EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Built a front wheel for the gravel bike.
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What Have You Fettled Today?
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Elybazza61
Guru
In my time in the bike shop fortunately we had a frame spreader (or fork spreader) for that.
Without that... I probably would have ended in prison for swearing and cursing too much and too loud.
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Unfortunately one of them was aluminium .
EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Replaced chain on Friday. Today I replaced the headset bearings. Steering back to it smooth agile self.
Elybazza61
Guru
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I'm trying to work through the pile of 'classic' bikes at the back of the storeroom at work and this is the first example. It'll sell at a loss for the time and parts I invested, but it means I can now approach the others with a bit more confidence.
a.twiddler
Veteran
7/2/24
Last February I used a scrap length of 12mm steel tube to beef up the side stand on the Linear. Over time it has proved a little too short, and with a load on the carrier was not as stable as I’d have liked it to be. So I’ve recently bought a length of similar tube to do a job on the trike and found I had a decent length left over, so I updated the Linear side stand with it.
Job done. Being 2” longer makes it dramatically more stable. I’ve added a foot from a walking pole to the end. Looks like all it needs is a tiny football to match and it could have a one legged kickabout. Time will tell whether I need to do something to stiffen up the pivot, or bodge a spring, if the extra length causes it to droop.
Looks like I've accidentally included a view of our wheelbarrow, which has itself been fettled some time ago, having had the rusty wheel with pneumatic tyre replaced by a plastic one with solid tyre. We went through a couple of tyres and tubes which perished before we got fed up with replacing them just when we needed to use it. There should have been a warning sign included with it- "Caution! These tyres and tubes are made of cheese! To avoid them perishing, keep this device in a deep dark cave until needed."
Last February I used a scrap length of 12mm steel tube to beef up the side stand on the Linear. Over time it has proved a little too short, and with a load on the carrier was not as stable as I’d have liked it to be. So I’ve recently bought a length of similar tube to do a job on the trike and found I had a decent length left over, so I updated the Linear side stand with it.
Job done. Being 2” longer makes it dramatically more stable. I’ve added a foot from a walking pole to the end. Looks like all it needs is a tiny football to match and it could have a one legged kickabout. Time will tell whether I need to do something to stiffen up the pivot, or bodge a spring, if the extra length causes it to droop.
Looks like I've accidentally included a view of our wheelbarrow, which has itself been fettled some time ago, having had the rusty wheel with pneumatic tyre replaced by a plastic one with solid tyre. We went through a couple of tyres and tubes which perished before we got fed up with replacing them just when we needed to use it. There should have been a warning sign included with it- "Caution! These tyres and tubes are made of cheese! To avoid them perishing, keep this device in a deep dark cave until needed."
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
You are the first person I've met who has a service history for their wheelbarrow.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Straightened the handlebars which meant redoing the headset bearing adjustment. Such is the life of recumbent.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Blimey, that's some sidestand - longest one I've seen on any kind of two wheeler. Have you considered one of those generic ones that fit under the rear wheel axle nut ?
a.twiddler
Veteran
Generally I'm an enthusiast for lateral thinking, using things that were designed for a different purpose and making them work somewhere else. I've looked at all sorts of stands, having had the type that fits to the rear wheel spindle or clamps to the end of the rear triangle on conventional bikes. They generally need a tubular frame so that some part of it can be attached to it to prevent rotation. MZ motorcycles used to use a sidestand which fitted to the rear wheel spindle instead of a wheel spacer, folding back like a penguin's leg when not in use. A feature that motorcycles share with recumbent bikes (particularly with USS) is that you generally need to have the stand down to get on and off, so it needs to be accessible. A rear spindle mounted one is hard to reach for that purpose, though with a conventional bike where you can get on and off then flip it down for parking, it's a neat and useful design. I'm also a bit wary of over stressing the rear frame, and don't want to go drilling any locating holes in it.
In my minimalist days I used to think a stand on a bicycle was just extra weight since you could always find something to lean it on. Since I've got older and less flexible, I've come to appreciate them more.
It is a lengthy stand, but it needs to be as the Linear frame is mostly a long way above the ground. The original rear wheel was 26" but mine has a 700C wheel which raises it a bit more. Linear's own stand looks similar, and is mounted using one of their frame mounting blocks in pretty much the same place. I just adapted an adjustable stand from my bits box, firstly with an aluminium tube which was in keeping with the all aluminium frame, but which was alarmingly flexy and eventually bent, then different steel tubes. Hopefully this is the definitive version.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The clip didn't stay in place so I cut the rubber down further and inserted it further. It seems to have held the clip together but although not as bad theres still a bit of rattling. So I've used a thin piece of rubber from a light bracket and stuck it round the bit of the bracket that clips on to the chain stay bridge. That seems to have gave a more firm connection 🤔 excuse the mud speckles but its only going to get muddy again tomorrow so I've saved the deep cleaning for the weekend and just gave its chain a wipe down and lube for today.
Besides it doesn't look too bad from a distance 😉
Punkawallah
Über Member
Thanks for reporting back ;x-)
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I misjudged a gap between 2 posts t'other day, caught my handlebar, and went down. I was shaken and picked up a couple of aches and pains, but escaped serious damage.
I was equally lucky with the bike - it suffered scuffed bar tape, a few other minor scrapes, and the only real damage - a broken Garmin mount. I just replaced the mount with an out-front mount from my spares box. I think that the new position for the GPS is better than the original one on a stem mount.
I watched a bike-fit video today and it reminded me that I thought I would make a few changes to my 6-speed bike set up. I am getting less flexible as I age** so the big drop from saddle to hoods might be better reducing. I have therefore moved a 1 cm spacer from above the stem to below it.
While I was fettling I also pushed the saddle forward about 0.5 cm.
I am very familiar with riding in the original position so I reckon that I will know almost instantly whether the adjusted position feels better. I probably should have ridden the bike first with just the spacer moved rather than making 2 changes at one time but the weather is really bad so I am not riding today.
I will report back after I have ridden in the new position.
** Yes, my body needs fettling too!
(Yoga or other stretching would probably help a lot.)
I was equally lucky with the bike - it suffered scuffed bar tape, a few other minor scrapes, and the only real damage - a broken Garmin mount. I just replaced the mount with an out-front mount from my spares box. I think that the new position for the GPS is better than the original one on a stem mount.
I watched a bike-fit video today and it reminded me that I thought I would make a few changes to my 6-speed bike set up. I am getting less flexible as I age** so the big drop from saddle to hoods might be better reducing. I have therefore moved a 1 cm spacer from above the stem to below it.
While I was fettling I also pushed the saddle forward about 0.5 cm.
I am very familiar with riding in the original position so I reckon that I will know almost instantly whether the adjusted position feels better. I probably should have ridden the bike first with just the spacer moved rather than making 2 changes at one time but the weather is really bad so I am not riding today.
I will report back after I have ridden in the new position.
** Yes, my body needs fettling too!
(Yoga or other stretching would probably help a lot.)
Fredo76
Über Member
- Location
- Española, NM
Completed a four-day (very part-time) project getting free TV again.
Day 1: Saw off bent 6' from 20' antenna pole. Try move to location A, coax too short. Try to pull coax from out from spray foam insulation under window AC. Nothin' doin'.
Day 2: Buy another coax cable. Carry fallen antenna inside to repair broken elements, take back outside.
Day 3: With my wife helping, connect new coax, attach to pole with baling wire after zip-ties just kept breaking. Move to location B, near the old satellite system. Finesse and muscle antenna vertical next to 4x4 fence post, attach with baling wire, plus two big screws on either side top and bottom to stop cross movement. Good old baling wire! Good thing it wasn't windy, too. Spotted a satellite coax cable coming out of the house to a connector, then going back into the house. Took apart the connector and attached the new coax to one end. She did not have TV.
Day 4, today: Find out my TV actually does have a signal, so then tried connecting the antenna to the other of the pair of wires. Now she has TV but I don't. Proceed to connect the antenna to both cables with splitter. Success, we both have TV!
The Cuban Missile Crisis actually lasted longer than four days, but then it was more complicated...
Day 1: Saw off bent 6' from 20' antenna pole. Try move to location A, coax too short. Try to pull coax from out from spray foam insulation under window AC. Nothin' doin'.
Day 2: Buy another coax cable. Carry fallen antenna inside to repair broken elements, take back outside.
Day 3: With my wife helping, connect new coax, attach to pole with baling wire after zip-ties just kept breaking. Move to location B, near the old satellite system. Finesse and muscle antenna vertical next to 4x4 fence post, attach with baling wire, plus two big screws on either side top and bottom to stop cross movement. Good old baling wire! Good thing it wasn't windy, too. Spotted a satellite coax cable coming out of the house to a connector, then going back into the house. Took apart the connector and attached the new coax to one end. She did not have TV.
Day 4, today: Find out my TV actually does have a signal, so then tried connecting the antenna to the other of the pair of wires. Now she has TV but I don't. Proceed to connect the antenna to both cables with splitter. Success, we both have TV!
The Cuban Missile Crisis actually lasted longer than four days, but then it was more complicated...
