What Have You Fettled Today?

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mangid

Guru
Location
Cambridge
Should probably have noticed sooner, only noticed when back wheel felt buckled when coming back from Reach fair with the kids.

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New wheels, Ultegra wheels front and back. They apparently accept tubeless as well as clinchers, new fangled stuff. No need for rim tape, and the tyre makes a very disturbing noise as it seats itself. Managed to trap the tube first time round, and that made a loud noise when it let go.
 
New bar tape, bottle cages and shorter stem. Bike is beginning to feel like its mine now (although I still have to pay it off!!!)
 

potsy

Rambler
Location
My Armchair
Should probably have noticed sooner, only noticed when back wheel felt buckled when coming back from Reach fair with the kids.

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New wheels, Ultegra wheels front and back. They apparently accept tubeless as well as clinchers, new fangled stuff. No need for rim tape, and the tyre makes a very disturbing noise as it seats itself. Managed to trap the tube first time round, and that made a loud noise when it let go.
:eek:

Having just bought some of those myself and yet to fit I am now slightly worried :unsure:

Today's fettling is to re-fit the tyre/wheel to the Secteur after picking up the repaired wheel from the lbs (broken spoke) sorry @SatNavSaysStraightOn
It will then need a test ride before Monday's commute though that might have to wait until the rain stops :rolleyes:
 

mangid

Guru
Location
Cambridge
:eek:

Having just bought some of those myself and yet to fit I am now slightly worried :unsure:

Make sure you push the tyre right down into the center, and it should go on just fine, the center is deep but you will need to push down into it. My problem was I got the inner tube stuck between tyre at the valve, school boy error, should have pushed the valve in, and inflated the tube a little before seating it all. Don't worry if you hear pinging as the tyre seats itself ;-) Off to shops soon, the old wheels, if truth be known, were running badly, and the freehub was shot, so I should fly ;-)

Just greased the V brakes as well, first time in ten years I reckon, after having noticed how sticky they were last night when putting the new wheels on.
 

mangid

Guru
Location
Cambridge
:eek:

Having just bought some of those myself and yet to fit I am now slightly worried :unsure:

Today's fettling is to re-fit the tyre/wheel to the Secteur after picking up the repaired wheel from the lbs (broken spoke) sorry @SatNavSaysStraightOn
It will then need a test ride before Monday's commute though that might have to wait until the rain stops :rolleyes:

They're great wheels ;-)
 

alicat

Squire
Location
Staffs
Took the bottom bracket out of my Pearson Touche to check all was well. Had to acquire a 24mm spanner since my 8" adjustable spanner wasn't up to the job.

Used the tines of an old kitchen fork to screw the plastic part of the crank arm dustcaps back in.
 

al-fresco

Growing older but not up...
Location
Shropshire
I changed the stem on my road bike for a shorter one, decided that the new one was too short and put the original one back on again. Then I noticed some play in the headset. Slackened off the steerer, tightened up the wostit - there was still play. Everything off - checked that all the bits were in the right order, seated properly and re-assembled. All paranoid now - thought I could still detect a tiny amount of play. Decided to compare it with my MTB which I've been happily thrashing around Llandegla... Oh - so THAT's what play in the headset really looks like. Tightened up the MTB headset - left the road bike alone - it's fine. Really.
 

Pikey

Waiting for the turbo to kick in...
Location
Wiltshire
Stripped the road bike down to parts (cos she has done her first 500 miles), cleaned and regreased everything that needed it, solved my creaky handlebars with my shiny new torque wrench.

It felt box fresh again when i went out today!
 

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
I've just bled the brakes on Cubette's XC bike, surprisingly the rear reservoir was completely dry. The front feels better too. I've also put her Charge Ladle saddle back on it, as she wants to come riding with us next week(hoorah) but it means I'll have to service the complete bike and swap the tyres, as it's been on the turbo for the last 18 months.
 

compo

Veteran
Location
Harlow
A couple of hours later........
Decided I didn't like this so have now removed it and ordered different mounting brackets.
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I have been trying to work out the best way of attaching my rear lights for the Dun Run. I don't often go out at night time so when I do I just fasten the lamp to the rear carrier with a strong runnber band. I wanted something a little more robust for the overnight ride so cobbled together an old Minoura bar extender. Not elegant but it works, and it'll be dark so no-one's going to see it anyway! The elastic bands are just insurance against losing the lenses. I have lost count of how many I have lost over the years.

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XRHYSX

A Big Bad Lorry Driver
Smashed my rear light off carelessly leaning the bike up against the up turned rowing machine in the garage last night,:angry: I commute home in the early hours so need lights all year round, found an old LED light in my box of spares but no mounts to fit it to my rack:scratch:.
So trimmed the mount runners off and drilled a small pilot hole in the back of the casing and used a reflector screw to mount. Sorted:bicycle:
 
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