What Have You Fettled Today?

[wheresthetorch]

Patched son's MTB inner tube again. Think I've finally got the culprit out of the tyre (with a bit of help from Mrs WTT's better eyesight).

 

[cyberknight]

Got an elite volare turbo so i set up the pain cave , ie in the bike shed .The next job is to put the turbo tyre on a spare wheel.

 

[hondated]

Built a winter training wheel with a new Shimano Claris hub and rim/spokes I had knocking about in the shed. I'll not profess to being an expert wheel builder but I enjoy it and they seem to last.

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Well don BJ I struggle to re true a wheel and aspire to building my own.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Swapped the round narrow/wide 32 tooth chaining on the MTB for a new swanky 32 tooth oval jobbie... and very nice it is too.

A bargain too at the promotional price of £15.07 from Superstar

 

[PeteXXX]

Tube replaced after yesterday's visit from the p*ncture fairy and a slow in the replacement tube.
New brake pads fitted while the wheel was off.

 

[Illaveago]

I have unpacked the spin bike that arrived today and have been assembling it. Just have to put the batteries in and wait for my wife to try it out.

 

[beastie]

Fitted new brake blocks, pads. Installed new wheels (built by @Spoked Wheels )
Spent 3 hours making a £10 set of Halfords mudguards fit the 25 mm new tyres. Tools used included cable snips, pliers, blow torch, file, saw and of course cable ties

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Fitted new brake blocks, pads. Installed new wheels (built by @Spoked Wheels )
Spent 3 hours making a £10 set of Halfords mudguards fit the 25 mm new tyres. Tools used included cable snips, pliers, blow torch, file, saw and of course cable ties View attachment 117804

Looking good!!!

Good job with the mudguards!!!! I think, after looking at your mudguards, I'll have another go at fittings mine

How do you rate the saddle?

I have that crackset on my winter bike

 

[Fnaar]

Front and rear brake blocks changed and adjusted on the winter roadie

 

[beastie]

Looking good!!!

Good job with the mudguards!!!! I think, after looking at your mudguards, I'll have another go at fittings mine

How do you rate the saddle?

I have that crackset on my winter bike

I had to file a hole and used cable ties instead of the brackets. Took a lot of fettling.

The saddle is really comfortable. I had a Charge Spoon for 3 or 4 years and liked it. It was fine for 3 hours or so. Back to back rides, when the first ride was 4 hours or more, I had a lot of discomfort.
The SMP is great. Much more comfortable and especially the next day after a long ride.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Today it was a team effort, firstly down to the LBS with the rear wheel off my fixed for truing, picked it up this afternoon and the fella from Ride had done an excellent job. Tonight I got the tyre and tube fitted and the wheel back in the bike and straight in the frame, adjusted and cleaned the chain, and then checked the tyres for debris, they had been hedge cutting in Withybrook Lane yesterday and I'd picked up a puncture, so tonight I was searching for anything that hadn't got through but was still lurking in the tyre. While I had the bike in the house and the tools out I got the noisy right pedal off then stripped, greased and adjusted it, finally got the polish out and gave the bike a good polish.

 

[Psycolist]

Picked up a VERY sad looking pair of RockShox Duke XC forks at an auction. The lower legs were in awful condition, really really bad. No top cap on one side, missing perspex RockShox logo on the same side, paint work was more peeled than paint, but what I could see of the stations, crown and steerer looked ok.. Had a chance to dismantle them tonight. Better than I could have hoped, the stantions were near perfect. Now it just so happens that I have a set of Duke legs from an old set that had had the steerer damaged, along with all the innards. So a marriage made in heaven has given me a very nice set of retro XC forks that will give many a modern fork a good run for their money, and all it cost was a little foresight in keeping the old bits and £6 to the auction house. Happy days.

 

[fossyant]

Snow studs, guards and rack removed from the MTB. On went the On-One Chunky Monkey 2.4's - fatties indeed. Rear has been left flat as I'm awaiting a new cassette and chain, so will need to come off (can't get past the canti's inflated). That's it for today, my back wasn't happy.

New saddle on the way too so that will be sorted tomorrow. Getting ready for when I can ride again.

 

[Illaveago]

I recovered my saddle! I mean both senses of the word, it was an old Sells Royal gel saddle that the cover had disintegrated with age. I thought that I would try re-using it by replacing the cover with an old chamois leather. I ripped off the old material cleaned the plastic frame with white spirit and glued the leather on . Once the glue had set I took it for a test ride.B.............! Rock hard , the leather is a good friction material, I think I'll have to wax it to make it a bit more slippery. The cover withstood my 4 mile test ride but the saddle is really hard so I won't use it that often.

 

[Tin Pot]

Put on tri bars. Haven't adjusted fit yet. Will see if I survive the commute first...