What Have You Fettled Today?

[potsy]

Fettling my new Smart 25 lux onto the road bike as we speak, don't tell @jazloc but there was a High 5 race pack and a packet of 'bo in the box too

General clean and fettle of the roadie ready for tonight's commute, needs a new chain fitting and probably a cassette this time too, on it's 3rd chain now.
WIll give it another week or 2 and then change them both.

 

[Summerking]

Cleaned my 92' Raleigh Peak steel MTB,Degreased the chain and sprockets prior to re-lubing, went to Town and got a saddle rack and 3 saddle bags for £5.50! in a Charity shop..now to fit it

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Fettling my new Smart 25 lux onto the road bike as we speak, don't tell @jazloc but there was a High 5 race pack and a packet of 'bo in the box too

General clean and fettle of the roadie ready for tonight's commute, needs a new chain fitting and probably a cassette this time too, on it's 3rd chain now.
WIll give it another week or 2 and then change them both.

Grr, mine still hasn't shipped

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Yesterday I fixed my eldest lads hybrid which has been rusting away in the garage since last summer- both tyres completely flat, one punctured the other just flat, mickled the chain, indexed the gears and adjusted the seat so the youngest can use it for his annual Scout bike ride next week. Only thing I didn't do were the brakes, they were perfectly fine,

I might even put one of those Smart 25 lux lights on it, I ordered two from Wiggle, but some more turned up yesterday, don't know how I got them, they had a Paisley address on them, oh well, can't have enough front lights.

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Yesterday I fixed my eldest lads hybrid which has been rusting away in the garage since last summer- both tyres completely flat, one punctured the other just flat, mickled the chain, indexed the gears and adjusted the seat so the youngest can use it for his annual Scout bike ride next week. Only thing I didn't do were the brakes, they were perfectly fine,

I might even put one of those Smart 25 lux lights on it, I ordered two from Wiggle, but some more turned up yesterday, don't know how I got them, they had a Paisley address on them, oh well, can't have enough front lights.

You better be joking!

 

[ianjmcd]

fitted two smart 25s from wiggle that incidently i dont even remember ordering to my mtb

 

[kipster]

News wheels, Fulcrum 7 CX, fitted on Friday. Old wheels are going to have the hubs replaced as the front has a pitted cone after water washed the grease away. New brake blocks fitted to compliment the new wheels, Koolstop v brake dual compound that I ordered along with some Smart 25 Lux for the rest of the families bikes. Imagine my surprise this morning when the front brake didn't work 'cos some idiot didn't tighten the cable nut on the canti enough.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

It was take two for the bar end fitting on my brother's bike this afternoon. The new grips went on without problems, the brake/gear levers have been moved inwards to allow room and the bar ends are fitted. It all looks quite smart.

I've also fitted new grips to my sister's bike (replacing a very short set that she didn't like) and cleaned my own bikes.

 

[RWright]

The clip on my older Sansa Clip MP3 player broke off recently so I rode up to the Dollar General Store and bought some adhesive backed Velcro strips for a dollar. I now have a tricked-out bicycle helmet, with MP3 player quick mount capability. This modification may even sway me to start wearing it.

 

[Boon 51]

Raised seat hight on my Bad Boy 2 by 5mm ready for tomorrows ride.

 

[Cubist]

Yesterday, drilled out a seized screw head on Cubester's Hope brake reservoir, and fitted a pair of gold reservoir caps which he'd earned by clearing part of the garden.

Today, well I:
Stripped a new (to me) Reba fork and de-spacered it so it's now 120mm travel, performing a lower leg service at the same time. All the air seals feel spot on, so no upper service or damper side/ MoCo service yet.
I then removed my old Reba from the Cotic, cleaned it and removed the Hope Hed Doctor, split crown race and 1.5 inch adapter ring from the 1 1/8" steerer. For sale if anyone wants one.

I then fitted the split crown race to the 1.5" tapered steerer of the new fork, dismantled, cleaned, regreased and reassembled the Hope headset on the Cotic and fitted the new fork. It now sits approx 5mm lower on the stem, but the overall A-C fork length is about 5mm longer, so still feels right.

Then I had to convert my front Pro II Evo hub from 9mm Thru-axle to 20mm Maxle, and fit to the new fork, fitting and adjusting the disc brake caliper. I now have a stiff front end (Ping @Fnaar )

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

Stripped my old Battaglin down that has been sat in the garden for about 16 years. Thsi involved cutting the saddle off the stem as the bolts were solid and putting the stem in a vice to remove it. Also had to cut thr handle bars off to get the forks out. At least the chainset came out and is reusable. The bearings are however knackered!
I also invested in a Mavic cosmic wheel for it and picked that up tonight from Astley Bridge.
Frame is now off to be powder coated.
Tonight I cleaned and lubed my Specialized allez for the C2C on Saturday.

 

[billy1561]

Cleaned and lubed my road bike back to showroom condition only to find the new club i went out with went part way down a trail first part of a ride. It was like dodge city

 

[musa]

my tyre is flat for the fifith time today...repatched my tubes and pulled out a splint from inside the tyre

 

[billy1561]

Also stripped and lubed the cleats, then put new pedals on.