What Have You Fettled Today?

[RWright]

I just took apart a pair of SPD SL 105 pedals because one of mine was not spinning as freely as the other. I took out the axel and removed all the bearings and cleaned and greased everything. Everything seems to be working fine now. Doing it over a small bucket was a very good ideal.

I now have a to figure out what is wrong with an older pair of platform pedals I have not been able to get sorted. The left pedal spins freely counter clockwise but clockwise it was difficult to spin freely after about four or five revolutions. I took them apart and cleaned and greased the bearings and everything else, and got it spinning freely in both directions but after about five miles it was doing the same thing again. That is the reason I was putting the SPD SL pedals back on the bike.

 

[I like Skol]

Maybe I spoke too soon
Even though I pulled 2 mahoosive thorns out of the rear tyre of oldest sons MTB (one had gone in for the puncture, other had gone though a nobble and came out of the sidewall without touching the tube) the tyre is now soggy again despite not moving since the previous repair. I checked the tyre carefully for foreign objects but will have to revisit the job to try again

Went back to this this morning and got the tube in a bowl of water to do the job properly. Turns out the thorn that I thought had missed the vital organs had actually just nicked the tube enough to allow a very slow leak. Couldn't find it even with the tube blown up like a bloated Bratwurst but putting it into water revealed the steady pop, pop, pop of bubbles.
All back together again now so fingers crossed.

 

[Glow worm]

Wahey! Captain Cack-handed here has just managed to replace the front derailleur cable. Only took an hour and I only cocked up a couple of times. Remarkably, just been out for a test spin and it only bloody works too! Shifting perfectly.
Off for a lie down now.

 

[busman]

I have just removed a broken spoke and fitted a new one.
May sound simple to some but I've never done it before and I'm happy with the out come.
To make things better the wheel is true.

 

[si_c]

Shortened my chain this morning after the powerlink broke on a ride yesterday. Had to put the chain in my backpack and use the bike as a kickbike as I forgot the chaintool

I understood the principles, but fixing it in the rain this morning before heading out was something new

 

[Arjimlad]

I fitted some SKS mudguards to my new Giant Revolt last night. Took about an hour and a half.

The rears went on fine. The disc brake is within the rear triangle and the discreet holes in the bridges on the seat and chain stays were really useful.

A quick google image search gave me some ideas for bending the stays around the disc brake at the front so that took a bit longer. I had a longer bolt to fit to the forks to help the stays get over the brake.

I've yet to take them out on a ride to see how they rattle..

I couldn't get them any closer to the wheel.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I spent an hour or so, tweeking the front mech on my roady so it's just right. The new rear cable I fitted last week, failed again, so I thought I'd investigate. There was a piece of cable guide in the shifter, that had caused the cable to fail twice in quick succession, so I took it into my local Halfords ( the one in the quays shopping area in Southampton) big cudos goes to the guy called Terry in their bike department. He managed to get the cable out, sort out the shifter, replace the cable, and get the bike back to me in a couple of hours, and it only cost me a tenner (9 quid after B.C. discount).

 

[wisdom]

New wheel fitted on the back. Chain stripped of wet lube in the hope that the newly applied fenwicks stealth will bring some
bike thoroughly cleaned and lubricated.

 

[PeteXXX]

New freehub body and associated washers and nuts fitted to the Marin full-sus.

A post fettle test ride determined that it needed nipping up an eighth of a turn to take out a bit of excess play.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Change to narrower rims and tires(700x28) on the Fuji Touring Series IV, with a smaller cogset to keep me moving along on a couple of distance rides. I may do some loaded touring afterward, so I may have to go to a larger rear cog for that.(already have the wheel built and trued). I'm also seriously considering dropping down tube shifters for brifters. Time to catch up with the 21st century.

 

[Dirk]

Not fettled myself - but LBS fitted Shimano Di2 sensor to my Focus Cayo and reprogrammed the Di2 software. I now have gear positions, gear ratios and battery voltage displayed on my Garmin 510.

 

[HLaB]

Fitted new aero bars (with bar end shifters) and a forward seatpost to one of my bikes to try and turn it into a dedicated TT bike.

 

[Drago]

was out checking tyre pressures on Woman's Prius when a feller on a Merida Tri bike stopped and asked if I had any tools, as his non drive side crank arm was about to drop off. One quick nip up later and he was on his way.

Oh what a good boy am I.

 

[DCLane]

After the 10-mile TT I swapped the 8-speed cassette I'd put to use on the aero wheels back for it's normal 10-speed to be used on the Ridgeback Platinum; they'll be needed for the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride on the 6th of June (then back to 8-speed for a 15-mile TT on 14th).

Then the 8-speed cassette went onto an old DT Swiss wheel off my Secteur, with new Rubino black/green tyre fitted.

Both then went onto the green Carrera I'd just raced on this morning. Back to commuter duty for this bike - it's not being used for racing for another month.

Following this I cleaned up the front and rear 2300 mechs and 2300 crankset which were originally on the Raleigh Airlite and latterly on the Ridgeback Platinum. All 3 are to be used on an Eastway 4.0 frameset I've bought via eBay over the weekend.

 

[gbb]

I checked the tyres for hardness with my thumb, satisfied myself they were ok...then rode off into the distance.
This maintenance lark is killing me...