What Have You Fettled Today?

[ColinJ]

I have not tested the bike yet to see if the noise has gone. I may nip out on it for half an hour this evening. If not, I will find out on tomorrow's ride.

I am now 99% sure that the problem is the same one as last spring, which mysteriously disappeared after I fiddled with the back wheel!

The missing 1% certainty is because I never really knew for sure how I fixed it last time!

Anyway... the noise was still there after yesterday's fiddling with the back wheel. And it wasn’t after I swapped wheels. If the noise returns when I put the original wheel back on then I will feel 99.9% sure that the wheel is to blame rather than any other part on the bike.

More investigation and fettling needed!

 

[Bristolian]

Over the winter I have been rather lax in the maintenance department (and it started to show on my last ride) so this weekend I have done the following, but not necessarily in the order listed:

• Disassembled, cleaned, lubed and reassembled my left hand brifter.
• Fitted new bar tape.
• Removed, cleaned, lubed, reassembled the chain, bottom bracket, rear cassette and freehub.
• Removed, freed up, lubed and refitted the seized B axle on the rear derailleur.
• Fitted new front and rear gear cables, set up the front and rear gear changing.
• Stripped, re-greased, adjusted and reassembled the front and rear wheel bearings and steerer tube bearings.
• Degreased, washed and dried the frame whilst everything else was removed.

When removing the hood from the left hand brifter - I thought I was going to have to buy a new one but a twenty minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner had it functioning again. I managed to split the hood rubber when taking it off so I need to source a pair of new ones and order up any bits and pieces I used from my spares bin. All in all a very satisfying weekend ... but no time to actually ride the bike

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Over the winter I have been rather lax in the maintenance department (and it started to show on my last ride) so this weekend I have done the following, but not necessarily in the order listed:

• Disassembled, cleaned, lubed and reassembled my left hand brifter.
• Fitted new bar tape.
• Removed, cleaned, lubed, reassembled the chain, bottom bracket, rear cassette and freehub.
• Removed, freed up, lubed and refitted the seized B axle on the rear derailleur.
• Fitted new front and rear gear cables, set up the front and rear gear changing.
• Stripped, re-greased, adjusted and reassembled the front and rear wheel bearings and steerer tube bearings.
• Degreased, washed and dried the frame whilst everything else was removed.

When removing the hood from the left hand brifter - I thought I was going to have to buy a new one but a twenty minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner had it functioning again. I managed to split the hood rubber when taking it off so I need to source a pair of new ones and order up any bits and pieces I used from my spares bin. All in all a very satisfying weekend ... but no time to actually ride the bike

You disassembled a brifter, and got it back together still working?

What necromancy is this??

 

[ColinJ]

More investigation and fettling needed!

15 minutes later...

Well, THIS is pretty conclusive, and I know how it happened!

Yes, that bearing had indeed gone walkabout!

As I mentioned in an earlier post - the locknut on the axle was not tight. That would have allowed micro-movements of the axle which appeared to have walked the bearing out.

I want to cook a meal now so I'll leave it until tomorrow to sort out. It may be that just cleaning everything, reinserting the bearing, and tightening everything up properly will do the trick. OTOH, the bearing(s) might have paid the price and need replacing.

Anyway - a very satisfying investigation which removed that 1% uncertainty as to what the source of the noise was.

 

[ColinJ]

You disassembled a brifter, and got it back together still working?

What necromancy is this??

The same as this...!

The right Campagnolo Chorus shifter on my Cannondale CAAD5 lost its clunky clicks last year. It was still indexing but it was becoming increasing hard to be sure that a gear change had taken place, and I thought it was only a matter of time before it packed up altogether so I looked up how to service it. There are some excellent videos on Youtube showing how to do it.

It is a fiddly process, but ok if you take your time and do it properly. If you decide to do the same, make sure that you don't lose any of the parts when you disassemble your shifter. Oh, and there is a washer-like metal plate which needs to go in the right way up. I failed to notice that there is a small indent in the plate and put it in the wrong way up. That does not work ... I had several attempts to get the shifter shifting, but it was jammed. Eventually I realised where I had gone wrong and put the plate in the right way up. I reassembled the shifter and it is now good as new, with a reassuringly positive clunk every time that I change gear!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The same as this...!

I presume this procedure was performed in the centre of a pentagram?

 

[Bristolian]

You disassembled a brifter, and got it back together still working?

What necromancy is this??

It wasn't too difficult actually and I had nothing to lose by trying (an much ££££ to save if successful ). Shimano list three special tools as being needed but I managed to do it without them. I put it down to having been in REME back in the day when you were expected to repair stuff rather than just fit a new one

 

[Jameshow]

Last year when I 'finished' the fuschia Raleigh I received some criticism over using non-aero vintage brake levers. Maybe not from here but certainly from a certain retro bicycle forum for resto-modding instead of returning it to 1993 Campag Record. Harsh imho as they were 1960's drillium.

So, as I'm now starting to be able to do minor things - although not two full groupset changes I've got prepared - the Raleigh has been taken out of storage and received a pair of Dura-Ace aero brake levers. Those things are difficult to find reasonably priced!

Bar tape un-wrapped, levers removed and replacements fitted, cables shortened, bar tape re-wrapped as it was just two rides old. Also the levers were lifted and tilted in as it's the only way I can ride currently. I also took the opportunity to add a matching pair of Elite Ciussi bottle cages with shiny bolts:

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I still need to source a rear Dura-Ace 7900 brake for the full groupset and some matching skewers but overall I hope it looks and rides better. Paint, or more probably nail enamel, will be sourced shortly for the big chip on the other side of the top tube.

Why have you got 7900 and DT shifters?!🤔🤣

Wouldn't earlier DA suit the bike better...?

Something with a slender spider 7700 for instance?

 

[ColinJ]

15 minutes later...

Well, THIS is pretty conclusive, and I know how it happened!

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Yes, that bearing had indeed gone walkabout!

As I mentioned in an earlier post - the locknut on the axle was not tight. That would have allowed micro-movements of the axle which appeared to have walked the bearing out.

I want to cook a meal now so I'll leave it until tomorrow to sort out. It may be that just cleaning everything, reinserting the bearing, and tightening everything up properly will do the trick. OTOH, the bearing(s) might have paid the price and need replacing.

Anyway - a very satisfying investigation which removed that 1% uncertainty as to what the source of the noise was.

It has just occurred to me that I might have mixed up the little sleeve next to the bearing with the one next to the locknut. They are different lengths. I'm not sure whether that is possible, but I will check. (If the sleeve shown is too long then that would stop the bearing being fully inserted.)

 

[DCLane]

@Jameshow - a handful of reasons.

Firstly we've gone 10 speed with retro bikes and 11 speed with everything else that's staying. It makes keeping spares easier. Yes, in recent months I've picked up an 8-speed Principia plus 9-speed Vitus and Cannondales but they'll almost certainly not be staying.

Secondly, my Woodrup has Dura-Ace 7900 10 speed shifters so I wanted an alternative with a downtube option.

I'm not a fan of older-style shifters with the gear cable out of the side as I like a cleaner look, and 7700 would have had that plus an Octalink bottom bracket.

Finally the 10 speed carbon American Classic wheel set needed a bike to go on; they're off my Ridgeback Platinum audax bike which will get an 11 speed upgrade soon. The Woodrup's got a lovely Mavic Helium set instead - I may try a swap and see.

Personal choice therefore but one I'm comfortable with for now.

 

[cyberknight]

@Jameshow - a handful of reasons.

Firstly we've gone 10 speed with retro bikes and 11 speed with everything else that's staying. It makes keeping spares easier.

Secondly, my Woodrup has Dura-Ace 7900 10 speed shifters so I wanted an alternative with a downtube option.

I'm not a fan of older-style shifters with the gear cable out of the side as I like a cleaner look, and 7700 would have had that plus an Octalink bottom bracket.

Finally the carbon American Classic wheel set needed a bike to go on; they're off my Ridgeback Platinum audax bike which will get an 11 speed upgrade soon. The Woodrup's got a lovely Mavic Helium set instead - I may try a swap and see.

Personal choice therefore but one I'm comfortable with for now.

haha , i currently have ..
8 speed commuter
10 speed winter bike
10 speed retro bike
11 speed best bike , but only because i was given the shifters when the original ones died ,

 

[Fredo76]

Installed my new seat and a mongrelized Campy front brake caliper on Fredo. Filed down the slots to get 2mm more reach, then used my older Record brake blocks with Kool-Stop pads with the newer Record dual-pivot caliper. Learned the newer calipers don't have a quick-release! Was Campy back-sliding? Although the seat is more for looks, I wanted to be able to brake effectively from the hoods.





Next up: Suntour bar controls to replace the stem-shifters. All to give myself an advantage riding around here:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F8DhWYR9E


When I was seventeen, I would shift gears only 4-5 times on the whole 9-mile loop. That is not possible for me today however! Goal is to make it around without walking, this April. Saguaro National Park itself is like a time-capsule for me. It hasn't really changed at all, unlike myself!