What Have You Fettled Today?

[simon.r]

Replaced a mudguard. Feel free to learn from my mistake - if you buy a mudguard that's a bit too wide to fit your fork, don't trim a section out. It WILL break

 

[rbreid]

Replaced a mudguard. Feel free to learn from my mistake - if you buy a mudguard that's a bit too wide to fit your fork, don't trim a section out. It WILL break

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An effective repair can be made by drilling out the rivets holding the mount replace with M5 screws/nuts holding a pannier mounting strap. drill through the guard to the front of the brake bridge and fit another couple of M5 screws/nuts to hold the strap at that end. Bridges the weak point. You do need to have the clearance of course.

 

[simon.r]

An effective repair can be made by drilling out the rivets holding the mount replace with M5 screws/nuts holding a pannier mounting strap. drill through the guard to the front of the brake bridge and fit another couple of M5 screws/nuts to hold the strap at that end. Bridges the weak point. You do need to have the clearance of course.

I did consider doing something like that, but decided to take the easy way out and buy a new (narrower) set of guards!

 

[OldCanal]

Bye Bye French thread....Hello 9/16 x 20
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Thats the crankset ready for next weeks build

Is this another 49D?

 

[rbreid]

Is this another 49D?

Yes, Got either Ta cyclotouriste or Stronglight 49D on all my bikes bar one. Great cranksets, not too difficult to find in 165mm crank length (I'm short in the leg dept) and so adaptable chainring wise. Single/double/triple at a whim.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That TA board used to be the best board in the business, IIRC. Had the largest choice of cranks and chainrings, everything else paled by comparison. Followed closely by Stronglight.

 

[DCLane]

Having set out with one tube and needing 2 together after only 6 miles I gave up and decided to fix the bikes littering the conservatory:

- The Raleigh Team finally got the NOS rear derailleur properly set up with a new chain. The frame had had the derailleur bracket bent when it failed so some brutality was called for.
- Decathlon Sport got a new chain, a shorter stem and brake pads that work (Clarks CPS240) as Decathlon's own don't stop anything
- Spesh Secteur got new rear pads and 2 new tubes!

All fixed and hopefully that's it for a day or so ....

 

[Salad Dodger]

No cycle fettling today.

Instead, I lubricated the locking mechanism for the back door, so hopefully it doesn't jam shut (again). Also fettled the apple tree in the garden, which was horribly overgrown. I hope it survives my pruning, as it is also the main feeding station for wild birds in the garden.......

 

[cyberknight]

Went to oil chain last night after a wet and mucky commute home hte day before and th chain had practically seized in the shape of the jockey wheels around the rear mech.Had to do a good mickle and individually wiggle each link .I had only lubed it at the start of the week and it had done less than 100 miles since then.

After changing the bar tape on my bike the other night, the other half liked it so much she asked if i could do her bars, so we both half black bars, used specialized phat bar tape with the gel pads, feels really comfortable, should soften the ride. time for a beer.

Bought 2 lots of that 6 months ago and i still havent got round to putting them on.

 

[derrick]

Went to oil chain last night after a wet and mucky commute home hte day before and th chain had practically seized in the shape of the jockey wheels around the rear mech.Had to do a good mickle and individually wiggle each link .I had only lubed it at the start of the week and it had done less than 100 miles since then.

Bought 2 lots of that 6 months ago and i still havent got round to putting them on.

It's a nice bit of tape.

 

[Jenkins]

Day off work and housebound awaiting Dynorod to sort out a blocked drain so I set about cleaning & lubing all bikes to remove the latest layer of winter road cr*p.

Four hours later (including coffee breaks) and all ready to go.

and the weight saved (with a puncture kit for reference)

 

[HLaB]

Just cleaned my bike and fitted a new cassette, fitted a new chain last week but it didn't marry with the old cassette in one gear so I've changed it.

 

[Christopher]

Major fett'lge on the fixed: replaced rear wheel bearings, serviced headset, changed front ring from 40t to 44t (old one was worn paper-thin), lengthened chain, shortened chain, cut up a bright pink plastic bottle and bolted it to the rack to act as a mudguard (works great!). Thing fairly hums along now - it was seriously under-geared 62" (40x17), now it has a much more sensible 68". The work also eliminated that dreadful creaking which must have been a loose headset.

 

[DCLane]

Fitted Schwalbe Ice Spiker tyres plus a cassette onto a spare set of wheels I got given with my (now my son's) Felt Q200 MTB.

Fitted a new cassette onto the Decathlon Sport 7.1 as the new chain was slipping; had clearly gone too far.

 

[compo]

A couple of weeks ago I went out in a downpour, through deep floods, mud on the road and generally enjoyed myself on my hybrid. I am sure you can imagine the state of my bike when I got home. Did I mention the yet another broken spoke. Anyway I have given the bike a thorough, though slightly early spring clean, fitted a new back wheel and the bike has sat unused for the past fortnight. Determined to go out tomorrow and start getting my legs back in motion I have tonight mickled my chain and oiled other exposed bits that move. It is now raining again so probably after splashing through my ride tomorrow it will need doing again when I get home.