What Have You Fettled Today?

[MisterStan]

Commuter stripped, scrubbed, lubed and reassembled. Best bike cleaned and lubed. Wife's bike checked over and lubed. Trailer given the once over. Phew!

 

[Martyn H]

Mickled the chain, trued up the handlebars, as I noticed they were slightly askew on the last ride. adjusted the brakes, and ,as the sun was shining for the second day in a row - went for a ride. Did someone say it was a tad breezy?

 

[billy1561]

Rear puncture fixed and front brake adjusted on my daughters bike after a 12 hour shift...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

dismantelled by rear hub yet again, new bearings, fresh grease, stripped off the cassette, chain, and anything else that could easily be removed and all has been cleaned... in the process I have given up on the old wheels, new ones ordered with new cassette (want a granny gear) established I have lost a pedal reflector, the chain needs replacing (already) and 2 cables are frayed. Tyres are showing lateral cracks (humph) and my brake blocks are getting low (still some life in them yet but suspect new wheels will kill them a touch faster).

Bike is clean, kitchen and dining room are a mess and on the OH not home until Thursday list, if I can reclaim a little of the kitchen so I can cook an evening meal in...

Next on the list - my OH's front wheel on his road bike, his rear wheel on his mountain bike and 6 hours of Spanish lessons to catch up on before Thursday am. And a test ride of my bike to ensure I have not had another blond moment and that I have reassembled the rear wheel correctly (spins freely without wobble, so that's a good start!).

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've been an assistant fettler today as my sister did some work to her bike.

I advised as she fitted a pair of new tyres and a bell, then helped set up her new Cateye computer and adjusted the rear brake and gears. All good to go when the windy weather eases.

 

[biggs682]

got up early this morning to finish off a Sun Truwell racer that has been awaiting last bit of work , ie cables and test ride . put cables on ok , inflated fr tyre to 70 psi turned round started inflating rr one then a loud bang and fr tyre has been blown clear of rim edge on fr , so ok finish pumping rr up , stripp fr wheel out and another loud bang there goes the rr as well so 2 mild heart attacks due to noise .

and 2 punctures to sort both tubes blown apart no reason that i can see other than old tubes gone week !

after all that bike rode well on test

 

[gbb]

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.

Is the bike an old one Dave ?
I seem to remember using BA (British Association) screws on mudguards years and years ago.
0BA being the larger, 2BA the next size down etc etc
Just a thought .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Is the bike an old one Dave ?
I seem to remember using BA (British Association) screws on mudguards years and years ago.
0BA being the larger, 2BA the next size down etc etc
Just a thought .

The bike is quite new, a five and a half year old Pearson Touché fixed, the one on the right in this album.

http://www.cyclechat.net/useralbums/daves-bikes.11/view

Its a puzzle, I'll be taking it down the LBS at some point, I haven't got a workshop nor access to the sort of tools I'd have in a workshop it'll be the easiest way of resolving it, the current mudguard is still serviceable, it is just starting to look tatty.

 

[fossyant]

Out with the needle and thread. One of the elastic straps off my Topeak MTX bag came off tonight. It secures the pannier side. Discovered a large area of velcro had unstitched so spent an hour repairing. All sorted now.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tightened loose downtube shifter assembly and changed all wheels to 700c from 27". Removed front rack that was truly a rear rack from my tourer (Schwinn Passage) in anticipation of getting a new front rack. Then I'll worry about more shakedown cruises on the Voyageur before I have to strip it down for a much-needed repaint. Not much work needed on the Peugeot Versailles, just a proper cleaning.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Sorted increasingly slow and clunkty change from inner to outer sprocket on my M6R.

Bit of swarf from cable outer preventing full movement of inner. Pulled out of way and snipped off with wire cutter. Lubes and tested OK.

Will need a new cable eventually but not just yet.

 

[Mallory]

Installed my new stem today.

Took off a 110mm with 6' drop and installed a 100mm with 6' rise.

Will see if this makes my ride any more comfortable

 

[RussellZero]

Fettled my garage, took the day off, assembled bike stand, wall mounts, washed and cleaned all bikes:

Love it, no more excuses for a dirty bottom
bracket,

 

[Psycolist]

wow, I'm just jealous of being able to have that much space devoted to my bikes, thats without the green eyed monster relating to your organisation !

 

[Jenkins]

Now that winter has finally finished I have been setting the bikes up for the (hopefully) better weather...

Knobbly tyres off the Kona Jake and Schwalbe Marathons fitted
Crud Racers removed from the Boardman road bike
New tyres, chain and cassette fitted to the Triban