What Have You Fettled Today?

[ColinJ]

I heard a faint rubbing noise coming from my front wheel on today's ride. It sounded like a leaf was trapped between the wheel and the fork but it turned out to be grunge build-up from the gritted roads.

While I was scraping that out I noticed that the wheel was not quite perfectly seated in the fork - it was closer to one side of the fork than the other. I fixed a front wheel puncture before the previous ride so I must have failed to align the wheel properly when refitting it. I am amazed that I managed to ride over 40 km without it slipping back into place by itself. It shows how tightly quick releases can grip!

I loosened the QR, realigned the wheel, then reclamped the QR. No more rubbing noises!

 

[Jenkins]

Another day of this on all seven bikes...

All frames & wheels cleaned and chains cleaned and lubed. It's so much quicker and easier to do now I'm not working so not commuting in all weathers.

That was back in July and I must have done them since, but I can't remember when! Certainly needs doing a lot less often without the all weather riding.