What Have You Fettled Today?
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SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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Fitted a new headset to my expedition bike after it developed an interesting creak when the weather was hot.
Bottom bearings were shot... so gritty and unsmooth. now just have to hope I have reassembled it all correctly! Only got the 4 parts left over
Bottom bearings were shot... so gritty and unsmooth. now just have to hope I have reassembled it all correctly! Only got the 4 parts left over
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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- On the edge of London
After breaking a shifter last week, i have sent it of for repair as it is under warranty, it's going to take a few weeks and i need the bike this weekend for the London 100, So this evening i have fitted new shifters, all road tested and ready to go.
Installed the headset (first time ever) on the bike I am rebuilding. Fitted the bottom bracket, cranks, pedals, wheels and chain. Cracked the bb non-drive side cup and found it didn't matter. Fitted the rear derailleur.
Went to fit the saddle and found some gunk down the seat tube. Lost a rag down the seat tube trying to extract all the gunk. Got it out using a wire coat hanger.
Patted myself on the back and called it a day. Getting up early tomorrow to do the rest.
Went to fit the saddle and found some gunk down the seat tube. Lost a rag down the seat tube trying to extract all the gunk. Got it out using a wire coat hanger.
Patted myself on the back and called it a day. Getting up early tomorrow to do the rest.
They are very nice.What make are they and what mech are they on?
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
They had one of the judges from materchef ( the one with hair ) on the cycle show last week who makes his own flapjack in rice paper as he cant get on with gels etc , apparently rides sportives etc and a fixie around town to burn off the 6000 calories a day he eats at work .
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
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- Northern Ireland
My training partners Avail which had a farms worth of cow shiz attached to it, indexing out and barely shifting onto the 53 ring.
My own bike which just needed a light clean/degrease/relube/polish all with superb Muc-Off products (not affiliated in any way)
She bought breakfast yesterday for my troubles
My own bike which just needed a light clean/degrease/relube/polish all with superb Muc-Off products (not affiliated in any way)
She bought breakfast yesterday for my troubles
They are ~these~ on a Delore LX mech. Good service as well. Ordered one lunchtime and they arrived the next morning.
Day 2 of bike rebulid
Spent too long trying to get the gunk out of the head tube using a bottle brush and WD40. How on earth did it get there?! May need to revisit it with a hose pipe one day when it isn't raining.
Spent too long agonising over the difference between brake cable ferrules and gear cable ferrules, some bits from cables that don't seem to belong anywhere and the right cable run for the brake and gear cables. Going to get up early before work and do what I should have done all along - copy my other bike!
Pleased I worked out a suitable inner for the braze on bottom bracket cable guide - the ptfe liner from a gear cable housing. Found the solution from some judicious Googling.
Spent too long trying to get the gunk out of the head tube using a bottle brush and WD40. How on earth did it get there?! May need to revisit it with a hose pipe one day when it isn't raining.
Spent too long agonising over the difference between brake cable ferrules and gear cable ferrules, some bits from cables that don't seem to belong anywhere and the right cable run for the brake and gear cables. Going to get up early before work and do what I should have done all along - copy my other bike!
Pleased I worked out a suitable inner for the braze on bottom bracket cable guide - the ptfe liner from a gear cable housing. Found the solution from some judicious Googling.
Had some new wheels built a few weeks ago and going over some terrible tarmac on Saturday, it sounded like some spokes had worked loose? I got home and had a look on YouTube, then went and bought a spoke spanner and carried out a tightening exercise. Got back on the bike and thought I must have done something wrong because the sounds I got from the wheel were like a piano being tuned (Just for a second or 2) then silence thank god.
Without tightening each spoke to its limit, how do you know when enough is enough? I just did a part turn on each spoke as nothing seemed really loose?
Without tightening each spoke to its limit, how do you know when enough is enough? I just did a part turn on each spoke as nothing seemed really loose?
raleighnut
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You're then supposed to release the twist you've just put into the spoke after tensioning by turning the key back a bit, plus squeeze the pairs together to stress relieve at their crossing point.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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there's also a recommended tension that they should be at, measured with a spoke tension meter http://www.parktool.com/product/spoke-tension-meter-tm-1 ...
