What Have You Fettled Today?

[Accy cyclist]

Not me but the lad in my LBS put some new bearings in my back wheel and put two new links in my chain.all for a tenner! I asked him how long it took him and how much of that was labour. An hour, so it was £7.50 labour and £2,50 parts was his reply. I gave him 13 quid and told him to charge a tenner an hour not £7.50 in future.

 

[Elybazza61]

Cleaned and fettled the Icarus for tomorrow's club ride;found a glitch on the chain/chainset when on the inner ring and bottom cog,think it's a bent tooth but as it's on a combo I never use I'll leave for the mo and sort out at a later date(unless of course it get's worse).
However looking at tomorrow's forecast and still recovering from flu I may give it a miss,will see how bad it is in the morning;if I don't go at least the bike will stay clean

 

[Tom B]

Around 18 months ago i fitted some SKS chromoplastics to my commuter.

Ever since I have meaning to fettle them by replacing the bridge fastener by drilling and bolting the guard to the frame.

A few weeks ago I bought myself some 30C Winter Stud Tyres for mounting on some spare wheels and using on icy days.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/schwalbe-winter-spike-road-tyre/rp-prod118113

The use of the slightly larger Tyre necessitated a bugs dick worth of extra clearance so i finally got around to properly attaching the guards.

I also added a spoiler to the front guard, I had been getting wet feet simply as a function of where the guard ended and where my feet naturally rest. I had considered margarine tubs, neoprene etc but in the end just bought the man for the job

http://www.highonbikes.com/accessor...-spoiler-pro-mud-flap-35mm-mudguard-part.html

I was skeptical that this part would be big enough so I bought

too.

However i need not have feared the smaller spoiler does the job... It sort of has two flaps underneath one I think kills the waterflow and one the airflow which stops the water being driven back towards me feet.

So i put the larger airbrake on the rear!

 

[Illaveago]

This is the saddle that I recovered. The marbled effect is due to the fact that it was an old used chamois leather. I have gone over it with 600 wet and dry used dry, it feels like suede now.

 

[Proto]

Repaired a recurring puncture for my youngest daughter (she hadn't found the flint that had penetrated the tyre) and fitted a race number bracket to my middle daughters race bike. Unashamed willy waving photo attached!

 

[Tin Pot]

Cleaned the bike, attention to the rims.

Adjusted the race blades.

Reset the front brake pads after some squeeling last week.

Reindexed the rear d. Got my lowest two gears back. Not entirely happy as I had to do a slightly different process to that documented last August, but we'll see.

Paintwork looks like it's taking a bit of stick on the rear stays.

Any suggestions on crimps for the gear cables? Two have fallen off and the cables start to splay.

 

[raleighnut]

Cleaned the bike, attention to the rims.

Adjusted the race blades.

Reset the front brake pads after some squeeling last week.

Reindexed the rear d. Got my lowest two gears back. Not entirely happy as I had to do a slightly different process to that documented last August, but we'll see.

Paintwork looks like it's taking a bit of stick on the rear stays.

Any suggestions on crimps for the gear cables? Two have fallen off and the cables start to splay.

Most bike shops sell 'antifray' cable ends, I get em for 5p each. (normally buy a quids worth at once)

 

[HLaB]

Cleaned the bike and fitted new front pads fitted the rears last week.

 

[Elybazza61]

Cleaned the Icarus;full wheels off proper clean too.

 

[redvision95]

Ive been using abusing the saracen for a while and decided to dip my toe into the whole wrenching on my bike thing (if i screwed up id of just called my brother)

New brake pads, New tyres, New chain, New cassette and a really good clean... I didn't know the wheels were silver underneath all that grime I've managed to re grease the headset bearings without screwing that up and even managed to do a slight adjustment to the rear gears to get the lowest gear running smooth again

 

[Tin Pot]

Bike not perfectly shifting, but feels amazing after the last fettle. Stronger, taller, faster(!)

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Yesterday I fitted a new longer-reach 105 rear derailleur, 11-32 cassette and chain to my CAADX, and then went for a 50 mile ride.

https://www.strava.com/activities/495135196

Nothing fell off and the gearing was much better for me.

Graham.

 

[gbb]

Despite a day off today, weathers crud and I was busy all morning so no ride but..got the hybrid out (fairly budget Raleigh Glendale), it had a slight buckle on the front wheel straight out of the box. ?.pah, I got the bike reduced and gave it a quick tweek at the time. Today, a more detailed tweek and its now almost perfect.
No wheel jig, not even a spoke spanner.
No, a finger against the fork and the rim and a pair of pliers

Wouldnt do that on a good bike mind.

 

[HLaB]

My old wheels whilst still having good hubs and are true had a bit of a groove in the front rim and a broken spoke on the rear drive. I was going to hope they lasted another month but I'm still waiting for JE James to process my spoke order and in the meantime saw some good offers on tyres and wheels so I got them and fitted them tonight :-)

 

[Arjimlad]

My son's Carrera Crixus was in a shameful state, he had not informed me that the rear brake was bad and the pad had worn down to show some metal.

After replacing the brake pads I realised the wheel was buckled as well.

My first effort only made it a whole lot worse.

I left it for 45 mins and watched a Youtube video about wheel truing. Second go and the wheel is nearly 100% true. Pumped up his tyres, cleaned & oiled the chain and he's good to go.

Just need to get him to clean the thing now.