What Have You Fettled Today?

[Andrew_Culture]

Are the mostly whitworth?

He added metric at some point. All the GPO tools have dates. Bt/ GPO bought good tools, there's britool and king dick in there!

 

[wisdom]

Thats what i was thinking.
I have a full set of Britool and King dick spanner right up to huge sizes in whitworth and bf
Full set of AF and a lot of Metric,the newer stuff isnt of as good a quality though.
I used to have a set of bronze spanners for working on Ships fuel tanks but these have long gone.

 

[compo]

After a ride through the rain yesterday around muddy lanes I have given the Trek a really good spring clean, even scrubbed the tyres. Cleaned and lubed the chain. It is now ready for a 50 odd miler tomorrow so am hoping for a dry ride.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thats what i was thinking.
I have a full set of Britool and King dick spanner right up to huge sizes in whitworth and bf
Full set of AF and a lot of Metric,the newer stuff isnt of as good a quality though.
I used to have a set of bronze spanners for working on Ships fuel tanks but these have long gone.

Did you also work for BT?

 

[cyberknight]

took the boardman to the LBS, i frayed the rear gear cable when i put the new mech on and flummoxed with setting it up as i have a stinking cold and just come off nights .
let them sort it out rather than me cussing at a simple job because i am to snotty and tired to think straight.

 

[The Brewer]

Been a good boy today and gave the cube a cleaning within an inch of its life.
The Lidl bike stand made it oh so easy and I put Shimano R500 wheels on, gears are now indexed sweetly
Must of removed a pound of muck and really looking forward to tomorrows jaunt down the coast.....

.......Patio is a disgusting mess though, lets hope an April shower sorts that for me

 

[wisdom]

No Andrew.
RN then heavy haulage,now i just really use the allen keys on the bike.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Fettling fail this afternoon, I've a spare set of mudguards in the shed that are in better condition than the ones on my pearson so I thought I'd fit them, the front went on a treat, only took a quarter of an hour, the back though - I couldn't get the old back one off, theres an allen screw that screws into the bridge behind the BB that is a b****** size, I've not got an allen key anywhere that fits it, its somewhere between a 4mm and a 5mm, I suspect an english size but not one I've got, I had visitors so had to stop but I'll have a go later after having a think about it.

3-16ths?

 

[Mallory]

Noticed my headset was a bit loose again so I un-tightened cap and stem and set about resetting bearings and re-tightening the stem.

Picture says it all

 

[gbb]

Dug the Bianchi out of the shed, unused since mid last year, pumped up the tyres, took her out for a spin up and down the road to check all the gears shifted cleanly, checked the seatpost wasn't seized then took some photos so I can advertise her...I need space in the shed.

 

[Andrew Brown]

Finished setting up new bike, fitted mudguards, pannier rack, computer, light mounts, indexed gears, bedded in new disc pads. Relax.!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

3-16ths?

Thats what I thought, but it's not unfortunately, I've had another go but still can't shift it, I think its rusted in as well, I recon its going to be a LBS job.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Putting up hooks on which to hang wheels, tyres, tubes, victims. You know, the usual.

 

[derrick]

Put a chain catcher on, got to protect the Carbon.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Finished the grease-fest that I began last weekend. This time Shimano M647 pedals to strip, clean, re-grease and reassemble. There be quite a few small odd bits to catch the unwary

Silky smooooooooooth now