What Have You Fettled Today?

[FrankCrank]

Some old decking fettled into bird boxes and a bird table for my brother's garden

They're a bit rough and ready, but don't suppose the birds will mind.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

^^ good re-use of material. Nice.

Swapped the spd pedals on the gravel-cum-road bike for some double sided spd/flat pedals, to save using the plastic inserts when I'm riding with normal shoes. Then took the bike to run a few errands, only for the bolt securing the front of the rear mudguard down between the seat stays to drop out somewhere on the road. Fastened the mudguard to the seat tube using a dog poo bag (unused!) to stop it rattling around or rubbing against the tyre for the trip home.

 

[Gillstay]

Some of my decking has to be ripped up soon. Will do the same. Ta.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 10th

First wash in well over a year
Part of my commute can be very muddy, at times, if l choose to ride along the riverbank/through woods
Other parts are along a road through a housing estate, that’s partway through (perhaps) 1,500 houses being (eventually) built

It’s generally lubed once/twice a month; weather dependant

 

[DCLane]

@Richard A Thackeray - your bike's similar to one in my university bike store then. I don't believe it's ever been washed: it's filthy and rusty, yet gets used every day.

This morning on the commute the Merida Cyclo-Cross' rear gear cable went. The gears had been playing up a bit but I'd put that down to it needing a new chain and a worn jockey wheel, both of which I'd done on Tuesday. I toyed with the idea of riding the 12 miles to work with two gears but went home and collected the Ridley Fenix instead - resulting in a 25 mile commute in. The Fenix is quicker on tarmac, so a few extra miles were added on the return journey as well.

Eventually I got the snapped and frayed cable out of the front 105 5800 shifter, then installed a new gear cable through all the internal bits. All done and now shifts a bit more nicely, ready for tomorrow morning's early commute.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

New disc pads front and back on recumbent as recent 9 day tour in hilly terrain had brought existing ones to end of life. Managed just under 3,300km according to my logs.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

recent 9 day tour in hilly terrain

pics please!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

pics please!

 

[cyberknight]

working on the weigh cx build
got another set of shifters and a chainset with a cheeky offer on fleabay , good job as the inner chain ring on the current one is toast .
Set up is going pretty easy with the only real fiddly bit being the canti brakes as i have never set them up from scratch
Only bar tape and fine tuning gears to be done, photos will follow

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Attempted to get the Tarmac SL7 ship shape ready for tomorrows club run. That all started well enough - installed bottle cage, computer mount, remove stock, transfer cassette and rotors to the new wheels, strip and hot wax some chains. And then all I could do was wait for the TPU tubes to be delivered.

The delivery was supposedly guaranteed for 1pm. They arrived shortly before 8pm. And then what was delivered had 42 mm valve stems instead of 60mm valve stems. 🤦‍♂️

I realised I had TPU tubes on the FX Sport 6 which has 33mm section rims. Sure enough, the 42 mm valve stem tubes fitted the FX 6 wheels - just. Once I swapped the new tubes onto the FX 6, it was time to install those reclaimed tubes, along with the Conti GP5000 clincher tyres on the Hunt 44 Aerodynamicist wheels.

The GP5000s, at least in clincher / amberwall guise are an absolute mare to get on these rims. It was a two hour wrestling match. If I puncture out on a ride, I may as well give up and walk home.

Needless to say, I didn't get as far as making any adjustments fit wise, testing I could clip in/unclip from the pedals nor manage a shake down ride. And as it is now after midnight, I won't be up early enough to get the dog walked before the club run tomorrow.

Any ideas on what tyres on par with the GP5000s might be a better fit for these rims? I fitted the exact same tyres to the Cosmic SL45s my CGR Ti came with and I don't recall that been any bother at all.

Thanks.

 

[DCLane]

@PedallingNowhereSlowly - we've had similar issues with GP5000's on certain wheels. On those we use Pirelli's P Zero tyres. Although on the worst the only tyre I've got to fit easily is a Hutchinson Fusion 5.

 

[Gunk]

There is a knack to getting them on, a bit like Schwalbe Marathons, you need to make sure they are completely seated in the well of the rim by pushing and squeezing, in the end they’ll pop on.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

@PedallingNowhereSlowly - we've had similar issues with GP5000's on certain wheels. On those we use Pirelli's P Zero tyres. Although on the worst the only tyre I've got to fit easily is a Hutchinson Fusion 5.

Thank you.
I was considering thew new Pirelli P Zero clincher for a change, but defaulted to buying the GP5000s as I'd had no complaints about them on the other bikes so far.

There is a knack to getting them on, a bit like Schwalbe Marathons, you need to make sure they are completely seated in the well of the rim by pushing and squeezing, in the end they’ll pop on.

I made the effort to seat the tyre as deep into the rim well as possible. The only thing that seem to work was wedging a tyre lever and holding it there to stop the tyre bead popping out and then using a lever to force the other end of the as yet unseated bead in, with a huge amount of force as to stop the lever popping out from behind the rims side wall whilst trying to pull/wrestle the bead into position over the rim sidewall.

Honestly, I've never worked so hard to mount a set of tyres.

 

[Gunk]

Thank you.
I was considering thew new Pirelli P Zero clincher for a change, but defaulted to buying the GP5000s as I'd had no complaints about them on the other bikes so far.



I made the effort to seat the tyre as deep into the rim well as possible. The only thing that seem to work was wedging a tyre lever and holding it there to stop the tyre bead popping out and then using a lever to force the other end of the as yet unseated bead in, with a huge amount of force as to top the lever popping out from behind the rims side wall whilst trying to pull/wrestle the bead into position over the rim sidewall.

Honestly, I've never worked so hard to mount a set of tyres.

You’ll knacker the tyre using a lever.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

You’ll knacker the tyre using a lever.

I'd tried everything else - including soapy water!