What Have You Fettled Today?

[derrick]

New PF30 BB in cervelo P2. For a friend.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Yesterdays fettling on the knockabout bike:

Pedal service, rear wheel bearing service, new chain, new cassette.

I should already have done the Spring service on this bike after all its muddy, gritty, salty winter rides but have been putting it off. I couldn't ignore it any longer when a clank from the left pedal developed during the commute home on Thursday then got worse on Friday so it needed looking at.

The right pedal showed signs of having had a hard winter but fresh grease and new ball bearings sorted that. I was a little shocked though that the innards of the left pedal were bright orange with very little watery grease left. Oops! That might have something to do with falling off into a ford back in January. Fortunately once it was all cleaned up the bearing tracks were in reasonable condition and it all runs quite smoothly with some new balls and grease.

I was going to just do the pedals this time as the weather was threatening rain (no workshop so I have to work outside) but a check of the chain showed it to be well past its best and the cassette is visibly worn on a couple of gears so I couldn't leave those and of course it would be silly not to service the rear wheel bearings while the cassette was off so I ended up doing that while sheltering from the rain as best I could. Glad it's done though.

 

[gavgav]

Yesterdays fettling on the knockabout bike:

Pedal service, rear wheel bearing service, new chain, new cassette.

I should already have done the Spring service on this bike after all its muddy, gritty, salty winter rides but have been putting it off. I couldn't ignore it any longer when a clank from the left pedal developed during the commute home on Thursday then got worse on Friday so it needed looking at.

The right pedal showed signs of having had a hard winter but fresh grease and new ball bearings sorted that. I was a little shocked though that the innards of the left pedal were bright orange with very little watery grease left. Oops! That might have something to do with falling off into a ford back in January. Fortunately once it was all cleaned up the bearing tracks were in reasonable condition and it all runs quite smoothly with some new balls and grease.

I was going to just do the pedals this time as the weather was threatening rain (no workshop so I have to work outside) but a check of the chain showed it to be well past its best and the cassette is visibly worn on a couple of gears so I couldn't leave those and of course it would be silly not to service the rear wheel bearings while the cassette was off so I ended up doing that while sheltering from the rain as best I could. Glad it's done though.

When you doing mine? Next weekend would be good for me as I'm away in London....

 

[velovoice]

Carradice SQR bagman support fitted. One step closer to having the Brompton ready for touring in the south of France in two weeks' time!

http://velovoice.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/brompton-touring-mods-part-ii.html

 

[Karlt]

Yesteday, but cobbled together a quill stem from a neighbour's Tesco BSO and the rest of their c. 1995 Trek hybrid into a useable workhorse with handlebars at a sensible height for the owner. The integrated shifters are knackered though so if the owner wants to make use of it outside of the top six gears or so I'll nick the BSO brake levers and buy some cheap 3x7 shifters and make a fully working useable bike out of it.

In other news, nothing exciting. New chain and cassette (it's 8 speed so it's cheaper to use both until the chain starts risking buggering the chainset and then replace both) on road bike.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

When you doing mine? Next weekend would be good for me as I'm away in London....

That can be arranged I'm sure.

 

[gavgav]

That can be arranged I'm sure.

Will chat to you tomorrow evening about it

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Fettled an old storeroom:

Finally claimed some proper workspace at work instead of trying to do full services in the middle of the shop floor with a camping table to double as workbench and tool storage. This square footage was purely used to store...coat hangers!! Hangers now evicted, dirty old soil pipe boxed in and the beginnings of a workbench.

Tool board up tomorrow.. Painting will have to wait and be done in sections since I need to work in it right away

 

[srw]

I've finally got everything attached to this old Trek mountain bike I'm converting into a heavy-duty hybrid. The chain's too long, the brakes need proper adjustment, the rear derailleur needs properly adjusting and the front derailleur doesn't seem to want to index against the revoshift shifter I've put on it after throwing out the horrible trigger things I got it with.

It's going to get thrown in the car tomorrow so that once I've done the Brompton at the weekend I can put it on the stand and make sure it all actually works.

 

[srw]

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I've finally got everything attached to this old Trek mountain bike I'm converting into a heavy-duty hybrid. The chain's too long, the brakes need proper adjustment, the rear derailleur needs properly adjusting and the front derailleur doesn't seem to want to index against the revoshift shifter I've put on it after throwing out the horrible trigger things I got it with.

It's going to get thrown in the car tomorrow so that once I've done the Brompton at the weekend I can put it on the stand and make sure it all actually works.

It turns out that the rear brake is just about OK (but it's a cheap one) and the front brake, although not adjusted properly, doesn't make the bike unrideable. It also turns out that the front derailleur is working properly, although it needs some fine adjustment.

And, of course, a new chain means I need a new cassette. Doh!

 

[Elybazza61]

Chain on the Helium cleaned and lubed as I may commute in on it tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Decided to go 25mm on the road bike, so just fitted a pair of Conti GP4000s II tyres, and very nice they are too

 

[Dirk]

Just spent the whole morning doing a full clean, check and service on our touring bikes.
All ready for our Tour de Devon in just over a weeks time.

 

[Karlt]

Tracked down rattle on road bike - loose cassette lock ring. Whodathunkit?
Boy #1's front disc brake doesn't rub any more. Hydraulic discs are all new-fangled to me but I sorted it in the end.

 

[PeteXXX]

I had to remove and de-grass the bottom jockey wheel whilst out on an off-road ride today. It was barely turning and was likely to damage it if I'd carried on riding.