What Have You Fettled Today?

[ColinJ]

[Yesterday]
I pumped up the tyres on my ex's bike, adjusted the brakes, and fitted lights for her. She told me that she was going to go to work on her bike because she doesn't like the 35 minute walk home at night now it is getting dark so early. TBH, I had my doubts that she would do it (given that the outward journey involves riding up a 600 ft hill which includes some steep ramps), but a mate came down the hill as she was going up it. He came round here to tell me that he had spotted her double and was pretty surprised to find out that it was actually her. (It's a tough hill for somebody who is near-enough a non-cyclist.)

She told me that she'd got off the bike and walked the steep bits, but there's no shame in that. Her journey home took just over 10 minutes, and she had gone the long way round to avoid a treacherously steep and slippery descent.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

New rear wheel. Different rim width to the one it's replacing
I forgot how damned fiddly Suntour SE cantis are. Especially with pannier rack arms getting in the way.

 

[DCLane]

Fitted a new rear derailleur plus rear mech hanger to youngest son's Ridgeback MX20 MTB along with a new chain and a full set of cables. It all works as well ... eventually! It completes the conversion from frame + broken 5-speed (free bike) to 6-speed using some recycled parts from his old rusty Hood Guru bike and some new bits.

Given I've never done any of the above AND it'd been converted to single-speed earlier this year as a stop-gap I'm and

 

[beastie]

Fettled Bodged a mudflap on the commuter using some cut up tyre and 2 zip ties.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Added racks to the Trek 720(hybrid/touring) and GT Outpost Trail (Mountain, but rigged for 26" touring). Quite the fettling session, as the Trek required brake cables pass through the rack. Also, another coat of paint for the Voyageur. More sanding, and first coat of clear scheduled for Saturday.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Broke my Chinese Magicshine mounting.
Fixed my Chinese Magicshine Mounting. I love Araldite.

Took the Airzound off the trike as that is away for the winter now, at least for urban riding. Rigged up an oversize handlebar mount for it from the spare Magicshine ring and fitted that to the main bike

 

[compo]

My old Raleigh road bike still has it's original straight steel seatpost. I have been intending to get an allow micro adjust one when I could justify the expense. I had the post off the bike today and have been unable to get it back solidly so it doesn't move. There are a number of slight dents in the post, I guess where the frame has clamped to it over the years. Anyway for now I have cut a couple of shims from a tin can which have temporarily fixed the slipping and I have finally been convinced to order a new alloy micro adjust post from Ebay.

 

[Leaway2]

After fitting a new bottom bracket, the chain was not changing correctly. I decided to fettle the front Derailleur. wish I hadn't bothered What a pain trying to adjust the damn thing and its still not perfect, although the limit stops are OK now.

 

[Asa Post]

Replaced the brushes on my Crud Roadracers, put new tyres on the MTB, and installed Deda Dog Fangs on both bikes.

 

[gbb]

With a MTB spoke, I kept a grape packing line operating at work...an emergency repair that may be permanent.
For the techies...metal detector belt, driven by a mini vari speed AC motor, via a miniature flexi coupling to the belt roller. The pin sheared allowing the motor to run, but no drive to the roller. NO spare pin, its going to be a bodge with whatever I can find. 2mm Dia pin, no screws that size...I cant find anything, not even a 2mm drill bit that I might have been able to use somehow. Hmmm, there's an old spoke in my box...1.98mm
20 minutes later, 8 people are working again and 1800 punnets of grapes per hour can roll off the line...all with the aid of a bicycle spoke

 

[derrick]

Fitted new tyre this evening before i went for my evening ride.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My geared best bike has been cleaned, polished lubed and put away until the spring, I'll be on fixed all winter. I've put the Smart light back on the fixed, the lens on the Blackburn Mars I had on it has fallen off and disappeared, I've also put a new tube on the back, I had a rare puncture on Friday and put an old patched tube in, thats gone back in the shed as a spare, and I gave the bike its normal weekend check over.

 

[compo]

Now changed the old straight, rusty, dented chromed seat post on my Raleigh for a nice new modern one. I had a heck of a job fitting it. I think the seat tube had deformed to suit the old dented seat post so I had to spend some time with a socket in the frame and some persuasion with a hammer to round it out again. Anyway all done now, and the well greased seat post (ally into steel) now slides in and out like I can't say what.

 

[fossyant]

Decided to get the dremel tool out tonight. Two old broken cat eye front lights and a number of handle bar brackets. Cut the clipping mechanism out of the cat eye light body, and hopefully will make this into a quick release bracket for one of the twin U2 lights. You can tell I'm bored.

 

[Booyaa]

Attached new grips with small bar ends to the bike this evening, and a new saddle bag! Also switched over the bottle cage and pump holder. An exciting evening for me.