What Have You Fettled Today?

[Hill Wimp]

I know Bruges well, been here loads of times as i live so close in Deal.

Now i have been to Ghent it wins by miles for me. It has so much more soul. Not as big as Bruges but way better imho.

 

[HertzvanRental]

I know Bruges well, been here loads of times as i live so close in Deal.

Now i have been to Ghent it wins by miles for me. It has so much more soul. Not as big as Bruges but way better imho.

Are you going up to the coast? If so, recommend a ride on the tram. Go along to Knokke,nice ride, nice town! Lots of designer shops!!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Headset adjusted on the Raleigh, two bikes cleaned, and I've fitted two Marathon Winter tyres which I couldn't resist getting when I saw that On One has them reduced to £13 each. These will get some running in miles on dry roads soon and will hopefully be even better than the Snow Studs when the icy weather next comes round.

 

[bpsmith]

New front and rear gear cables fitted. The first time I have attempted a replacement on a bike with internal cabling.

Surprisingly straight forward, which was a pleasant surprise. The only specialist tool needed was a flat length of thin plastic cut to size to fit up the letterbox opening in the frame at the BB. Inserted plastic into letterbox, fed cable in from the top, and it deflected off the plastic and out of the frame. Result!

 

[Mireystock]

Two new tyres and a new inner tube on a hand me down BMX for my lad.

Good bit of fun, fettle on !

 

[I like Skol]

@doughnut will feel much better knowing I did `a doughnut` today on the MTB! Indexing was a bit off so I shifted up and down the cassette a couple of times to try and work out what was wrong and then CRUNCH!
Rear mech stuffed into spokes, now need a new hanger and XT mech . At least the wheel is ok
Whipped out the chain tool and now have a single speed until I can get replacement bits.

 

[PeteXXX]

Replaced fraying rear brake on my old single speed Town & Tesco bike. Adjusted offside brake bloc so it actually touches the Tim in the correct place now.

 

[Tin Pot]

Tried out my new bike stand - quite an impressive bit of kit IMO.

Applied degreaser to the cassette, chain and "other moving parts" and "worked in with cycle specific brush". Applied more degreaser. Rinsed. Looked just as crappy before and after!
Applied lubricant.

Washed the rest of the bikes 9 months of dry cycling crud with Muc-Off. Cleaned the rims.

I'm not convinced by either activity. It's cleaner. But I've had better results with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Converted the meta to 1x10 with a 32t narrow wide and a 42t expander..to compesate for the loss of the 24t front

 

[Racing roadkill]

I got this.

Indicators hell yeah

 

[alecstilleyedye]

attached a torelli aria mini pump (about the oldest thing i've got, cycling-wise) to my ribble r872 via an old, slightly broken, topeak pump mount that attaches via the bottle cage mount, so it sits upright on the seat tube next to the cranks. as the pump is red and the mounting is black, the carefully crafted black and red colour scheme is maintained, as is the italian components preference…

 

[ColinJ]

Yesterday:

Fitted an 11-36 MTB cassette to my CAADX and replaced the little ring with a 34. My bottom gear is now a much more ultra-steep-Calderdale-climbs-friendly 34/36 rather than the old 36/30 - about 27% lower. That required fitting a MTB rear mech (I used a 9-speed medium cage XT mech which is moved just the right distance per click by 10 speed Shimano STI shifters) and a new chain.

Fitted 2 bottle cages. They were supposed to be red to match the red bits on the frame and forks but when they arrived they were more a purple colour. I can live with that! Also fitted new SPD pedals. I usually use M520s but thought I would give the chunkier M530s a go to see if the bigger platform actually does feel more comfy underfoot.

I replaced the inefficient Promax front disk brake with a nice TRP HY/RD hybrid brake (cable pull, hydraulic pistons). The rear Promax is efficient enough to lock the back wheel, so I will live with that for now. I might upgrade it later. PS I will change the position of the QR lever - that looks wrong! And I will shorten the front mech cable slightly because too much is sticking out.

Today:

I have been having problems with the freehub on my Cannondale CAAD5 road bike. Several times a ride, the pawls did not engage when trying to start pedalling again after freewheeling. Damn annoying, and sooner or later it would have caused an accident or left me stranded. I think the circlip-like spring which operates the pawls had lost tension so I replaced it this afternoon. Fingers crossed that the problem is fixed because I am doing my Settle forum ride tomorrow and I have not had time to test ride the bike! I don't want to get stranded in the wilds of the Dales!

Oh, and I scrubbed the cassette while I was at it.

 

[Robeh]

New 105 5800 11 speed chainset and Hollotech ii BB fitted on my boardman.
11 speed chainset is compatable with a 10 speed set up..

 

[Racing roadkill]

New 105 5800 11 speed chainset and Hollotech ii BB fitted on my boardman.
11 speed chainset is compatable with a 10 speed set up..

But you'd have to run spindle reducers

 

[Robeh]

But you'd have to run spindle reducers

i have removed the PF BB30 and replaced it with a shimano hollowtech ii BB so no need for spindle reducers.