iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
New seatpin in the fixed, klick-fix fitting for a bar bag on the audax/tourer
What Have You Fettled Today?
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Moved the ski poles back and took the bike for another test ride. On the ride I felt constrained and moved the aero bars pads out. Whilst my front derailleur was shifting, it was rubbing a bit. There's no inline/barrel adjusters on the bike hoever, so I shifted to the wee chain ring (but left the chain on the big ring), undid the cable bolt slightly, pushed the derailleur to its outer extents, held it and pulled the cable tight and re-tightened the cable. It now shifts perfectly and there's no rub :-)
biker grove
Active Member
- Location
- Teynham, Kent
Swapped out my Hutchinson Equinox for a pair of Rubino Pros.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Cassette swapping day;
My youngest's hillclimb on Saturday was made harder by him doing it in 34 x 25, rather than a 26 or above.
So we took the 11-28 cassette from my new Wilier Izoard and swapped it with his cross bike, as he's having the same issues. I got his 12-25 cassette and he got my 11-28.
My youngest's hillclimb on Saturday was made harder by him doing it in 34 x 25, rather than a 26 or above.
So we took the 11-28 cassette from my new Wilier Izoard and swapped it with his cross bike, as he's having the same issues. I got his 12-25 cassette and he got my 11-28.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
fixed a knackered dive torch. which can be used as a bike light.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A weekend of fettling for me (taking my time over it):
When I got my Cytech 2 qualification I promised my brother I'd make some wheels for him. A year on and it's become a bit more urgent as the wear marker has completely gone on his back wheel, so parts were obtained from Spa Cycles and I've built what are only my 5th and 6th wheels.
Since the old back wheel was the screw-on freewheel type it made sense to upgrade the drivetrain as well so it's now a 24 speed with a 22/32/44 chainset so hopefully Doug will be able to breeze up hills he used to struggle on.
When I got my Cytech 2 qualification I promised my brother I'd make some wheels for him. A year on and it's become a bit more urgent as the wear marker has completely gone on his back wheel, so parts were obtained from Spa Cycles and I've built what are only my 5th and 6th wheels.
Since the old back wheel was the screw-on freewheel type it made sense to upgrade the drivetrain as well so it's now a 24 speed with a 22/32/44 chainset so hopefully Doug will be able to breeze up hills he used to struggle on.
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Nice job well done.A weekend of fettling for me (taking my time over it):
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When I got my Cytech 2 qualification I promised my brother I'd make some wheels for him. A year on and it's become a bit more urgent as the wear marker has completely gone on his back wheel, so parts were obtained from Spa Cycles and I've built what are only my 5th and 6th wheels.
Since the old back wheel was the screw-on freewheel type it made sense to upgrade the drivetrain as well so it's now a 24 speed with a 22/32/44 chainset so hopefully Doug will now get up hills he used to struggle on.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Smaller crankset for the Fuji, trying to find that sweet spot between guts and gearing. Think we've hit on the all-around combination. Test ride looks promising.
Mireystock
SIip-slidin' down Big Pig...
Total de-grease/ de-mud of derailleur and the chain, wash off and re-oil.
(Not sure whether it classes as fettling as such, but hey, it gave me 20 minutes of happiness !)
(Not sure whether it classes as fettling as such, but hey, it gave me 20 minutes of happiness !)
I would think that It certainly counts as fettling
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Fitted new chain and BreezeBlockers to the Frankenbike.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Wife and kids went to bed early last night and I got a bit bored so cracked on with a job I've been meaning to do for over 12 months.
My road bike originally came with a generic front hub that went rough and pitted the cones in the first six months. It also had a nasty steel Q/R so I bought a Tiagra front hub to match the rear, mainly for the Q/R as it was about the same price to buy the full hub as an individual Q/R. The original front hub was stripped and cleaned and rebuilt without so much preload and has ran fine since but I have always planned to swap the hubs over and bought some Swiss DT double butted spokes for the job.
After a beer or two I started the job...
Now have this just waiting to be tensioned up today.
And peeping through the valve hole reveals this, a small detail but it matters to me
My road bike originally came with a generic front hub that went rough and pitted the cones in the first six months. It also had a nasty steel Q/R so I bought a Tiagra front hub to match the rear, mainly for the Q/R as it was about the same price to buy the full hub as an individual Q/R. The original front hub was stripped and cleaned and rebuilt without so much preload and has ran fine since but I have always planned to swap the hubs over and bought some Swiss DT double butted spokes for the job.
After a beer or two I started the job...
Now have this just waiting to be tensioned up today.
And peeping through the valve hole reveals this, a small detail but it matters to me
mythste
Veteran
- Location
- Manchester
For the last few weeks I've been getting increasingly worried at the amount of force required to unclip from my cheap shimano SPD pedals. Thought I'd squirt a little WD40 in the mechanism and would you believe, better than new.
Wish I'd been less lazy about it and tried sooner, actually bruised my knee trying to unclip the other day! Not sure it constitutes "fettling" par se - but I'm chuffed none the less!
Wish I'd been less lazy about it and tried sooner, actually bruised my knee trying to unclip the other day! Not sure it constitutes "fettling" par se - but I'm chuffed none the less!
