What Have You Fettled Today?

[alecstilleyedye]

tidied my cycling bits drawers (one for tools, one for components, one for consumables and cleaning kit)…

 

[Robeh]

2 for a tenner..bargain....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121261422684?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Cubist]

^^ keep thinking about a Soul Cubist, I do like what ive read about these frames..

Go for it, couple of hundred quid finds a used frame. They are every bit as good as people say.

 

[NorvernRob]

Got a Yokozuna reaction cable set and thought about fitting it - but my rear wheel needed trueing anyway, so I dropped the bike off at the LBS for them to do the lot and took my lad sledging instead.

......Now wish I hadn't bothered. They couldn't fit the rear brake outer as it was too stiff and kept pushing the caliper to one side (common sense tells me you'd trim a tiny amount off until it didn't) so they fitted a different outer.

I pushed the bike outside this morning for a ride and the rear wheel was rubbing, went to turn the adjusters on the caliper and one was seized solid - as soon as I tried to turn the Allen key the spring adjuster shattered. On inspection it had been overtightened so much it had seized, I couldn't even turn the broken adjuster inside the bolt whilst holding it with pliers! There's absolutely no need to tighten them fully anyway as they just move the spring that centres the caliper. They've obviously done it whilst trying to stop the caliper moving with the stiff outer.

Luckily it's just a small part that's broken, but they've also indexed the rear gears wrongly (there's a full shift of movement in the shifter when in lowest gear, when I index it as per Sram's direction there is none). Not only that but the loop to the rear mech looks slightly too short for Sram as it likes a straight entry into the mech.

I didn't even bother ringing the shop (Evans), I ordered a replacement set of adjusters, took some photos of the broken parts and sent them along with a very angry email to head office. First and last time I trust my bike with those clowns,

 

[DCLane]

Fitted the crankset and rear derailleur to the magnesium Carrera Vengeance. Changed the stem bolts and it now seems to fit. Also fitted SPD-SL pedals, bottle cage and changed the front brake; I'd bought a rear Campag Veloce (for the commuter) and a front turned up (thanks tri-sport_resort on eBay ), so that got swapped with the basic one. At least the silver colours now match; Campag front, Sora rear. Frame purchase photo below - new one to follow

Now ready for a front derailleur, green tyres (due to arrive Mon), green bar tape and green cable outers. Oh, and a green saddle that's on it's way. Then it's chain, cable inners and ready for use.

Oh, and don't complain about the green-ness; it'll be for sale in March when I've finished what I need to use it for

 

[alecstilleyedye]

commuter/winter/climbing bike treated to new bottom bracket and rubino pro tyre (recently), and today a new adjustable deda elementi stem with some new black handlebars (i was a bit of a cheapskate and re-wrapped the bars in the old tape). the bike has now, aside from the frame, had every single component part replaced since bought new in 2004…

 

[Racing roadkill]

I built a V8, then I went and got an inline four, and built that as well. I took my bike to get the inline four, because the traffic was craptacular today.

 

[gbb]

My old Trek 7100fx has been filthy for ages. Its currently being used by my son who doesnt care one jot about it other than as a method of transport to work...thats not a complaint, he's not and never will be an enthusiast...so,
Nail brush and a bucket of soapy water, tyres now particually clean, ditto the rims, and a quick go over the frame.
The chain would have been lubed...but I can't find the oil ..typical.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I cleaned my roady today. It was filthy.

 

[Arjimlad]

Changed the back tyre as threads were coming out of the sidewalls. It didn't have much rubber left anyway. Also sanded the brake blocks on the rear to remove dirt & grit from their faces.

 

[Orville]

Boxed up Christmas decorations and cleaned up the garage they are stored in. That means the bike portion was cleaned and reorganized too.

 

[subaqua]

not today , but last Friday I cleaned the commuter /tourer and sorted the shockingly bad shifting .

this is why it was so bad

the frayed inner at the shifter was just slowing the cable down enough to make the changes poor and jerky . the cable was the 2.5 yr old original with stupid miles and changes on it. I did put a small amount of lube on the bushing it passes through though just to be sure

 

[Elybazza61]

Fitted new 'old' Shimano pdm540 pedals courtesy of toeknee of this parish to the Planet X,nicely pre-scuffed for the hard-core look.

 

[Chris S]

The bottle-dynamo lights on my Batavus were getting dimmer and dimmer until they would only work when the wheel was rotated backwards. Somebody had already suggested turning the tyre around so I gave it a go and now the lights work perfectly. The only trouble is that the unidirectional tyre now points backwards, so any water will be directed towards the centre of the wheel instead of its edges. However, there is so little tread left on it I don't think this will be a major problem.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Just a wash and fork , chain clean after yesterdays muddy outing..
might put the easton wheels with the hans dampfs 2.35 tubeless evos back on as I was spinning up a lot on the gloop.