What Have You Fettled Today?

[BrynCP]

Today I managed to take off a broken rear hanger, put on a new one, attach the derailleur and adjust its limits and re-link the chain and put it on! And surprisingly it's now ridable!

Shifting is still rather poor/noisy so I'll have to tackle that another day or at least it's now ridable to the LBS if needed, still a chance that the derailleur is damaged I guess.

 

[BrynCP]

Adjusted the gears after today's ride. Seems there is less rub now when rotating the peddles on the stand at least. Have to have another ride tomorrow to test real life shifting.

My back wheel is quite out of true too. Debating whether I should try this myself or not! I'll probably end up with either an egg for a wheel, or worse, a 50p.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

This thread was on page 3! I guess you lot are too busy riding here, there and everywhere in the fine Summer weather to be bothered with fettling .

I gave my commuter bike an extra thorough clean yesterday, taking longer than usual (2 hours), because the chain had some built-up muck in it. My method was to

• use a rag to wipe the chain, rear derailleur including jockey wheels, front derailleur and chain rings;
• use numerous cotton buds to push muck out from between the pairs of outer plates on the chain, a slow but effective approach;
• use degreaser spray on the rag, then hold the rag around the chain while spinning the pedals, to remove as much of the remaining muck as I could;
• removed rear wheel, sprayed degreaser on the cassette, then used a rag to remove the excess degreaser, to have the cassette cogs looking shiny;
• put rear wheel back on, then applied chain oil to both sides of the chain and both jockey wheels, spun the chain for a while with a rag around it; then
• repeated the above step, since the first application of chain oil always has some black muck oozing out of the chain, so it's best to do the same again.

I had a very smooth ride to work this morning .

 

[Dogtrousers]

I dismantled, cleaned, polished, greased and remantled a pair of weinmann sidepulls. But I couldn't find a thin enough spanner to hold one of the nuts while I lock the other against it. Oh well, they aren't needed for another month or so. Plenty of time to look for one

 

[Accy cyclist]

I swapped a worn out brake block on the front brake with a good one from the back brake. Mean i know but i hardly use the back brake.

 

[Kevoffthetee]

Thanks to German efficiency my almost impossible to find Shimano m191 crankset and KMC X8-99 chain arrived after 2 working days. I had no option but to be just as efficient.

I know it's not black but when there are non left Anywhere and you want a direct swap your a bit limited. I also found it strange when following advice on chain length, it seems too short but what do I know

 

[Salad Dodger]

The safety handle/switch of my ancient Flymo finally busted today. It has been a bit dodgy for many months.

I took it to bits and have superglued the broken plastic parts, and "splinted" them with bits of rawlplug. Give it a few days for the glue to set, and a trial run will establish whether it's fixed, or f**ked.......

 

[Dogtrousers]

The safety handle/switch of my ancient Flymo finally busted today. It has been a bit dodgy for many months.

I took it to bits and have superglued the broken plastic parts, and "splinted" them with bits of rawlplug. Give it a few days for the glue to set, and a trial run will establish whether it's fixed, or f**ked.......

Quite a few years ago my dad had a similar problem and I amazed him by getting replacement part off the net. What amazed him was not so much that it was available and the right part, but that I actually ordered it and didn't get it wrong. If the splint method doesn't work have a look at www.espares.co.uk

 

[raleighnut]

Quite a few years ago my dad had a similar problem and I amazed him by getting replacement part off the net. What amazed him was not so much that it was available and the right part, but that I actually ordered it and didn't get it wrong. If the splint method doesn't work have a look at www.espares.co.uk

Dads can do that to you I think mine used to be amazed that I could get dressed in the mornings
EDIT he never did get the one Pink one Lime Green sock thing in the 70s

 

[Salad Dodger]

Quite a few years ago my dad had a similar problem and I amazed him by getting replacement part off the net. What amazed him was not so much that it was available and the right part, but that I actually ordered it and didn't get it wrong. If the splint method doesn't work have a look at www.espares.co.uk

Thank you - I will keep that in mind if my home brewed repair doesn't work.....

 

[Roscoe]

Schwalbe Durano's now fitted front and rear to the road bike.

Now just need to source a prostate friendly saddle from eBay.

 

[PeteXXX]

My Crank Brothers multitool end screw came off inside the case yesterday at Cannock. I had to Jemmy it gently out of the case and catch the bits and pieces that dropped out.
Today, I reassembled it correctly. I intent putting a drop of loctite on the threads as soon as I can to avoid the 3D jigsaw of putting it back together in the correct order!!!

 

[marknotgeorge]

The Mad Scientist has been complaining that the Revoshift on her bike is too hard to use, so I fitted a push button shifter.
WP_20140709_19_07_01_Pro.jpg by marknotgeorge, on Flickr

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

little bit of fettlin' on both my touring bike and my road bike today.

• the touring bike (known as Original Cindy) needed checking over, cleaning/dusting off (it is stored inside), a saddle adding, chain cleaned and lubed, but still need to fix one of the toe clips and check out a stiff brake cable - have til Tuesday when I go on a solo tour to sort that, and may also remove the front pannier racks because they won't be needed.
• the road bike (known as Serenity) has been cleaned, 8 degree sti wedges added, brakes adjusted and chain waxed and is ready for Friday's attempt on my first every 100 mile ride!

 

[fossyant]

I'm not riding for a few weeks, but got collared by a neighbour to fix a puncture. He dabbled in getting a road bike a few years back and got me to fit clipless pedals, but he had real dodgy knees. Anyway, he turns up with a wheel that was off some cheapo bike. No name stuff, some unknown Polish make tyre that was distorted massively sat on the rim without air. I replaced with a spare tube - Specialized one (probably worth more than the whole wheel). The tyre was so easy to pop off, really badly made. Anyway, didn't ask for the 6 quid as he is a nice fella, just said "there you go, replaced the tube". The fella was really grateful. I don't mind helping out, and we suspect he put out our bins for collection when we were away for a couple of weeks recently, so a favour deserves another.