must sort out my CAADX, which is well-equipped for winter...