What Have You Fettled Today?

[Salad Dodger]

Mrs Salad broke the plastic front light mounting on her e-bike, so I have bodged a temporary mounting out of cable ties, and ordered a new velcro style rubber mount for it.
Pumped the tyres and oiled the chains on both e-bikes before we went for a trip to the supermarket on them this afternoon.

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

Reset the new pads on my hydraulic disc brake for the third time. Can't stop them catching (just very slightly) and there is not as much travel on the levers as there should be, but I have tried everything. Pushed the pistons right back in as far as they will go, refitted the pads and springs, put the reservoir back together, re-centred the caliper on the rotor, but they always end up with virtually no clearance between the pads and the rotor. I'll just have to see how they go tomorrow and hope for the best. At least they are stopping me well.

 

[fossyant]

Thurs evening stripped rear brake cable - crud on inner causing sticksion ! Wire wooled and back in. Smooth as a baby's bum.

 

[potsy]

Cleaned and fettled the Secteur, it had been put away for the winter but ended up using it twice on the commute before Christmas and forgot to clean it
Put the seatpost rack onto the XC bike for now, but might get a proper rack for it and leave the other for the Secteur.

 

[Brandane]

While out in the rain yesterday, I noticed brown rusty gunk leaking out the bottom of my head tube (Specialized Tricross). A closer inspection today revealed what I suspected; the bottom set of ball bearings were rusty and had worn the races.
So today, bike into kitchen/workshop and off with the bars, front wheel, mudguard, front brake, and forks. A long metal rod and a hammer, followed by half an hour of swearing, banging, and a few blows to my left hand with said hammer, and the races were out of the head tube.

Into the car and off to Dales bike shop (nearest competent helpful bike shop open on a Sunday) and they sold me 2 sealed bearing units to replace the loose bearings and races set up which had been fitted originally.

Back home and back to work in the kitchen. All re-assembled, but why was there a gap between forks and head tube? And, there was play in the forks, and it wasn't rotating smoothly? Took it apart again for investigation and found the problem. The sealed bearing is bevelled on one side, THAT is the side that mates with the head tube - doh! I hadn't even noticed that the 2 sides were shaped differently when I first put it together.

All now sorted and awaiting trial run tomorrow .

 

[VamP]

Broke my tubular duck in style last night, two wheelsets, one with Tufo Flexus Dry and the other FMB Super Mud. Bloody good arm workout

 

[HLaB]

I oiled my chain and went for a ride

 

[colly]

A nice little steel frame I have recently acquired was picked up today from the powder coaters. Being genetically unable to stop myself fiddling and tinkering I just had to add a splash of colour the the otherwise pristine white uber shiny finish. So a can of yellow was employed to colour and ''fade'' the bottom of the forks and rear dropouts.
I guess I'll have to do the lugs so it sort of balances.

 

[jayonabike]

New bar tape on the Secteur this evening.

 

[scouserinlondon]

Replaced both sets of pads with new koolstops and gave breaks a good clean. I can stop again!

 

[jayonabike]

Fitted a new chain to the Dawes this evening.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Fettled the SRAM X0 rear mech on the mtb which was chucking the chain in the spokes, low stop adjusted, not convinced by the last section of cable before the mech. Angles look all wrong, turns too tight.

Now off to muse on swapping the front mech trigger shifter for a rotary one.

 

[MossCommuter]

• Removed old worn brake pads
• Fitted new brake pads
• Removed new brake pads
• Re-fitted old worn brake pads

Who knew disc brake pads could be too thick

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Completely stripped and cleaned No.1 bike, it got so filthy after an Audax Saturday that it was just easier to take every single bit off and clean it that way

That'll learn me to do a winter ride down muddy back lanes with no mudguards

 

[potsy]

Cleaned CX bike ready for it to go for it's 1st service tomorrow.
Turned the Secteur back into the commuter for a couple of days, added rack/frame bag/Raceblades.
Also put a 3rd front light on to compliment the 2 Hope 1's, a 300lm Moon light that will be my 'mainbeam' for the unlit bits.