What Have You Fettled Today?

[ColinJ]

RE-fettling report!

• My front light is now vibration-proof! I had it on throughout a bumpy ride yesterday to test it and it remained in the original mode, rather than changing mode randomly every couple of minutes.
• My new Crud Roadracers were a lot quieter. They were almost silent for the first hour, which admittedly was partly due to the fact the main roads no longer had so much grit on them. Once I got on to quiet lanes, my tyres picked up residual grit and the noises started, but they were not so loud that I wanted to rip the guards off the bike, which is how I felt before the adjustments!
• Clean, well-lubed chains are A Good Thing! Honestly - I could actually feel the difference when pedalling after putting up with the manky chain on my previous ride. (I realised that it was not my 100 km ride which had caused the problem, but a 50 km ride a few days earlier. I had noticed that the bike felt sluggish throughout the 100 km ride, and it was the chain that was to blame.) The bike looks a lot nicer when clean too.

 

[Hill Wimp]

First bit of prepping on my new tourer, a Ridgeback Voyage. Removed the second water bottle holder on the down tube so that i can fit one of those top tube bags where i can store my lock whilst on tour. I also started to alter my touring spd pedals to fit my shoes.

Rain stopped play.

 

[compo]

I have just fitted a pair of Vittoria Zaffiro, 700c x 25 to my road bike. What a job that was! It was very hard getting the old tyres off and harder still getting the new ones on. I can't say I am looking forward to having to do it on the side of the road. I think a tube of KY jelly in my tool pack is called for, but no-one will believe me what it's for.

 

[PeteXXX]

New brake pads fitted to the rear end of the Hardtail before this mornings ride. It stops much quicker now

 

[Psycolist]

Had a great off road session yesterday, discovered several new trails for the future, did get really mucky, but well worth it. What wasn't worth it was a visit from the pu%^$*re fairy and found a flat rear tyre to come home on from work today. It meant a slow hobble home, managing to kick the ground twice and put a foot down a pothole, all three events effecting my bad leg, already sore from my days labour. Managed to be very short with Mrs Psycolist upon getting home, then having to grovel an apology, Wot am I like ! --------now got to go out in the freezing cold to put a new tube in (that's the fettling bit). As bad a day today as yesterday was good. !

 

[DCLane]

The retro GT Timberline which I've been using recently doesn't like staying in the top ring. Oh, and the new rear tyre kept catching today so ... front derailleur adjusted, rear wheel trued. Hopefully that's it and it'll work properly now

 

[Sigh.tm]

polished my wilier using a cloth

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

I read that completely different

polished my wilier using a cloth

 

[ACS]

I fitted stabilisers to my 4 year old granddaughters first proper bike this afternoon. The sight of her testing riding the bike down our drive brought some light into a very sad day (family bereavement).

 

[Psycolist]

Finished cabling my utility bike, after changing the bars. I will wait until the weekend and finish the 'fine tuning' in daylight hours.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

was going to replace a tube but park-patched a flat rear. the workstand at work made getting the rear wheel off a bit less messy…

 

[Justinslow]

Took apart the headset on my wife's MTB cleaned and regreased, no more notchiness or stiffness, how very satisfying.
Swapped tyres from her bike to mine as hers were better than mine she won't notice.

 

[raleighnut]

Took apart the headset on my wife's MTB cleaned and regreased, no more notchiness or stiffness, how very satisfying.
Swapped tyres from her bike to mine as hers were better than mine she won't notice.

I take it you'll be on puncture duty.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Fettled MTB as after last weekends mudfest I couldn't be bothered and unpacked/rebuilt my good bike

 

[potsy]

Supposedly 5 minute job of mickling the rusty looking chain for tomorrow's commute turned into an hours fettling as I discovered the bottom bracket was stiff and grindy.
Luckily I had one in stock from when they were on offer a year or more ago, and it's a slight upgrade as the old one was Tiagra and this one is Ultegra.