What Have You Fettled Today?

[cyberknight]

Re greased the commuter`s rear wheel bearing and installed a new rear brake cable.
High stop on the boardman needs a tweak too

 

[PpPete]

Mickled the chains on the audax machines after a long day out yesterday on the Elenidd.
Decided MrsPpP needs a new back wheel, rim was already rather worn and the hub bearing now pretty rough too.
Came back inside and spnt loadsamoney online.

 

[KneesUp]

Inner tube changed on my £26 eBay bike - it came with a 650b inner tube, as it turns out, so not surprisingly there was a big tear around the valve. At least it was easy to find. Put in an old tube which has two patches, but holds air. Also swapped the tyre for a spare one that's slightly less off-road, given that I am riding it on road for the time being - the one that came off has loads of life and is a rather retro-tastic Farmer John's Cousin - it would be a waste to wear that out on road.

As for the bike that will be my road/commute/tow-path bike - it is now almost stripped. Today I finally managed to free the left hand crank after a good soak in penetrating oil. I still can't loosen the stem though, so it's upside down and full of vinegar in an attempt to soften the rust at the moment.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Spent another day trying to fettle me after my accident last Friday

Co-codamol and I are now best of friends.

 

[cyberknight]

Be ca

Spent another day trying to fettle me after my accident last Friday

Co-codamol and I are now best of friends.

Be careful not to take them for too long, the downer is massive when you stop taking them .

 

[arranandy]

SKS raceblades fitted to my 3rd best bike. A surprisingly easy and quick job.

Chuffed as I now have a summer wet weather bike instead of having to ride my clunker of a winter bike.

 

[Old Plodder]

Re adjusted handlebars on the s/spd, slightly higher, as I haven't been out on it lately, but soon.....

 

[biggs682]

replaced close ratio rear block for less racy one only to find chain skipping on smallest gear .... grrrrr

 

[Kies]

Replaced the Tektro brakes with 105's bought on here - a most satisfying job in doing it oneself. even remembered to put a peice of card in the rear before tightening the pads up (toe in)
they definateley stop a lot quicker than the tektro's

 

[RebornBumbler]

Tried out my newly-delivered square taper crank puller on the soon-to-be-replaced riveted triple. Drive side went a dream - much more trouble with the other crank's bolt until I realised it's *not* reverse-threaded (doh!)

All nice and clean now, but it's being replaced in a few days anyway...

 

[compo]

I have recently built up an old Barracuda Exon MTB. I didn't like the rusty quill stem and nasty bars so today I fitted a quill to ahead adaptor and an adjustable stem and a set of oversize handlebars I have had in my shed for some time. It certainly changes the look of the bike.

Before: http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad346/briarman/Photo0089_zps0e6e571f.jpg

After: http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad346/briarman/Photo0093_zps6f257a0b.jpg

 

[Old Plodder]

Well I went out on the s/spd yesterday & found the bars to be too wide, so out with the hacksaw this morning, & now they are about 2.5" narrower.
(Also ditched the pedal reflectors as they were preventing me getting my shoes into the half clips cleanly.)

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Just swapped the disc brake pads on my MTB... 5 mins easy work means I can forget about them for another year or two (or more)

Gotta love hydraulic discs

 

[fossyant]

Rear cable disk is sticky on daughters bike. Needs new cable, but couldn't find anywhere in Prestatyn that sold any. Removed it, cleaned up and fitted a new outer. Working much better, but still need an inner cable. Out and about tomorrow to Anglesey, so I may just have to call into a bike shop, or at least Halfords in Rhyl.

 

[cyberknight]

Painted a picket fence .