What Have You Fettled Today?

[potsy]

New front and rear lights fitted to the Caad and a new rear light to the CX bike (Smart R2's)
Frame bag also fitted to both to carry the essentials, this also frees up the seat post for mounting a spare rear light.

Wednesday the CX got a pair of M+Tour for winter riding/off road stuff.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I've replaced the cleats on my shoes. I managed to find a LBS who had some blue shimano's. Jobs a good'un. I'll be building up my new rear wheel as well.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Replaced the front derailleur twist shifter with a thumb shifter on my Specialized Hardrock. I also replaced the handlebars and some cables. Bicycle is now reliably functional, and quite fast for a mountain bike, by my reckoning.

 

[wisdom]

The joys of motoring. If it had been a bike it would have been sorted and back on the road in no time.Wife picked up the puncture whilst out shopping.

 

[Andy clarke]

changed a 42 32 22 chainset to a 48 38 28 and adjusted the front mech

Is that all that needed doing?

 

[arch684]

Is that all that needed doing?

no but it was all I could be arsed typing

 

[Colin_P]

Well yesterday.

Refurbished an old set of Sora 3300 calipers.

From this (I did the first one before grabbing the camera) old and tarnished 20 year old dull ally.

Not sure if I am going to fit them to the bike. Current calipers are non branded (I think pro-stop or something similar) and wondering apart from the aesthetics if there is any benefit on doing so. Both sets are identical size wize so the question is do I swap the almost brand new ones for 20 year old ones?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Plenty of cleaning today. The Raleigh was the muckiest it's ever been after yesterday's ride and I think I had half of Shropshire clogging up the mudguards, so the wheels to come off to clear them.

The knockabout bike wasn't as dirty but frustratingly had a flat rear tyre yet again when I got it out, which turned out to be due to another split tube. That was the last one out of that batch and the replacement seems to be made of thicker rubber so hopefully it'll last a bit better.

I'd hoped to also do some work on one of the old bikes I was given earlier in the year but the weather has turned wet so that'll have to wait for another day.

The failed tube - this is the third that's developed these bulges either side of the valve which have eventually split.

 

[raleighnut]

Plenty of cleaning today. The Raleigh was the muckiest it's ever been after yesterday's ride and I think I had half of Shropshire clogging up the mudguards, so the wheels to come off to clear them.

The knockabout bike wasn't as dirty but frustratingly had a flat rear tyre yet again when I got it out, which turned out to be due to another split tube. That was the last one out of that batch and the replacement seems to be made of thicker rubber so hopefully it'll last a bit better.

I'd hoped to also do some work on one of the old bikes I was given earlier in the year but the weather has turned wet so that'll have to wait for another day.

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The failed tube - this is the third that's developed these bulges either side of the valve which have eventually split.

I've had a couple of them lately, Specialized tubes in my case

 

[Venod]

The spoke tension gauge I made, an old number plate, the locking bar off a ladder rack, a random spring, a handle of an old bike rack, bit of wood off an old chair, a bit of aluminium channel.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's a very fine bit of work there, @Afnug . Very practical.

 

[Venod]

That's a very fine bit of work there, @Afnug . Very practical.

Thanks, I would not normally use a tension gauge, just feel & sound of plucked spokes but the Stans Crest rims only require 95Kgf maximum, so I thought I ought to try & comply with that.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm taking apart my road bike's bottom bracket, a Shimano SM-BB6700. It's in pretty good condition, considering I've ridden the bike in all weathers and for at least 5000km now. I was a bit nervous about undoing the 2 sides of the BB, because I'm new to carbon road bikes and don't know how much banging they can take . In any case, with the help of a BB removal spanner and a rubber mallet, the 2 sides of the BB came off reasonably easily.

As I'm doing a 200km with 4000m climbing sportive in January, I'm considering replacing the road bike's front chain ring, chain and rear cassette. The large front chain ring is already showing signs of shark-tooth syndrome, so probably won't last more than another few 1000km anyway.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Swapped the gritty bearings in my Fulcrum Quattros for some silky smooth ceramic hybrid ones, and reassembled with ceramic grease.

 

[biggs682]

started to swap the bars and stem over on my Freddie Grubb ready for re cabling later in the week