What Have You Fettled Today?

[Gravity Aided]

Went through and finished up work on my Peugeot Versailles. I've decided the stem is too long, so back to the drawing board (or indoor trainer) to work out the fit issues. Odd for me at 6'5" to have fit issues concerning me being to small for a bike/component combination. Waiting on Amazon box with trekking bars for the Giant Nutra, taking that old hybrid full on touring. I think it has the proper attributes to serve me well as a compact touring bike and commuter. A good bit small for me, but gets the bars down where I need them, and a good, sturdy seat post keeps the rest of me where I need to be.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Did a mickle, splashed a bit of 3-in-1 around the place. Must be coming up for that time of the year when the bike gets a wash.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Bars are here, Giant (for me) box from Amazin. And bar tape.

 

[compo]

I hooked up my trailer to my roadbike and went off and bought a new battery for my car. Once the battery was fitted my wife fettled my head with the clippers, so I am now a geriatric skinhead again. This afternoon I fitted a new rear gear cable and housing to my hybrid as the shifting was getting a bit iffy and it now works good again. One thing I must remember in future is to remove the wire cable from the housing before cutting the housing to length. Fortunately I had a couple of new cables in my spares box.

 

[Night Train]

I changed the bearing in the Brompton folding pedal.

 

[flatflr]

Combination of a few days fettling here. Bought new wheels (Mavic Ksyrium SLS) as a birthday present to myself and got them to throw a cassette in to the deal (11-25). Tried them out with the provided cassette and loved the wheels felt like they gave an extra gear, then swapped back over to original cassette (11-28) with the plan to build up to the new cassette in the future and have some hilly rides lined up.

 

[wisdom]

Added second bottle cage ready for the Manchester to Blackpool event on Sunday.

 

[Kookas]

Somehow lost a screw on my Crud RoadRacer mudguards, so I had to substitute it for one from Homebase. The mudguards' screws are black 12mm M4 type, but Homebase only had silver 16mm, so it looks positively ridiculous. Can't be bothered to cut it down with a saw.

Swapped out the other side, too. At least it looks balanced.

 

[morrisman]

Fitted my new Charge Spoon, and very nice it is too!

 

[marknotgeorge]

Fitted an Oxford CarrierLED rear light with built-in reflector to the carrier on my Barrossa Monaco.

 

[MisterStan]

New chain and block fitted to the best bike last night, SWMBO even allowed me to do this in the kitchen!

 

[MisterStan]

Fitted an Oxford CarrierLED rear light with built-in reflector to the carrier on my Barrossa Monaco.

I've been looking for something like this! Is it bright enough for a full on winter commute light?

 

[MisterStan]

I hooked up my trailer to my roadbike and went off and bought a new battery for my car. Once the battery was fitted my wife fettled my head with the clippers, so I am now a geriatric skinhead again. This afternoon I fitted a new rear gear cable and housing to my hybrid as the shifting was getting a bit iffy and it now works good again. One thing I must remember in future is to remove the wire cable from the housing before cutting the housing to length. Fortunately I had a couple of new cables in my spares box.

Actually just spat tea on the keyboard - love that description!

 

[marknotgeorge]

I've been looking for something like this! Is it bright enough for a full on winter commute light?

It seems bright enough to me, though I've only seen it in the hallway so far. The specs quote visibility of 500m, and it was only £6ish. However the leaflet in the box mentions it shouldn't be used in flashing mode when attached directly to the bike, and there's no other way of attaching it and it doesn't replace your reflectors. It'll do for my very occasional night riding.

 

[Boris Bajic]

Bled the brakes of my rc303. Much sweeter afterwards. I have the impression that many folk who ride disc-braked bicycles are not in the habit of bleeding them. It is worth it for the return of that sweet action. Probably from a safety perspective, too...

I was really setting up the bike for my wife, who after many tries does not really like road bikes, but likes the road. And she likes the Pace.

I fooled around with the stem and bar and saddle heights and put on my favourite fall-back tyres for MTBs on the road: Conti SportContacts. They are a wonderful tyre.

Once I'd done it all, I just had to put a pair of Egg Beaters on it and go for a blast. It is MUSTARD. Totally, utterly MUSTARD!!!!

Weird to blat over roads that I normally ride on a 53/39 roadie... I kept being unable to find the right gear... and the gaps between were odd for the road, too. Mustard nonetheless.

I'll put the flats back on tomorrow and it'll be hers. I am, frankly, too old and fat to use it off-road any more.