What Have You Fettled Today?

[HLaB]

Trued my front wheel and hopefully adjusted my front mech fractionally to stop chain rub. It ran perfectly with an Ultegra cassette on mavic wheels but is fractionally off with a sram cassette and planet x wheels.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Oiled the cassette on my Electra, and attached a new, better kickstand. And replaced the valve caps that look for all the world like .357 magnum bullets. Anodized blue aluminum valve caps. Do not want to send the wrong message . Thinking about fenders.

 

[redflightuk]

New brake blocks on the road bike tonight.

 

[Biker Joe]

The only thing I didn't like about my Carrera 'Vanquish' was the color scheme.
I found the 'green' to be rather 'sickly' to my eyes so I gave the bike a makeover.
FROM THIS:-

TO THIS:-

I'm happy now.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Looking good. Now it matches the seatbag and saddle accents

 

[Biker Joe]

Looking good. Now it matches the seatbag and saddle accents

And my clothing accessories.( Red cycle jacket, red & black helmet, red & black cycling mits, black tights with red piping.)
You've gotta look good.
All those black and red accessories and a 'Green' bike?.................Aw, come on!

 

[youngoldbloke]

And my clothing accessories.( Red cycle jacket, red & black helmet, red & black cycling mits, black tights with red piping.)
You've gotta look good.
All those black and red accessories and a 'Green' bike?.................Aw, come on!

Getting a bit off-thread but have you noticed how many 2013/14 bikes have green bits? Don't get it myself - renders them totally un-saleable IMHO .

 

[Biker Joe]

I would like to add that I took the 'Vanquish' out today and it definitely goes faster.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I got home from work dinner time took the lights wheels and computer of my fixed chucked it in the car and took it down Albany Cycles, about an hour and a half later they text me to say it was ready, they'd managed to get the seized in screws out of the rear mudguard. Tonight I've fitted the new rear mudguard and cleaned the parts of the back of the bike that can't be reached normally, I no longer have a bike with a black mudguard on the front and a silver one on the back, the only problem is that I've got to order some more Secu Clips, the ones on the bike are knackered.

 

[PeteXXX]

New Bottom Bracket fitted to Town & Tesco bike.

 

[HLaB]

My chain suddenly started jumping last night, guessed what it was (and had carried a quick link), the new chain I had fitted a couple of hundred miles ago (last week) was missing a pin and I had to use another to join it; that weak link was starting to fail last night. So I fixed that and a rear p'ture and took the bike for a short test ride and its shifting perfectly

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Dismantled my old Puch Toledo eBay buy. Shame the frame has bubbled paint and rust - not a lot but to spoil it enough, not sure if powder coating after rust treatment would be worth it., it's old but only a gas piper

But what a joy - for an old bike, everything undid easily. Cotter pins came out with a couple of taps, even the drive side fixed bottom bracket cup came out without breaking a sweat

 

[fossyant]

Guards and snow studs fitted to the MTB for cold commutes, or off road muddy commutes. Unlikely the missus will let me ride this week.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

refitted my front mudguard... 2 screws and some old inner tube to 'tie' it on where it won't attach at the brakes. did the job nicely. might make it a touch tidier when it is not raining...

 

[rbreid]

Not cycle specific but fettled this over the last few weeks.

As bought at car boot sale

As is now