What Have You Fettled Today?

[Rickshaw Phil]

Yesterday's fettling: Fitted new brackets to both bikes to take a Busch & Muller headlamp, meaning I can retire the oldest of my existing ones. The old lamp was a pretty good one when it was new but looks feeble compared to the latest one. Looking forward to giving that a proper test.

Also fitted a new Marathon tyre to the front of the knockabout bike & swapped the old front to the rear. Frustratingly the displaced TourRide tyre still has useable tread left on it, but was getting a bit too prone to picking up punctures and an old cut in the tread had started to open up which can't be good.It's done well over 7,000 miles though so I think I've had my moneys worth.

 

[ColinJ]

Nice bit of fettling there, I usually find the pliers pinch my fingers. Those links can be stubborn at times.
Your tyre problem i have been assuming that you are using inner tubes

Yes, I currently use clinchers and tubes on all my bikes though I am curious about tubeless tyres so next time I buy new wheels, I will probably buy some that are designed to take tubeless.

Also fitted a new Marathon tyre to the front of the knockabout bike & swapped the old front to the rear. Frustratingly the displaced TourRide tyre still has useable tread left on it, but was getting a bit prone to picking up punctures and an old cut in the tread had started to open up which can't be good.It's done well over 7,000 miles though so I think I've had my moneys worth.

Blimey, I would be happy to get that mileage from my tyres! I don't know exactly what I do get, but it is probably more like 1,500 - 2,000 miles. They certainly don't last a whole year.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I'm not liking the flat side of the Shimano XT T-780 pedals on my commuter in wet weather as they are a tad too slippy. So I've swapped them for some levely Superstar Nano-X flats, and all I can say is WOW!

Now I've superglue like grip

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Blimey, I would be happy to get that mileage from my tyres! I don't know exactly what I do get, but it is probably more like 1,500 - 2,000 miles. They certainly don't last a whole year.

To be fair, they are touring tyres so built for durability rather than speed. The one just removed did do a long stint on the front before being swapped to the rear as well which helped get the mileage that high.

 

[Tin Pot]

Prepping for a new chain

New Veloce cassette ordered too

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Just a general clean & mickle of the bikes today. With the amount of sand that's come off the knockabout bike you'd think I'd been riding on a beach.

 

[cyberknight]

Changed the tired gator skins for rubino pro`s on the commuter.

 

[DCLane]

A few bits and pieces:

- The Carrera Virago magnesium bike got a replacement set of FSA Team 30 wheels with green/black tyres and a new 8-speed cassette. It also needed a new rear derailleur cable.

- I've put together an Eastway R4.0 from the frameset plus parts I had. It's been adjusted and now needs testing before adding mudguards. That'll be the winter bike.

- Finally my old GT Timberline retro MTB had a new chain (looks like it was the 25 year-old original on it ). Also the rear clip-on mudgard has been a pain; the bracket is too big for the rear seatstay so I fashioned a new one for the side that won't fit from a light bracket, some electrical tape and a cable tie - fits well now

Last thing for today is to fit new rim tape to stop one of my spare wheels blowing tubes

 

[Elybazza61]

Cleaned and checked over the Helium after Thursdays spill yesterday and got to do the same today(or tomorrow) to the Planet X as it's been a bit neglected and the rear mech is not shifting accurately.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

well, yesterday, two new tyres and one new tube plus fix of dodgy head stack with 3mm spacer (thanks to cc for the advice)

 

[Tin Pot]

How annoying is chain shortening without a chain tool?

VERY.

I'm off to buy one of these:

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-maintenance/bike-tools/topeak-universal-bike-chain-tool

 

[Gravity Aided]

Fitted mudguards to the Schwinn Impact, and added longer drop bars. Makes the whole commuting situation much more comfortable.

 

[Tin Pot]

My Kingdom For An 8mm Allen Key!

Annoyed with the rear dérailleur - I set off on a bike ride, only for the left crank to come loose.

FFS.

I'm starting to regret taking up fettling.

 

[cyberknight]

Repaired the wiring on the mower as i managed to mow the cable as i had "dad dad " interruptions every 30 seconds yesterday .

 

[themosquitoking]

Repaired the wiring on the mower as i managed to mow the cable as i had "dad dad " interruptions every 30 seconds yesterday .

Hope the mower was plugged into an RCD somewhere along the circuit.