What Have You Fettled Today?

[sevenfourate]

One of my cheap (?) Aluminium bottle cages on the daily beater had an annoying creak. One go at sorting didn’t work. So (non creaking 😉) plastic pair fitted….

Along with a new Madison Flux saddle.

…..which I also fitted the same of; to the MTB:

 

[Gunk]

Worked today, PDI’d 6 kids bike a pink girls mountain bike and replaced a pair of cable disc brakes, I’m absolutely knackered, now enjoying a well deserved beer.

 

[Jenkins]

Finally got round to completing the upgrade of my former main commuter bike to 11 speed with a new shifter, rear derailleur, lightly worn chain and matched cassette previously removed from another bike..

Also had to do an unplanned complete re-tape of the bars as the old stuff kept tearing when I tried to remove it to get at the cables underneath. Luckily I had a pack in stock which will need to be replaced.

Excluding the folder, I now have all 7 bikes running 11 speed SRAM so the spares stock needing to be held is reduced to one road cassette, one mountain bike cassette, two chains and a couple of bottom brackets.

 

[Gillstay]

Riding the Ridgeback with the bolt loose for a week has meant that when I put the puller on again it came loose with out too much effort.
To my amazement it was all greased so they must have done it up with an air gun or similar. No corrosion to be seen.

Tried the BBK while it was off. Super tight so put a torque wrench on it to check and 130 KN did not budge it so lots of penetrating oil, then grease inside and will deal with that when I need to.

 

[cyberknight]

One of my cheap (?) Aluminium bottle cages on the daily beater had an annoying creak. One go at sorting didn’t work. So (non creaking 😉) plastic pair fitted….

Along with a new Madison Flux saddle.

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…..which I also fitted the same of; to the MTB:

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have to tell me how the flux comapares to a charge spoon if you have ever had one ?

 

[sevenfourate]

have to tell me how the flux comapares to a charge spoon if you have ever had one ?

Will do. I should be riding the beater with new Flux on tomorrow 👍 I’ve had a few Spoons 🙄and currently have one on my Hybrid.

Couldn’t find any Black Spoons with White logo for less than £35 each. Whereas the Madison’s were two for £48: delivered.

Hence why I’ve got a mixed bag now as such……

 

[Gillstay]

This needs a bit of a fine tune as its catching the brakes.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Finally got around to replacing the rear derailleur cable housing yesterday on the new Felt Broam.

Wound up replacing the gear cable too. I hadn't pulled enough cable out of the outer's liner before snipping it just behind the bottom bracket. In any case, I think the original cable would have still been too short anyway, given how tightly it was radiused.

With the larger radius into the derailleur, the shifting is easier, smoother, faster and the barrel adjuster is easy to manipulate.
Shame really, given the quality factory Jagwire cables with discrete liners. I couldn't actually find replacement Jagwire cable outers in-stock so it's running with Shimano SIS41, which I think is good enough for who it's for.

 

[FrankCrank]

Decided to get some new fangled quick release pedals (Litepro)

They seem to be good quality, and light weight, so the old Triumph travel bike has lost a bit of its tonnage
Will give a test ride tomorrow morning, weather permitting (rainy season).

 

[sevenfourate]

have to tell me how the flux comapares to a charge spoon if you have ever had one ?

…..only 17 miles today. But if there’s a difference - I can’t tell. I’m not sure I had the Flux saddles angle spot-on (I’m about to re-adjust and re-test) but comfort wise it will be spot on. I had no issues at the wrong angle - so only expecting things to get better…..

I’ll report back again once I’ve done a 40-50 mile ride 👍

 

[sevenfourate]

*****As above:

Been out for a ride today: including the first ride with a new saddle. It felt like it was tilted too far forward (I’m trying to get all my saddles into a more neutral / horizontal position after years of being ‘tilted too far back’) 🙄

I’ve just re-adjusted: tilting slightly further back - and with the bike up against the slats on the shed this is what feels the comfiest position for me (statically) around the “textbook” horizontal 😉

With this saddles shape / clear depression in the actual seating area which then rises to the nose:

***𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 ? ? ?***

 

[Andy in Germany]

Fitted a new front tyre on our Dutch Bakfiets, as the last one exploded last time I was riding it. The explosion was so comprehensive that the inner tube parted company from the valve and the wall of the tyre split from the wires.

I can't complain too much as the tyre is original and was mounted on the bike when I rode it from Amsterdam ca. 2011, so it's done pretty well.

As an added bonus I had a small assistant in the form of Beautiful Daughter.

 

[cyberknight]

*****As above:

Been out for a ride today: including the first ride with a new saddle. It felt like it was tilted too far forward (I’m trying to get all my saddles into a more neutral / horizontal position after years of being ‘tilted too far back’) 🙄

I’ve just re-adjusted: tilting slightly further back - and with the bike up against the slats on the shed this is what feels the comfiest position for me (statically) around the “textbook” horizontal 😉

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With this saddles shape / clear depression in the actual seating area which then rises to the nose:

***𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 ? ? ?***

thats pretty much how i set my spoon , spirit level sitting on the nose where the writing is and the back on the rear edge

 

[sevenfourate]

thats pretty much how i set my spoon , spirit level sitting on the nose where the writing is and the back on the rear edge

Gotcha. So you’ve measured across the front / rear high points: ignoring the depression 👍

My shed is pretty new and sits dead level. Gaps fore and aft visually from sheds slats to seat-line you talk of - look very similiar. No spirit level needed to tell me that’s very close to horizontal then. Thanks for confirming 🙏

 

[Gunk]

I decided to sort out my cycle tool box this afternoon, there a few duplicate tools in there and the spanners are scattered everywhere.

I found an old front light mount which was perfect for holding the spanners together