What Have You Fettled Today?

[Fifelad]

Adjusted my mudguards on the winter bike for the umpteenth time to stop an annoying rub. Did it in the comfort of the kitchen as the wife was out . When she asked what I had done today I told her I had done 45 mins on the turbo (true) and "tweaked" the mudguards. "In the shed ? its freezing in there " she said, "Yes I replied lying through my teeth, "just a 5 min job "

 

[cyberknight]

Took the commuter to the shop, headset went loose and when i tightened up enough not to wobble about it was very stiff , no good for riding as it would lock in a certain angle .
Yes i know i can do it myself if i had the time and a headset press, i could use a screwdriver but TBH the LBS is good and always charge reasonable rates.

 

[Hacienda71]

Think I am losing it....Cleaned the mtb before tomorrows ride at Llandegla. I suspect it won't stay clean very long.

 

[potsy]

Think I am losing it....Cleaned the mtb before tomorrows ride at Llandegla. I suspect it won't stay clean very long.

Blimey skolly will be furious if you turn up with a clean bike

My fettling today consisted of taking the knackered tyre off the rear of the Secteur, replacing it with the front and putting a new one on the front.
Tomorrow i will be putting a new cassette on the Caad if it will accept a 12-30, it came with a 12-28

 

[HLaB]

Not much of a fettle but the front mudguard bracket snapped a few weeks back, sks sent me a replacement and I've only just got round to fitting it, fihure I might need it tomorrow :-/

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Think I am losing it....Cleaned the mtb before tomorrows ride at Llandegla. I suspect it won't stay clean very long.

did mine after the ride when we got home. New brake blocks fitted to my OH's bike yet again... running theme on his mtb...
and I think his rear wheel will be needing some new cup, cones & wheel bearings this week as well... that is after his road bike gets its new wheels, cassette, chain, brakes pads, brake cables (inners & outers) and something else I can't quite remember right now! Still trying to talk him into a new mtb! can you believe it?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

After a few weeks of having a headset looser than a wino's bowels I've tightened it. I can't believe how easy that was. Tighten the cap before the stem bolts!

'Facepalm' as the kids say.

 

[Arjimlad]

I had been finding it hard to get in the correct gear at the back. Shifters adjusted to shift up happily would not shift down properly. If they were adjusted to shift down properly, would not shift up !

So I took off the chain and gave it a good wash and degrease, and did the same for the derailleur too. After cleaning the cables and blasting the outers with GT85 I reassembled, relubed everything and now have much better shifting .

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I have murdered my husband... fettled my husband's bike today.

New wheels because I was fed up of replacing the bearings in his rear hub (stock decathlon wheel) and this time around it needed cup & cones as well... So Shimano R501's were put on with a new SRAM PG-850 12-26 cassette and SRAM PC-850 chain. He needed new brake pads, 1 new brake shoe (one of them would not unscrew and the allen key just clicks in the nut to remove the old pad... will have to take a hacksaw to the screw later on) and both brake cables replacing. Regretfully he also needed new chainset which I didn't spot when I surveyed the damage to his bike prior to purchasing the parts needed, so has had to have the old outer and middle chainrings off my old cassette. Luckily the 8mm allen key that holds the crank arms on would not come off - I say luckily because I would have just swapped the chainset over and probably not have picked up on the fact that my old crank arm was 170mm and his is 175mm so he would have been left with odd length cranks - and that would have been very embarrassing!

Right up until the new chainset being required I had managed to keep the cost of the repairs to his bike down to a sensible £99... so cheaper than replacing the bike but...

From this (look at the middle chainring )

to this on 2nd hand parts (not ideal - these were actually take off my bike as too worn )

and the end result...

Anyone want to lay any bets that he actually notices a difference?
Nahhh... me neither.

 

[wisdom]

You're handy to have around . He's a lucky guy.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Having noticed a loud creaking sound coming from my front derailleur when changing from the middle to large chain ring on my commute home yesterday, I sprayed some grease on its spring last night, and this morning it was nice and quiet! . Now I just need to do something about the headset, because the noises coming from it are rapidly approaching "symphony" status .

 

[Jenkins]

I have murdered my husband... fettled my husband's bike today.
(Snip) Regretfully he also needed new chainset which I didn't spot when I surveyed the damage to his bike prior to purchasing the parts needed, so has had to have the old outer and middle chainrings off my old cassette (snip)

What make chainrings or what level of groupset (Sora, Tiagra, 105, etc) were they from as I have to replace the chainrings on my Triban (I have been advised that Sora or 105 triples should fit). The only difference is that the outer ring on mine look like the middle on your husbands.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

What make chainrings or what level of groupset (Sora, Tiagra, 105, etc) were they from as I have to replace the chainrings on my Triban (I have been advised that Sora or 105 triples should fit). The only difference is that the outer ring on mine look like the middle on your husbands.

I replaced his with the ones from my old triban 3. I fitted a 1/2 price Shimano 2303 (52/42/30) chainset to my bike (Shimano 2303 Square Taper Triple Chainset 8-speed) which I picked up for £44.99 when Evans Cycles were clearing their stock. I am currently looking at Shimano Tourney A073 Triple 50/39/30 Square Tapered Chainset (£47.99) for his T3... but that means dropping him from a 175mm crank arm length to a 170mm and I'm not sure how much difference it will make to him... need to measure him and put it through a crank arm calculator and check his other 2 bikes to see what they have. From what I can tell you need to be careful that you get a triple that is 8 speed compatible (assuming your Triban has a 8 speed cassette on it). That is the biggest restriction for us from what I can tell and I knew we need square taper for the BB which I don't want to have to replace - that is actually OK!

You could look at just changing your outer chainring if the other chainrings are OK. It would be easier and cheaper if you don't have the crank removal tool - you only need an allen key for that.

 

[HLaB]

Put new clarks brake pads holders & pads on the fixie and lowered the saddle and rotated the bars similar to my recent bike fit and on the 4 and a bit mile ride to get milk it felt great :-)

 

[shouldbeinbed]

New mudguards and SQR block on the Cannondale ute bike. Far more of a PITA than I anticipated as I needed to adapt the guards slightly to fit the rather odd original rear set up. Took the original weighty rack off to be replaced maybe with a better one if I start to miss it.