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What Have You Fettled Today?
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Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Just spent about 100 minutes cleaning my pride and joy, the Vivente touring bike I've been using for commuting the last 7.5 years and almost 100,000km. As well as cleaning it, I adjusted the brakes, reclamping the brake cables, and gave the chain a thorough wipe, oil and wipe again.
Naturally, the frame has accumulated a nice collection of nicks, scratches and scrapes, but the bike still works fine. So it should, given that every part except for the handlebars and brifters has been replaced several times, due to the old parts wearing out. It's now ready for another week of commuting, in (variable) Autumn weather.
Naturally, the frame has accumulated a nice collection of nicks, scratches and scrapes, but the bike still works fine. So it should, given that every part except for the handlebars and brifters has been replaced several times, due to the old parts wearing out. It's now ready for another week of commuting, in (variable) Autumn weather.
Fitted new SKS mudguards to my Dawes Galaxy this week. The struts needed to be cut shorter to match the size of my wheel, but being a bit of a pussy I didn't cut them short enough, and there was about 1cm of daylight visible between the mudguard and the tyre.
I thought this would be fine and went out on a ride, but it kept nagging away in the back of my head.
I finally cracked this morning and I've just nipped that extra cm off, so they are now perfect.
They need a new addition to The Rules - "No daylight shall be visible between mudguard and tyre"
I thought this would be fine and went out on a ride, but it kept nagging away in the back of my head.
I finally cracked this morning and I've just nipped that extra cm off, so they are now perfect.
They need a new addition to The Rules - "No daylight shall be visible between mudguard and tyre"
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
Laced an old spare alloy rim onto a 25-year old Sachs-Maillard hub which as of this morning had a rusty steel rim laced to it from an early 1990s Raleigh Pioneer
Re-using the spokes, all undid lovely except one that sheared. Cost of replacing that and building a useable utility wheel from my spares cellar - 80p
I like those old maillard hubs that were on lower-end affordable bikes. Many of them still going strong unlike some of the lower end hubs made today
Re-using the spokes, all undid lovely except one that sheared. Cost of replacing that and building a useable utility wheel from my spares cellar - 80p
I like those old maillard hubs that were on lower-end affordable bikes. Many of them still going strong unlike some of the lower end hubs made today
bikingdad90
Guru
Yesterday I fettled stuff to go in the loft and then put it in the lot after it was bagged up. I also took down a baby gate, built a bookcase, swept down the driveway so it looks pretty, followed by household chores.
Today I have fettled my new Kaffenback. I swapped the seat from old bike, added pannier rack and mudguards.
I also fettled the garage. I rebuilt some inherited shelving, sorted the rubbish out with a trip to the skip and looked at lots of screws stored in old tobacco tins, all courtesy of my Grandfather in law. Just need to sweep the floor, set the turbo up with tv then the man cave will be complete.
Today I have fettled my new Kaffenback. I swapped the seat from old bike, added pannier rack and mudguards.
I also fettled the garage. I rebuilt some inherited shelving, sorted the rubbish out with a trip to the skip and looked at lots of screws stored in old tobacco tins, all courtesy of my Grandfather in law. Just need to sweep the floor, set the turbo up with tv then the man cave will be complete.
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robjh
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- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
New chain, cassette and jockey wheels, and new gear cable and housing front and back. While I was at it I took off the front derailleur and cleaned and de-gunked it. Shifting hasn't felt this good in a long time.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
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- London, UK
Finally got the new wheels on the cube. Im proud of myself because i did it all myself instead of letting my LBS do everything for me and charging me a pretty penny for it.
Its amazing how easy some of these things are go do so long as you have the right tools.
Anyway. Got the new wheels on adjusted the tension on the gear cables and fine tuned some of the brakes for the new wheels.
Still going to take her down to my LBS for an opinion of my own handiwork after all i did assemble what little i had to assemble when the bike arrived in a box. I do t mind giving then a few quid just to have a looked over. Last thing i need is the bike falling apart on a long ride!
Its amazing how easy some of these things are go do so long as you have the right tools.
Anyway. Got the new wheels on adjusted the tension on the gear cables and fine tuned some of the brakes for the new wheels.
Still going to take her down to my LBS for an opinion of my own handiwork after all i did assemble what little i had to assemble when the bike arrived in a box. I do t mind giving then a few quid just to have a looked over. Last thing i need is the bike falling apart on a long ride!
raleighnut
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Maillard hubs, low end, wash your mouth out. All right they ain't Campagnolo but I had a couple of wheels laced up with 78-79 Maillard 'Wideflange' hubs (albeit stripped/cleaned/polished and regreased/rebuilt by me) and they're like Silk to the point where when you've got fed up waiting for them to stop spinning (after a wash and a few drops of oil into the cones) and gone off to make a coffee to find they are now 'see-sawing' until they come to rest with the valve at the bottom.
I will concede that the mileage on them was unknown when I got them but the material quality and hardening is far superior to most hubs today.
tfg71
Senior Member
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- Clackmannan, Scotland
took everything out of my garage , to tidy it up.
ended up swapping saddle on my bike for a new charge spoon. swapped the saddle on the bike my wife is using for a slightly different style ( hoping this prevents the cycling with father jack syndrome she developed with the last one). started to strip the old apollo nitro ( dont laugh ) to practice maintenance on. cut up the spare carpet we had lying in the garage and disposed of it. this having a 2 day weekend is no fun.
ended up swapping saddle on my bike for a new charge spoon. swapped the saddle on the bike my wife is using for a slightly different style ( hoping this prevents the cycling with father jack syndrome she developed with the last one). started to strip the old apollo nitro ( dont laugh ) to practice maintenance on. cut up the spare carpet we had lying in the garage and disposed of it. this having a 2 day weekend is no fun.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Last minute fettling, what could go wrong 
Noticed a bit of play in my BB a few weeks back decided at the last minute I better change it. If I've done my sums right it'd done 9500 road miles and a bit of roller and turbo miles, so I suppose that's not bad. Luckily I had one to hand and thankfully my neighbours haven't complained about the mallet banging!
Noticed a bit of play in my BB a few weeks back decided at the last minute I better change it. If I've done my sums right it'd done 9500 road miles and a bit of roller and turbo miles, so I suppose that's not bad. Luckily I had one to hand and thankfully my neighbours haven't complained about the mallet banging!
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Yesterday I got the tandem ready for next week's FNRttK. I reattached the rack and swapped the conventional front wheel for the dynamo wheel. Then I took the dynamo light off my solo bike and put it onto the tandem, and reattached the conventional front wheel. I also attached some rear lights. As usual, it was the supposedly simple - bodging thick bits of rubber and inner tube onto the rack to hold a rear light bracket - that took the time. I went hunting for electrical tape to help, only to find it once I'd finished in the box in front of me.
I didn't reattach the mudguards. The rack-top bag acts as a reasonably effective rear mudguard, while if it rains I get wet. At the moment the Norwegians are predicting dryness.
I didn't reattach the mudguards. The rack-top bag acts as a reasonably effective rear mudguard, while if it rains I get wet. At the moment the Norwegians are predicting dryness.
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
I never said the hubs were low end. I said they were fitted to lower end bikes. Such as the 6-speed steel rimmed, gas-pipe Raleigh pioneer base model. And the Raleigh Lizard mountain tank
And I love them. Alongside the 90s Exage hubs in a similar pattern, they just keep rolling
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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Sorry, wrong end of the stick kind of moment.
gbb
Squire
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- Peterborough
In a moment of boredom I thoight I'd have a general fettle on the Ribble.
Handlebars off, forks out, clean and wipe the headset bearings,,, all looks and feels ok, a little lubricant and re-assemble.
Wheels out, clean the fiddly inacessible bits of the forks etc, started a general clean, notice the RD is caked in gunk....then I get a call...'Marcella has started on tv'
Ah well, to be continued....
Handlebars off, forks out, clean and wipe the headset bearings,,, all looks and feels ok, a little lubricant and re-assemble.
Wheels out, clean the fiddly inacessible bits of the forks etc, started a general clean, notice the RD is caked in gunk....then I get a call...'Marcella has started on tv'
Ah well, to be continued....
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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- Thumberland
Cripes-a-lordy! How many tubes have I changed in my lifetime? Too many.
But was just changing tube on bike I bought just before Christmas... a slow puncture (leaky valve, turned out to be).
The tyres are new ones to me (Vittoria Rubino Pros)... a right bugger to get back on.
And I managed to pinch/puncture 2 brand new tubes in the process of putting the tyre back on.
Third time worked
Don't normally have any problem with this.
Anyone else find Rubino Pros a bugger?
But was just changing tube on bike I bought just before Christmas... a slow puncture (leaky valve, turned out to be).
The tyres are new ones to me (Vittoria Rubino Pros)... a right bugger to get back on.
And I managed to pinch/puncture 2 brand new tubes in the process of putting the tyre back on.
Third time worked
Don't normally have any problem with this.
Anyone else find Rubino Pros a bugger?
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