What Have You Fettled Today?

[Doyleyburger]

Pumped my tyres up using a Presta to Schrader adapter (£1.25 off eBay)
So much easier and quicker now that I can use my compresser to do this.
Less than a minute : DONE !

 

[wisdom]

In reference to the post on the vintage section."been wanting to post on here for a while now".
Well. Further strip down of the dawes project.Every bolt undid easily.
Stripped out bottom bracket,again all came apart easily it was qute pleasant working on basic cycle engineering. Everything was so simple on the bikes manufactured. 30+ years ago.
Nothing appears to be made of cheese.
The bearings and races in the bb are perfect,just the old grease had hardened..

 

[Venod]

Well I had an annoying click when I put the pressure on the pedals, it wasn't there when spinning along just when pressure was applied, I have previously removed chain checked it for wear, cleaned lubed & refitted, removed crankset & checked the free spinning of the bearings in their cups, noise still there, cycled today in a different pair of shoes to eliminate any cleat problems, noise still there, checked frame for cracks ! ( getting desperate now) removed crankset again removed bearing cups The right hand one was not completely tight ( may have been the problem) removed cassette & freewheel cleaned & refitted, took the bike to the bottom of the hill near home & put some pressure on all the way up, no clicking to be heard ! lets hope I have cured it, a longer run is needed before I can be sure (fingers crossed) it was driving me crazy.

 

[tnr319]

Been upgrading my wife's ebike to disc brakes on the rear. Well been at it for three days! After getting all the parts and fitting the disc and caliper I've found out that the brake cable I got was way too small. I need a tandem brake cable, all 3 metres of it cause of the weird routing. Also the pannier rack won't fit now. Well it just means more shopping trips

 

[alicat]

Swapped the cap nut on the rear wheel axle of my hub gear shopper bike (non-drive side). Phew it was a case of the nut thread being stripped on two successive nuts not the bolt. Will return the unused files to Halfords.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

swapped tyre, tube and cassette onto a different rear wheel…

 

[uclown2002]

roadside inner tube replacement after *P* visit.

 

[subaqua]

i found the adjusters on the magura levers today rather than fiddling to re align the pads at the wheels . RTFM i spose

 

[cyberknight]

Fixed a punctured inner tube, checked tightness of chain ring bolts and greased pedal threads.
waiting for delivery of a new chainring and chain so fingers crossed the rear cassette is ok although i do have a good condition one is spares.
Also planning to change the stem on the subway to a 100 mm as the stock 80 mm(?) one feels to upright and i cant mount the garmin on it.

 

[PeteXXX]

Greased up the BB and Headset of my old '70s Tesco bike. They needed a touch of lube as they've never been 'maintained' until now..

 

[EltonFrog]

I have started to put back together my 43 year old Dawes Kingpin that has been bits for over a year.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Stripped a 1981 Schwinn Voyageur of a bad spray paint job, for the most part.

 

[marknotgeorge]

Nobody did anything yesterday?

Got my bike back from the LBS, where it went in for a service and get the front derailleur finally sorted. So I've begun preparations for mounting the Sun on my handlebars the Cree light I have on order, by installing this here Busch & Müller universal light bracket. I've put my little Cateye light on there to free up space on the handlebars. The Cree will go on the handlebars so it's easier to switch on and off. I tried to get the front reflector on too, but the B&M mount's not wide enough.

Here's a pic:

 

[EltonFrog]

Today and yesterday. I was doing more work on my Dawes Kingpin, put the refurbished wheels back on, the chain, mudguards, brake levers, gear lever, each part cleaned and de-rusted, lubricated/greased. Still quite a bit to do.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Mmm... what haven't I fettled today? I just spent about 4 hours on my Vivente tourer that I use for commuting. Parts due for replacement all at the same time were:

• both wheels;
• rear tyre;
• cranks;
• both pedals;
• front chain rings;
• chain; and
• rear cassette.

I would have built the wheels myself, as I've started teaching myself wheel building, but I left it too late, and my bike badly needed the new wheels. Both rims were concave, and the rear wheel was starting to buckle under the pressure. So, not wanting to build my first ever pair of wheels under time pressure, I just took the parts to a local bike shop and let one of the experienced wheel builders there take care of it. He did an excellent job of it, too. They're the same as the old set: Shimano hub on rear and SON dynamo hub on front, DT Swiss Alpine III triple-butted spokes and DT Swiss TK540 touring rims. They look great .

As for the cranks, I wouldn't have replaced them, because the old ones are still fine, except that one of the pedals is stuck, and I had tried various methods of removing it, to no avail. Also, both pedals were completely worn out, and because one was stuck, I couldn't replace it. So I decided to buy another crankset. I can try to remove the stuck pedal at my leisure, and then the old cranks can be spares.

Here's a few pictures of my pride and joy, the Vivente tourer that I've done just over 65,000km on over 5 years.

A nice collection of spare parts:

Bike all cleaned and ready to receive spare parts:

Lovely new wheels :

The new parts:

The truing stand and wheel dishing tool I used to check the new wheels were true:

The updated bike:

A close up of the drive train, with nice shiny new cassette, chain and crankset:

And of course, new cleats, as the old ones were also pretty worn out:

Actually, the shoes are looking pretty worn out, too, so I'll have to replace them some time soon.

I love my bikes .