What Have You Fettled Today?

[wisdom]

Tried, tried and tried again to get the pedals off the cranks on the old orbit . absolutely no chance as theyve been on since the 80's when it goes for powder coating ill have to look for a new set of cranks and chainrings just so I can fit new pedals.Anyhow rebuilt the rat trap pedals new grease etc.
Interestingly the pedals are an unusual size not 15mm af or whitworth.and an allen key in the vice(inside of the pedals) wont shift em

 

[biggs682]

One pedal stripped and re greased got the other side to do now or very soon

 

[HLaB]

Changed the Shimano freehub body on my fulcrums last night so I could use them with my Campagnolo equipped bike, shouldn't have bothered!
PCC TT - LOL, One of those days :-D
Parked closer to work so I could make the TT in time,
Got back to a smashed wing mirror!
Made good time down the A1 though,
Got changed and was ready to go!
One problem though I'd last used the front wheel on the Kinesis which has morel clearance!
A friend came to the rescue though and we did a quick wheel swap!
I didn't get off to the best of starts on the TT, mainly because of the headwind and my lack of confidence on the bars, with it having been 6 months since I last used them,
Things improved though, I got more confident and my average speed started to go up,
Then disaster struck a rear wheel p'ture with nearly 5 miles still to go!
Now I'm home I find out I've lost one of my magnetic pins :-D

Oh I forgot to say, it started p1shing doon 5 secs after the p'ture!

 

[Tin Pot]

So as I'm build a Tri conversion I buy every Veloce component except the shifters today before cycling home.

What snaps on my commuter today?

FFS.

 

[Garry A]

Cleaned all the dirt from my Defy and fitted some new Durano folding tyres.

 

[HLaB]

Removed the campagnolo cassette on my Fulcrums, stripped the disc cover and changed the free hub body back to use my shimano equipped bike for the weekend. Whilst doing so I thought my chain was a bit stretched so I changed it for a cheaper chain (I have a dearer chain and cassette but I want to keep them new for few weeks time), hopefully the chain won't jump on the old cassette. Fixed a tube and blew up the rear tyre only to find a hole in the side wall (I was keeping a new tyre for a few weeks too, but its been pressed into service early.

 

[RoubaixCube]

drivetrain maintenance after todays wet weather. switched over to some wet lube as more wet weather is forecast.

Gave the bike a wipe down too but ultimately pointless as it will be raining when i head to work tomorrow too.

 

[DCLane]

This afternoon I:

• Cleaned and prepped the Wilier for tomorrow's GHS Memorial ride. It had clearly got damp last time out around the Hammerstones race circuit, on a dry day. Sorted with lube as it'll get an upgrade shortly.

• Dismantled my youngest's Felt F95 Jr which has been sold. It's off to the Czech Republic via Oxford. It's packed into it's original cardboard box.

• As I'm keeping the Felt Q200 MTB I replaced the damaged crankset with a Shimano M171 and some M540 pedals.

• Prepped the dung-heap that is the Carrera Virago for commuter duty next week.

The Secteur's gone to the LBS for a new bottom bracket, outer and inner cable set and some bar tape as I'm too busy next week.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

got the summer bike out. at first, for some reason, it wouldn't back-pedal, but a bit of lube and turning on the stand seemed to fix it. did the job on the club run today

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Made some extra holes in the side flaps of my Spa Nidd saddle so that I can lace it up properly as the way it is spreading out has been causing some comfort issues.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Finally got rid of the ridiculously wide MTB bars on the commuter....but no, not replaced them with anything narrower!

Some careful cable routing needed to fit Sunrace M90 pods. Ergo grips and double-taped at the main contact points

Next thing to fettle is the workshop floor!....

Who says that Tourney doesn't work with 9-speed and a 22-36-48?.....

 

[alecstilleyedye]

washed car and both bikes…

 

[screenman]

Caravan car and bikes washed. I was going to go out for an hour but lucky for some guy I decided not too. I was putting something from the garage back into my car and looked down the drive to see a cycling shirt walking by, not on it's own but attatched to a body that was pushing a bike, I run well OK maybe not run but waddled quickly down the drive and shouted after him. Turns out he had about 6 miles to get home, a flat phone battery and a puncture, so into the garage a quick tube change a cup of coffee and he was on his way, this was certainly better than going out on my bike.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Replaced the guide and tension pulleys on the Merida and built a new front wheel for the CAADX.

Graham

 

[Poacher]

Yesterday I gave a new lease of life to a peach mirrored deco clock bought off the 'bay; dismantle, removing old 30-hour mechanical movement in the process, clean and polish brass bits, paint base with hammered black finish, increase size of central hole with a diamond file, fit back together with a quartz movement with hands exackerly the right size, including a silent sweep second hand. Job's a good 'un.

Having garnered some important brownie points, I was allowed some time today to clean and grease an old Suntour Cyclone rear mech, which had lain unloved in the spares box for years, ever since an accident destroyed the inner limiting screw housing. Don't know whether I dare to use it again, unless I fit a plastic disc to keep it out of the spokes, but I'd almost forgotten what a beautifully designed piece of kit it was.