Sods_Laur
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Birmingham
installed a bottom bracket on my new frame. feel very pleased with myself, this is far beyond my normal ability!
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Rebuilt the brick pier which I destroyed last week (post #2600). It looks decidedly, er, rustic.
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Old Plodder
Living at the top of a steep 2 mile climb
- Location
- Surrey/Hants border
Fitted a better saddle & a rear rack to my s/spd, plus fitted upturned cutoff drops & a nicer saddle to my GT5 road bike.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Prepped my carbon bike last night for tonight's TT (its not been used since last year, October iirc), put the tri bars on, pedals on, pumped the tyres, oiled the chain and moved the seat to the same height as my other bike.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Painted the bike shed .
Spoked Wheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bournemouth
My Ti bike had developed a clicking noise from the BB area so today I figured that it was happening when I put weight on the pedals so after checking the frame joins it was time to check for a loose BB. I thought this was a good time to remove the cranckset and BB and give it a good clean and re grease. Glad to say the clicking noise is now gone and the bike is ready for Saturday's club run.
Edit: Further to my Thursday post.
Yesterday I fitted some latex tubes, I had read that latex tubes improve ride comfort so I thought "yeah, I'd like some of that". Today I've completed a 50 miles ride and I have to say that they do improve the ride but the difference is not huge. Will have to see how annoying is to pump the tyres every other day to decide whether latex tubes are worth getting
. I found them not harder to fit than any other tube so no issues with that. My ride is pretty comfy already so I guess that makes it a little harder for me to notice any attempt to improve comfort.
Edit: Further to my Thursday post.
Yesterday I fitted some latex tubes, I had read that latex tubes improve ride comfort so I thought "yeah, I'd like some of that". Today I've completed a 50 miles ride and I have to say that they do improve the ride but the difference is not huge. Will have to see how annoying is to pump the tyres every other day to decide whether latex tubes are worth getting
. I found them not harder to fit than any other tube so no issues with that. My ride is pretty comfy already so I guess that makes it a little harder for me to notice any attempt to improve comfort.
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
New chain and brake calipers on the virtuoso .
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
New stem on my Giant, then put the Giant stem on Hubster's Boardman. Everybody is happy now.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Feck, needs a new cassette as well
DiddlyDodds
Random Resident
- Location
- Littleborough
Made a small stand for sitting the bike on to clean it
Boon 51
Veteran
- Location
- Deal. Kent.
Adjusted the saddle to point down by 2/3mm as I seem to using the drops more, it seems to be a lot better for it.. so that good.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
I installed my new GoPro Hero3+ camera on the helmet strap mount, and the older Hero3 on my right seat stay. The latter was a bit tricky, as I had to keep it away from the brake cable, mudguard, etc. I also attached one of those digital camera lanyards to the GoPro (on its rear door hinge), and looped the lanyard around my seat post mounted rear reflector.
I don't know how stable the GoPro's mount parts are when subjected to daily commutes. My commutes are 14 hours a week in any weather, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up. Hence the lanyard: just in case. If any of you have these camera mounts, and would like to share your own accounts, feel free
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I would have preferred to use the Hero3 without the Battery Bacpac attachment, but it just doesn't last for my afternoon commute without it, as the total elapsed time is about 100 minutes, and I found that without the Bacpac the GoPro sometimes stopped recording a few km before I got home. Of course, I could accept that I won't always record that bit, and go without it anyway, which would save me about another 50g of weight. It's nice that the Hero3+ is about 65g lighter than the Hero3+Bacpac, and (from my initial tests) will last for my whole afternoon commute
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I don't know how stable the GoPro's mount parts are when subjected to daily commutes. My commutes are 14 hours a week in any weather, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up. Hence the lanyard: just in case. If any of you have these camera mounts, and would like to share your own accounts, feel free
.I would have preferred to use the Hero3 without the Battery Bacpac attachment, but it just doesn't last for my afternoon commute without it, as the total elapsed time is about 100 minutes, and I found that without the Bacpac the GoPro sometimes stopped recording a few km before I got home. Of course, I could accept that I won't always record that bit, and go without it anyway, which would save me about another 50g of weight. It's nice that the Hero3+ is about 65g lighter than the Hero3+Bacpac, and (from my initial tests) will last for my whole afternoon commute
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Multiple fettles today
1 put new rear brake cable on the well known auction sites bargain bike.mickled the chain and re indexed the gears. All nice and smooth now.Stops too.
2 went to the daughters who's mountain bike was "making a funny noise". Mickled the chain.indexed the gears.pumped up the tyres put 45psi in instead of the 5psi that was in them.raised the handlebars to which she said thats a lot better. Result.
3 adjusted the seat and bars on the bike I restored for her. Nice to see it back in use and I have to say looking good. Its had all new inner and outer cables. New chain and everything has been stripped and greased.pic below.
1 put new rear brake cable on the well known auction sites bargain bike.mickled the chain and re indexed the gears. All nice and smooth now.Stops too.
2 went to the daughters who's mountain bike was "making a funny noise". Mickled the chain.indexed the gears.pumped up the tyres put 45psi in instead of the 5psi that was in them.raised the handlebars to which she said thats a lot better. Result.
3 adjusted the seat and bars on the bike I restored for her. Nice to see it back in use and I have to say looking good. Its had all new inner and outer cables. New chain and everything has been stripped and greased.pic below.
