biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
re attached 1 fr gaurd stay after watching the previous nut rattle itself undone on way home at lunch time
What Have You Fettled Today?
- Thread starter threebikesmcginty
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gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Done some more work on my handle bar swap. Wrestled with the hoods on my old bars (why did shimano re-design the hoods so that it's bloody difficult to remove them from bars). Finally got them on the new bars, just need to tape the bars and I'm ready to go.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
New grips and new brake cables (inners and outers) on the MTB. The original grips have been there since purchase about 20 years ago !
Got some new frame transfers on order as the current ones are starting to come off (well have been for a few years), so these will go on next week when they have arrived.
Got some new frame transfers on order as the current ones are starting to come off (well have been for a few years), so these will go on next week when they have arrived.
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
New exhaust middle and rear sections replaced this morning
What's this got to do with bikes?
Well, not a lot except........ however dirty the dirtiest, cruddiest, thick-oiliest bikes are a pleasure to work on compared to rolling around in the gutter as the rain hammers down, getting soaked through with dirty road water as you struggle to separate 2 pipe sections with minimal elbow room on a set of 8" ramps.
Bikes are so much more civilised machines to work on. I'll not complain about dirty bikes ever again (well, at least not until I get around to looking at the heap of filth and rust that I was proudly presented with last week with a "got this free, isn't it great, please can you make this safe for my little boy")
What's this got to do with bikes?
Well, not a lot except........ however dirty the dirtiest, cruddiest, thick-oiliest bikes are a pleasure to work on compared to rolling around in the gutter as the rain hammers down, getting soaked through with dirty road water as you struggle to separate 2 pipe sections with minimal elbow room on a set of 8" ramps.
Bikes are so much more civilised machines to work on. I'll not complain about dirty bikes ever again (well, at least not until I get around to looking at the heap of filth and rust that I was proudly presented with last week with a "got this free, isn't it great, please can you make this safe for my little boy")
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Changed the gearing on my fixed tonight, I'd been running a 46x18 67 inch gear and it felt a smidge tall into the wind on rolling Warwickshire lanes this morning so I changed it to a 44x18 65 inch gear, I fitted a new chainring, shortened the chain, centred the new chainring on the spider and set chain tension whilst I was working on the bike it got checked, cleaned and polished ready for tomorrows commute.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Fitted a rack to my Electra Townie, and fettled the neglected derailleurs. This led to a 10 mile test ride. More cleaning and wax as well.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
New Posh stickers applied to the MTB...
Had a tube explode through an unseen split in my rear tyre this morning. As usual with these things it happened miles from nowhere. A leather patch inside the tyre and a spare tube got me home. Closer examination of the tyres showed that both front and rear needed changing. This side of Christmas, unless I get desperate they have no chance of new ones so for the time being I have replaced them with my old Bontrager tyres the bike originally had when new. They are a bit worn but will do for a while until after Christmas.
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
After a sudden brake fail, front pads replaced.
This prompted a revamp of my front mudguard - after swapping to disc forks and drop bars on an originally flat-bar V-brake setup, the mudguard stays were bent at ludicrous angles and still fouled the cable adjuster - managed to make some other stays and clips from a different guard fit. Ruined a pair of VAR cable cutters though cutting the stays down...bah. What I WANT to know is where my Park cutters went that I used to own...
Then finally got fed up of the rear brake combination of the two most infuriatingly fiddly things known to man. Suntour SE cantis, and with the lack of a brake hanger, a Tektro Power Hanger. They worked on my old wheel but this slightly wider rear wheel, I've never got them right. So, switched to Vees, a brand new pair of which just happened to be in my brakes drawer and I will have to ride on the tops with the interrupter levers which seem to have enough cable pull as opposed to the STIs, at least until my Travelagent arrives in the post
Finally pumped up the Airzound as for some reason, it got a lot of use today!
This prompted a revamp of my front mudguard - after swapping to disc forks and drop bars on an originally flat-bar V-brake setup, the mudguard stays were bent at ludicrous angles and still fouled the cable adjuster - managed to make some other stays and clips from a different guard fit. Ruined a pair of VAR cable cutters though cutting the stays down...bah. What I WANT to know is where my Park cutters went that I used to own...
Then finally got fed up of the rear brake combination of the two most infuriatingly fiddly things known to man. Suntour SE cantis, and with the lack of a brake hanger, a Tektro Power Hanger. They worked on my old wheel but this slightly wider rear wheel, I've never got them right. So, switched to Vees, a brand new pair of which just happened to be in my brakes drawer and I will have to ride on the tops with the interrupter levers which seem to have enough cable pull as opposed to the STIs, at least until my Travelagent arrives in the post
Finally pumped up the Airzound as for some reason, it got a lot of use today!
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
New Shimano HG40 chain on the Raleigh Airlite 100 commuter, although with a thorough clean of the drivetrain.
Why does Shimano make a quick-link that doesn't work? In the end I gave up with it.
The Raleigh Team was set up for wet-weather commuter duties; brakes checked. It just needs some new gear wires and that's the refurb finished.
Why does Shimano make a quick-link that doesn't work? In the end I gave up with it.
The Raleigh Team was set up for wet-weather commuter duties; brakes checked. It just needs some new gear wires and that's the refurb finished.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Its just gone midnight, so it was yesterday but I put the winter wheels on the bike, mudguards and chain. Disappointed with the KMC quality control however, took the brand new chain out of the box, cut it to length only to find one of the pins missing from the other end. I carefully put the removed pin in but I've also put some quick links in my saddle bag just in case. Finished a tad late so it was just a quick test run on the rollers.
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
MTB build finished by installing bottom bracket, fitting chainset and setting up front mech. Crimp ends onto all cables and then take for a test ride in the peeing rain...
...to the pub. Where I proceeded to get fettled!
...to the pub. Where I proceeded to get fettled!
