What Have You Fettled Today?

[shouldbeinbed]

Just putting some new longer mudguards on the winter hack. The snow stud tyres are throwing more crud over me than the current shorty guards can handle.

 

[Mireystock]

Cleaned all the crud and muck from the drivetrain and cassette and re-oiled it. Other general fettling included checking everything for tightness.

Cup of tea time now.

 

[RedRider]

1)Adjusted front brake.
2)Mistakenly re-fitted same tube with faulty valve onto rear wheel two times on the trot.
3)Faulty tube cut in half.
4)Having a cup of tea before trying again. Note to self: Better double check that front brake while at it.

 

[Dirk]

Awful weather here today, high winds and heavy rain, so I stripped the wallpaper in the living room.

 

[gavgav]

Far too windy for cycling today and so took the opportunity to give the bike a good clean, as it was covered in mud from previous rides, and mickled and oiled the chain. Needed to get out into the very fresh air to avoid the germs that my Brother is harbouring. He has proper flu, not the "man" variety and says it's the worst he's felt in his life. Hasn't eaten for 3 days and has been vomiting, coughing, sneezing, shivering, sweating, aching, the full works. I do not want that!!!!!!!!!

 

[Glow worm]

Replaced the rear gear cable. At least tried to. As usual completely cocked it up. The indexing is all over the place and the barrel adjuster seems to do fark all. Somehow the upper jockey wheel has moved to within an inch of the cassette. LBS it is then next week. I never learn, but them sodding You Tube vids make things look so damn easy. Sigh....mutter,,, grumble.

 

[Justinslow]

1. I've just copied this from my post in the MTB section, it pretty much explains what I've been doing lately!
   
   
   So I kind of got carried away, doesn't that just always happen!
   Here's a list of what I replaced:
   
   KMC Chain £6.98
   Shimano 7 speed freewheel £8.49
   VP square taper bottom bracket £9.99
   Shimano fcm 131 chainset £17.99
   Shimano 7 speed and 3 speed EZ Fire shifters/levers with gear cables £15.31
   Acor headset £24.95
   Shimano Alivio rear V brake £13.49
   Clarks 72mm V brake pads £5.98
   Took apart, cleaned and regreased front forks (free)
   
   That's a total of £103.18 inclusive of delivery charges where applicable.
   
   Because I got carried away I also added:
   
   Charge Spoon £12.50 (second hand) thanks @@davester65
   Savage 660mm DH bars £11.97
   Ritchey pro Truegrip 6 £5
   Elite Custom Race bottle cage x2 (one to house a tool kit) £17.98
   Swapped better tyres from the wife's MTB (free)
   
   So that's a further £47.45 so a grand total of £150.63 I did all the work myself so there were no labour charges.
   
   So basically I've spent £150 on my bike that isn't worth £150! Proving its pretty uneconomic to refurb an old bike. But, looking at it another way I've spent £150 instead of spending £300+ on a new bike thus saving myself £150+ .
   And doing the work myself has been thoroughly enjoyable, Ive done things on the bike I've never done before. I borrowed a work stand from a mate who also had a pedal arm extractor tool and BB extractor tool. I also bought a chain splitter for £11.50 which I'm sure will come in handy in the future.
   It's never going to be a "great" bike in modern terms, and I know a lot of the parts I've used are "budget" but I think I've shed nearly half a kilo, It will do me just fine for my ambling around, and giving it a brief test ride has been a revelation! The gears actually work - one click, one shift, the brakes work, the steering is smooth and taut again, the drivetrain is smooth and quiet, just need to give it a proper shakedown now, all in all very pleased .
   
   
   
   

 

[fatjel]

Smacked the mech hanger with a lump of wood , ( 3ft of 4x1 for the technically minded) result no more ghost shifting.
Just been for a 50k test ride and the giant was very well behaved
Gonna need a bigger saddle bag tho

 

[Elybazza61]

New chain and rear cog on the Trek fitted plus adjusted the levers on the Helium.

 

[fossyant]

Rear puncture on way home on the MTB (a first with Snow studs). Had a right struggle pulling what was probably half a cocktail stick out of the rear tyre. Had gone through both sides of the tube so I binned it. Took me ages to get it out, over an inch long.

 

[Ian H]

Neat get-me-home repair.

 

[Justinslow]

Neat get-me-home repair.

Oh bollocks! But good solution!

 

[youngoldbloke]

Neat get-me-home repair.

Had to try similar to hold a Bickerton together when the bottom of the seat tube fell apart on the far side of Guernsey - didn't really work too well, don't think I had enough rope

 

[wisdom]

Neat get-me-home repair.

Nice get you home repair.
Dare i ask how it happened?

 

[Ian H]

Just old age, I think. The frame is a 60s Holdsworth renovated about 20 years ago. I got out of the saddle near the crest of a hill, there was a loud crack, and everything went rather floppy. Luckily that piece of rope was on the ground where I stopped. It got me the 15 miles home.