What Have You Fettled Today?

[CXRAndy]

Made more progress with the wife's bike, dropper post fitted, adapted SKS rear guard as the front, much better coverage. Transferred her pannier rack and panniers over from old bike. Just dynamo and lights left now.

 

[EckyH]

It's got a stuck driveside bottom bearing cup. This was the failure; neither use of a vice, nor a special cup removal tool - plus strong man (not me!) - could get it shifted. So it's staying stuck. Still not sure what I'm doing this anyway.

Did you consider to saw slits in the cup with a hacksaw so that it can be taken off fragment for fragment?

E.

 

[ColinJ]

I hit a ridiculously huge pothole hidden in a flooded Devon lane on Friday and got an instant front wheel puncture...

Update:

I was riding around those lanes again today. I avoided the flooded bit shown in my OP but noticed that there are now ROAD CLOSED signs on all the approaches to it.

 

[Gillstay]

Found the shaft had seized on the derailleur so took it apart and sorted it.

 

[Gillstay]

My son has a back wheel with a Shimano WH RS100 hub and the freehub is knackered, but i can see no numbers on it.

Any one know what choice of free hub I could buy for it ? All rather confusing. He has a Tiagra 10 speed cassette set up.

 

[DCLane]

Did you consider to saw slits in the cup with a hacksaw so that it can be taken off fragment for fragment?

No, but it's a thought.

 

[newts]

Update:

I was riding around those lanes again today. I avoided the flooded bit shown in my OP but noticed that there are now ROAD CLOSED signs on all the approaches to it.

It may have something to do with this:-
https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/12-million-boost-to-pothole-repairs/

 

[ColinJ]

It may have something to do with this:-
https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/12-million-boost-to-pothole-repairs/

That's great news... Badly needed!

 

[Ajax Bay]

My son has a back wheel with a Shimano WH RS100 hub and the freehub is knackered, but i can see no numbers on it.
Any one know what choice of free hub I could buy for it ? All rather confusing. He has a Tiagra 10 speed cassette set up.

Pretty sure this 'just' takes a Shimano 8/9/10 freehub (10mm allen key - I assume you've needed to take off). yhpm
Maybe this: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/shimano-tiagra-fh4500-cassette-freehub-body-y3cr98070/

 

[Vantage]

I'm really not enjoying this...

 

[EckyH]

Decided that the (second hand) Ridley X-Bow has to get it derailleurs back on.
Soaked both derailleurs (Shimano 105 FD-5700 and RD-5700) in WD40, removed - subjectively - several ounces of grime, disassembled both, gave it a deeper cleansing.

E.

 

[Vantage]

Aaaaaaand that's the motor off the bike for a few weeks.
I heard squeaking. The axle bearings have killed themselves. Meh.

 

[EckyH]

The axle bearings have killed themselves.

On the plus side: you convicted the culprit.

Years ago I had a similar experience, but with a bottom bracket. Suddenly pushing the pedals became hard. After backpedalling half a turn it was good for a few turns and then it was nearly stuck again. The balls in the bearing abraded the metal where they touched the edges of the cage. Finally the metal was so thin that the friction between the balls and the cage was enough to got the cage between the balls and the shell of the bottom bracket.

E.

 

[ColinJ]

I have switched over to 32C tyres for my Devon bike. I had been running them at 4.5 bar F and 5.0 bar R for comfort but have now gone up to 5.2 bar F and 5.5 bar R for a bit more protection.

I brought the original 28C tyres from that bike back to Yorkshire yesterday and have now put them on my CAAD5 - the widest tyres that I have ever put on that bike.

The CAAD5 started on 23C, then I switched to 25C. The bike could perhaps take 30C tyres but those would be a very close fit. I will stick with these.

I will go for a test ride on the next sunny day up here. I am trying out 5.7 bar F and 6.2 bar R but may drop to 5.5 F/6.0 R if those pressures feel a bit harsh on our rough local roads.

 

[Jenkins]

Just a minor fettle - moved the shifter I fitted to the Van Nichols lat week up by about 5mm and rotated it inwards by a couple of degrees and then went out on another test ride. Feels to be just about perfect now.