What Have You Fettled Today?
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Early this morning, I took the chainrings off my blue Ribble, to clean them properly, after washing it yesterday afternoon
Plus, I took a couple of spacers (almost an inch worth) off the Gran Fondo steerer-tube, to drop the bars, as they were higher than my winter/work bike (the aforementioned blue Ribble)
Now, I've got to get it cut down, but it's a carbon steerer, might leave it to the 'LBS'?
Plus, I took a couple of spacers (almost an inch worth) off the Gran Fondo steerer-tube, to drop the bars, as they were higher than my winter/work bike (the aforementioned blue Ribble)
Now, I've got to get it cut down, but it's a carbon steerer, might leave it to the 'LBS'?
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Our lasses chain came off the cassette and got trapped between the wheel and cassette, managed to get it out, eventually, and we carried on our ride. Indexed the gears when we got home, also fixed a puncture on her front wheel, the tyre was completely flat.
In between the ride this morning with our lass and fixing her bike I went out and tested the new wheels on the Allez.
In between the ride this morning with our lass and fixing her bike I went out and tested the new wheels on the Allez.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Today's fettling in pictorial form:
A new bike for the colleague from whom I have just bought a Dawes Galaxy. It's just as well I have an understanding boss.
A new bike for the colleague from whom I have just bought a Dawes Galaxy. It's just as well I have an understanding boss.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Started to put a frameset together, well put the headset together, put the forks in, put the saddle on the seat post and inserted that and added the vee brakes. I was going to do more but I'd got the wrong type of bottom bracket 
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Put the spacers back under the stem. I took them out as i thought it would make me more aero. It probably did, but i think i am to old to be aero.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Fitted a new set of front disc pads to my car , there was some material left on the old ones but they would have needed replacing soon. It was warm out there working in the sun, but it was quite easy changing them.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had fitted a longer stem last week. I thought that I had adjusted the AHeadset properly but I heard a few minor clunks from the front of the bike on a short ride today so I tightened it up. I was surprised how much I could tighten it without the bearings getting 'notchy'. When I have done this in the past, the difference between 'loose and clunky' and 'overtight and notchy' was fairly subtle. (I did have clunks, but rocking the front of the bike with the front brake on did not produce noticeable movement of the steerer.) The steering still works fine now and the clunking has gone.
There are some other noises to eliminate. I am still getting a mysterious ticking noise during hard efforts. I think it is due to the chainring bolts not being tight enough. I now have the strange pinned tool used to stop the slotted nuts rotating so I will get the bolts nice and tight and see if that fixes the problem. Even though the noise sounds like it is coming from the chainring/BB area, I wonder if it might actually be caused by the cassette lockring not being tight enough?
There are some other noises to eliminate. I am still getting a mysterious ticking noise during hard efforts. I think it is due to the chainring bolts not being tight enough. I now have the strange pinned tool used to stop the slotted nuts rotating so I will get the bolts nice and tight and see if that fixes the problem. Even though the noise sounds like it is coming from the chainring/BB area, I wonder if it might actually be caused by the cassette lockring not being tight enough?
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
A Cowhorn bar that I had in the shed put onto the Brompton replacing the S bar. Cowhorn sawed down 3/4 inch or so for aesthetics and to take the folded bar safely off the floor. New slightly longer front brake and gear cable fitted to accommodate the slightly longer reach, moreso when folded.
The only niggle drawback is having to sacrifice the Zefal Dooback mirror for a Zefal Spin that better accommodates the bend of the bar.
Quite poor photo of the end result
The only niggle drawback is having to sacrifice the Zefal Dooback mirror for a Zefal Spin that better accommodates the bend of the bar.
Quite poor photo of the end result
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
I had to take the 25mm tyre I've been running on the front wheel of my Ventus off and go back to running a 23mm as there was only minimal clearance - it was rubbing on the inside of the fork occasionally Also when grit got picked up by the tyre it couldn't clear the front underside of the fork so got caught up in the hollow and rattled around. The only way to release it was to stop and roll the wheel backwards.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I discovered that the new-style Brompton brakes demand that the brake cable is fed sharp-end first - the old-style ones could be set up while the cables are still in the outers.
So that's a pair of brake cable inners I need to get tomorrow, and while I'm getting the inners I might as well replace the outers too...
So that's a pair of brake cable inners I need to get tomorrow, and while I'm getting the inners I might as well replace the outers too...
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Put together a TT bike/frame last night. All was going well (inc the internal routing) until I got to the simplest of jobs, the kmc chain which refused to join. Apparently KMC have changed the design of the 11sp quick link making it harder to install! Probably go home tonight and do the same job in seconds!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I was right the chain with the pedals on took seconds to join and the indexing was quite smooth. The brakes were spongy though and I frayed the front cable trying to adjust it. Its annoyingly routed to the inside of the caliper making it a bit fiddly. So I'll replace and tape tonight then its good for Saturday :-)
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
My youngest's going to get a Giant TCR composite 50cm frame for his winter bike. Over the past few weeks whilst recuperating I've bought the frameset, with accompanying Ultegra 6600 crankset and brakes, plus the other parts needed.
In a mad thought this evening, since there's a smaller frame ending on eBay that would fit him, I roughly put it together (bars, stem, seatpost, saddle, wheels) and let him try. It just fits so will do.
Now I can built it properly. The crankset needs to be the smaller one I have plus a few other changes but it'll fit.
The frameset:
In a mad thought this evening, since there's a smaller frame ending on eBay that would fit him, I roughly put it together (bars, stem, seatpost, saddle, wheels) and let him try. It just fits so will do.
Now I can built it properly. The crankset needs to be the smaller one I have plus a few other changes but it'll fit.
The frameset:
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A first for me, I stripped and lubed the headset bearings on my Eastway. I'd never stripped an Ahead headset before, though I did plenty of threaded one in the past. The one on my eastway was smooth enough but a little noisy, sounded dry, when I stripped it there was plenty of grease but it was black and mucky, the top bearing wasn't too bad but the crown race was orrible, I cleaned it all up, lubed it and reassembled it. Adjusted it, took it for a ride around the block and readjusted it and it feels and sounds a lot better now.
