derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Put a new rim on a damaged Mavic wheel, Took me a while to get it right, But i now have a descent set of spare wheels.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Got the family stable of bikes ready for better weather, fettled the BSO MTB I've picked up for nothing for sons GF to potter about on.
Got round to taking the Marathon Winters off my Ute bike too. Oldham Council are gritting main routes tonight and snow is threatened for the next day or so.
Got round to taking the Marathon Winters off my Ute bike too. Oldham Council are gritting main routes tonight and snow is threatened for the next day or so.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I have been cleaning and repairing some binoculars I bought in an auction on Saturday. I was a bit worried as to what I had bought as I couldn't remember what lots I had viewed the previous day.
It turned out that there are a few nice ones in there, a WW2 Kershaw 6x30 pair in pretty good condition ,a pair of Miranda 7x50 which my brother in law bought. 2 Ross of London 9x35s , and my favourite a pair of Swift Newport mk2 10 x50's in pretty poor condition. A fter stripping down and a good clean I have managed to get a few of them working again. The Swift 10x50 despite having a chip on one of the prisms is performing well, it just needs a shim put in the focussing barrel to put the collimation right.
It turned out that there are a few nice ones in there, a WW2 Kershaw 6x30 pair in pretty good condition ,a pair of Miranda 7x50 which my brother in law bought. 2 Ross of London 9x35s , and my favourite a pair of Swift Newport mk2 10 x50's in pretty poor condition. A fter stripping down and a good clean I have managed to get a few of them working again. The Swift 10x50 despite having a chip on one of the prisms is performing well, it just needs a shim put in the focussing barrel to put the collimation right.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Miranda always had good glass, in camera lenses. Some were on a par with Nikon, back in the day. Swifts were also a fine binocular, sold well as an alternative marque to some of the pricier offerings.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Trued a wheel at work yesterday, as my bike has taken the worst of some bad roads around here, and had to change the tube as well. I just worked in five minute increments between bus runs. Then some thunderstorms came, so my bike had to ride home anyway. So now I can do a better truing job, at leisure, as at home I'll just mount the spare wheel set.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Swapped the disc rotors and cassette onto my new self-build wheels and fitted to the CAADX ready for tomorrow's commute. I shall now be flying up the hills.
Graham
Graham
New chain fitted to the hybrid commuter . Bought a Shimano chain with their quick link as I thought it would be easier .Not impressed with the quick link 
a few swear words may have been uttered and my thumbs hurt now . Think I use the chain tool and pins next time
a few swear words may have been uttered and my thumbs hurt now . Think I use the chain tool and pins next time
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
Went for a quick ride out to the shops on Monday. Got a bit giddy clattering along the canal tow-path cobbles at a fair rate of knots when I was somehow overtaken by my own rear light. Somehow the backup light had detached itself (it was superglued in) presumably hitting the wheel and flying past me, bouncing along the path half a dozen times before just as it was about to stop falling into the canal and sinking!
Good job it cost about £2-50. Ended up going to the shops via the bike shop for a new-one fitted today.
With that in mind does anyone know of a propper reassuring screw on clamp fitting for the Lezyne 900XL ?
Good job it cost about £2-50. Ended up going to the shops via the bike shop for a new-one fitted today.
With that in mind does anyone know of a propper reassuring screw on clamp fitting for the Lezyne 900XL ?
redvision95
Proffesional Biskit Eater Upper
- Location
- The Biscuit Tin
Fitted some new grips. Huge improvement over the original grips.
Stevec047
Über Member
- Location
- Saffron Walden
Purchased a new set of wheels with tires today nothing special just some Weinman xr18 as an upgrade to the bog standard so called components brand that were fitted to the bike but had seen better times.
Hub wise they are running on a set of Quando kt tech I am guessing these are of the budget end of the range but they feel alot smoother than the old ones and seem to spin for longer so that can't be too bad.
Tyre wise I went for a pair of schwalbe lugano as opposed to gator skins as again I had no bench mark to compare them too other than the bontrager sport tyres currently on the bike and the fact that almost all of the guys I went out with last weekend swore by these and the next ones up with better protection. Oh and I love the reflective trim to the edge of the tire.
Just removed the cassette from the old wheel which I was supprised to see was a fixed until with just the 11t being separated from the rest. Shram branded which was a surprise as the bikes new have shimano fitted.
Wheel weight wise they are a little lighter than the original so hopefully help with hills the other nice thing is the fact that they don't have the deep aero effect that the old ones had which when hit by side winds gave me a bit of a scare.
Hub wise they are running on a set of Quando kt tech I am guessing these are of the budget end of the range but they feel alot smoother than the old ones and seem to spin for longer so that can't be too bad.
Tyre wise I went for a pair of schwalbe lugano as opposed to gator skins as again I had no bench mark to compare them too other than the bontrager sport tyres currently on the bike and the fact that almost all of the guys I went out with last weekend swore by these and the next ones up with better protection. Oh and I love the reflective trim to the edge of the tire.
Just removed the cassette from the old wheel which I was supprised to see was a fixed until with just the 11t being separated from the rest. Shram branded which was a surprise as the bikes new have shimano fitted.
Wheel weight wise they are a little lighter than the original so hopefully help with hills the other nice thing is the fact that they don't have the deep aero effect that the old ones had which when hit by side winds gave me a bit of a scare.
Turdus philomelos
Guru
- Location
- West Lothian
Not just today but over the past few weeks in preparation for Girol d'italia. I don't think Segan is riding but his jersey is included any how.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Finally got round to replacing big chainring, chain and cassette on the commuter. Let's just say that I'm not a great one on maintenance, and the combination had got as sloppy as a sloppy blancmange. I was about to do the same on the nice Colnago, until I remembered that the new chainring hasn't been delivered yet.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Spent a couple of hours getting my wife's 20 year old Dawes Stirling roadworthy.
10+ years of shed grime cleaned off, a couple of cables freed and lubed.
Just need to get a couple of inner tubes, tyres and rolls of rim tape tomorrow and it should be good to go for the single ride she'll do before retiring the bike to the shed for another 10 years!
Graham
10+ years of shed grime cleaned off, a couple of cables freed and lubed.
Just need to get a couple of inner tubes, tyres and rolls of rim tape tomorrow and it should be good to go for the single ride she'll do before retiring the bike to the shed for another 10 years!
Graham
Well my giant defy had a little bit of play in the front wheel.Cones needed a wee bit of adjustment.Simple 2 minute job!!!!!!
On looking I thought the bearings felt a little notchy too.No problem clean and regrease.Bearings and races were clean and not pitted so regreased and reassembled.THEN one of the cone locknuts dropped nicely through the decking.I could see it but couldn't retrieve it with a stiff piece of wire as it was lying flat and perilously close to a drop down to the wall. Time to get the screwdriver out.Wait a minute I had an old 4 pronged grabber in my toolbox from when I used to service hgv's.It just squeezed through the gab and gripped the nut.Gentley lifted it to below the decking.Threaded a gas welding rod through the nut.Gingerley turned it and up through the gap it came.Reassembly was then straightforward apart from the usual faff of tightening and slackening the cones until they were just right.
SIMPLE 2 minute job eh.
If only the
wasn't shining I would have done it in the garage.
On looking I thought the bearings felt a little notchy too.No problem clean and regrease.Bearings and races were clean and not pitted so regreased and reassembled.THEN one of the cone locknuts dropped nicely through the decking.I could see it but couldn't retrieve it with a stiff piece of wire as it was lying flat and perilously close to a drop down to the wall. Time to get the screwdriver out.Wait a minute I had an old 4 pronged grabber in my toolbox from when I used to service hgv's.It just squeezed through the gab and gripped the nut.Gentley lifted it to below the decking.Threaded a gas welding rod through the nut.Gingerley turned it and up through the gap it came.Reassembly was then straightforward apart from the usual faff of tightening and slackening the cones until they were just right.
SIMPLE 2 minute job eh.
If only the
wasn't shining I would have done it in the garage.
