What Have You Fettled Today?

[Tojo]

I got one of these.
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I've been checking the tension of everything that will fit between the wheels .

You should have Just bought a guitar tuner, Spokes have pitch when they are right, ping them, same as bolts on a pipeline, they ping when you hit them, if one goes bonnng instead of ping it's not right........

 

[busman]

You should have Just bought a guitar tuner, Spokes have pitch when they are right, ping them, same as bolts on a pipeline, they ping when you hit them, if one goes bonnng instead of ping it's not right........

ha ha ha

 

[philtalksbx]

Transferred all sorts of running gear onto the Orbea frame to migrate to Campy as an experiment, and got it back on the road this evening, well worth it, it's a lovely bike.

The new arrangement has Veloce shifters to suit the rear mech, and the Racing 5s have some 25mm Duranos, lovely. Previous setup had a tripleTiagra front crankset which the shifters can't handle, so I'm only running two of the rings temporarily and on the lookout for a compact - any ideas?

 

[Drago]

I'm building a sort of Cleland replica-ish and the stem I ordered arrived. My job for the day was to use some paint stripper to remove the screen printing from the alloy,

 

[swee'pea99]

Finally installed new chain on the fixie, which ended up leading to a replaced sprocket too.

 

[DCLane]

A busy weekend:

• More work on the Benotto; the stuck carbon seatpost is finally out and a new Fred Salmon Racing one arrived and in after the Miche one I had was too wide. It's got matching black tyres and new brake cables plus outers and replacement Rosso Corsa brake levers. Just the bar tape to do and then it's on sale.
• The Ridgeback Platinum was stripped ready for an upgrade. I've always thought it'd really benefit from a top-end groupset, but it'll have to make do with Ultegra 6700 levers plus Dura-Ace 7800 cranks/mechs. New Pearson bars and Ultegra levers fitted. Front Shimano 2300 mech off; the Dura-Ace replacement needs a smaller hanger bracket (ordered). The rear mech wouldn't budge at first; soaked it overnight and the Claris one is out plus the Dura-Ace one in. Shimano 2300 crankset came off OK but the bottom bracket won't budge . That's off to the LBS tomorrow for their help.
• GT Timberline was cleaned, lubricated and got a different set of mudguards; I hated the look of the grey ones I'd ordered once fitted so I swapped them half-length clip-ons. Much better looking.

From this:

To this:

• The new ITM Aero 3.0 wheels got Conti GP4000S tyres instead of the Spesh S-Works ones. They're far too soft for general use so I'll save them for racing/Time Trialling.
• The new Fulcrum 5 wheels got GP4000S tyres off the old set. However, no spacer was supplied for the cassette as a 10-speed rather than 11; I managed to dig one out of the shed so that's done. The old set is to go on sale this week.

Not bad for a weekend when I've also been at university studying plus ordering a new C2W bike

However, the Spesh Secteur has a creaky bottom bracket (Ultegra and <1000 miles ) so that's for Thursday's fettling.
Plus the Whyte MTB needs a new chain (ordered).
Oh, and the rear Shimano WH-535 wheel on the Carrera Virago magnesium has an axle nut that won't undo - so it's going to my uni workshop.

This bike stuff is never-ending

 

[Stephen C]

My bike has taken another step towards being a true "Trigger's Broom", I've done my first forks change from the original steel pair to a new carbon version, also requiring a front brake replacement. So now I just have the frame, bars, stem, saddle and seat post to go, I'm starting to wonder at what point I should've given up and replaced the whole thing!

 

[DCLane]

I finished the Benotto with some new bar tape - so it ended up on eBay. After 9 months it's gained a moveable seatpost!

 

[wisdom]

A busy weekend:

• More work on the Benotto; the stuck carbon seatpost is finally out and a new Fred Salmon Racing one arrived and in after the Miche one I had was too wide. It's got matching black tyres and new brake cables plus outers and replacement Rosso Corsa brake levers. Just the bar tape to do and then it's on sale.
• The Ridgeback Platinum was stripped ready for an upgrade. I've always thought it'd really benefit from a top-end groupset, but it'll have to make do with Ultegra 6700 levers plus Dura-Ace 7800 cranks/mechs. New Pearson bars and Ultegra levers fitted. Front Shimano 2300 mech off; the Dura-Ace replacement needs a smaller hanger bracket (ordered). The rear mech wouldn't budge at first; soaked it overnight and the Claris one is out plus the Dura-Ace one in. Shimano 2300 crankset came off OK but the bottom bracket won't budge . That's off to the LBS tomorrow for their help.
• GT Timberline was cleaned, lubricated and got a different set of mudguards; I hated the look of the grey ones I'd ordered once fitted so I swapped them half-length clip-ons. Much better looking.

From this:

To this:

• The new ITM Aero 3.0 wheels got Conti GP4000S tyres instead of the Spesh S-Works ones. They're far too soft for general use so I'll save them for racing/Time Trialling.
• The new Fulcrum 5 wheels got GP4000S tyres off the old set. However, no spacer was supplied for the cassette as a 10-speed rather than 11; I managed to dig one out of the shed so that's done. The old set is to go on sale this week.

Not bad for a weekend when I've also been at university studying plus ordering a new C2W bike

However, the Spesh Secteur has a creaky bottom bracket (Ultegra and <1000 miles ) so that's for Thursday's fettling.
Plus the Whyte MTB needs a new chain (ordered).
Oh, and the rear Shimano WH-535 wheel on the Carrera Virago magnesium has an axle nut that won't undo - so it's going to my uni workshop.

This bike stuff is never-ending

I like the muudguards fitted to the bike

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Fitted a new speedometer to the knockabout bike. Just before the forum ride at the weekend the old one lost its memory for the second time this year (fourth time in the last two years) and had to be reset, so I thought it was probably about time it was retired.

The replacement is just a basic wired one but it's still nice fitting something new and shiny.

I also checked the rolling circumference of the front wheel to find that the new tyre I fitted 14 months ago is bigger than the previous one (same make & model so I didn't check) meaning the speedo has been under-reading since then.

 

[Tojo]

Replaced chain and jockey wheels on the MTB and tweaked the indexing on the road bike while I had the stand out, out on one of them tomorrow depending on the weather.......

 

[DCLane]

The Ridgeback Platinum is back from the LBS; old square taper bottom bracket off, new Ultegra 6800 bottom bracket on. They even fitted the Dura-Ace crankset for me.

I got bored marking this afternoon and took an hour out to properly fit the Ultegra levers along with the blue cables I've got.

Just waiting for the front derailleur bracket now ...

 

[alecstilleyedye]

put the rear mudguard back on (it's on of those aldi ones that clip on and off). also had the seatpost slip this morning, so had to remedy that before the return leg…

 

[Gravity Aided]

Changed saddles on my Specialized Sirrus this afternoon, and fiddled with seat post settings. Gave her a 12 mile or so run this afternoon. More fettling required.

 

[DCLane]

Not me, but the Bike Hub in Leeds; been looking at the Spesh Secteur and it's creaking. A replacement Ultegra bottom bracket has been fitted; hopefully this will solve it.

The other one had done less than 1000 miles, so