What Have You Fettled Today?

[wisdom]

Cleaned and lubed sons bike,my roadie and the wifes raleigh(not sure when it will get used though only 6 miles in 12 months up to now).

 

[Graham1426]

Nice new red Prologo bar tape to replace the original white on my Cube, and sets off my red and black Garmin 500 a treat.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Ergo bend bars, shorter stem and a nice Regal to match the perforated bar tape: it's all about the details, right?

Just needs an Elite Ciussi and gumwall tyres and I'll be happy.... for now.

 

[fossala]

Fitted an ultegra triple (6703) groupset to my croix de fer. First time I have fitted a groupset from scratch. Have swapped over frames before but hadn't done any wire fitting.

 

[TheDoctor]

Pumped the tyres on the fixed, then went for a spin on it.

 

[cyberknight]

Replaced the bit of cable outer that goes into the rear mech on the boardman as it was not shifting smoothly as i was tensioning the cable i snapped the barrel adjuster off the back of the mech.I managed to get it back together but i have bent the split pin that holds it together so its still not right .looks on the tinternt and a new barrel assembly is about £12-15 and ribble sell a whole new mech for £34, you can guess which one i opted for as it saves the hassle of trying not to break it again and it is also in white for a white bike .

Went for the short cage with a max of 28 teeth as i changed out the wifli cassette for a 28 which is still never gets used , i run a 12-25 on the virtuoso so i might buy a 10 speed 12-25 next time.
How many chain links do you think i will need to take out changing from a long cage to a short cage ?

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

If you haven't changed the rings or sprockets since you last measured the chain, then you won't need to take any out: the rear derailleur is irrelevant.

Simplest method is to put the chain on the largest ring and sprocket, but not through the rear mech: more info here.

 

[derrick]

New bars fitted, going for a test run now,

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I started to clean the MTB after yesterday's ride and noticed grittiness in the wheels So after a quick trip to Halfords for some of their lovely citrus degreaser both hubs got disected, stripped of all the old manky grease, cleaned and rebuilt with creamy new grease ... also in for a degrease and clean were both mechs, crankset, cassette and chain.

Then I remembered I have another set of wheels for this bike , so they got the same treatment too

All that's left to do is tidy up and open another bottle

 

[subaqua]

finished spraying the frame for sons "new" bike. just the decals and then the clear coat. dunno what decals i am putting on it yet tho.

anybody got any ideas. frame is a generic boys "ATB" and son wants "boy stickers not girly stickers like on my sisters bike!"

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Took 16t cog off thefixedplug via rotafix. Put 18t cog on via rotafix. Swore at chain tug which would no longer fit. Filed chain tug to fit snuggly in trackend. Tensioned chain. Swore at dirty finger marks on clean rim. Cleaned rim. Decided chain was too tight. Retensioned chain. Swore at dirty finger marks on clean rim. Cleaned rim. Mickled chain. Swore at chain lube on clean rim. Cleaned rim. Test ride round the park. Swore at chain lube on clean rim, spokes and hub. Cleaned rim et cetera. Put dubbin (Gwax) on leather bar tape with bare hands. Now have waterproof hands. Won't wash off.

ffs!

 

[biggs682]

replaced the brake cables on a newly acquired Roy Thame , after doing some gardening

 

[Psycolist]

Today I didnt fettle a thing, I went for a ride instead

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Today I didnt fettle a thing, I went for a ride instead

I did that yesterday and today, though I was fettling the fixed on Friday. I put a new chain on the Fixed Tuesday, plus a bigger chain ring, it was lovely and smooth at high cadence but very agricultural at low cadence, so I recentred the chain ring and played with chain tension, sounded a lot better but I will see how it is on tomorrows commute.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Just removed the forks and steerer and lubed the bearings, flipped the stem, fitted new brake pads, fitted a new chain, removed the spoke reflectors and refitted the rear light.