What Have You Fettled Today?

[gavgav]

Did a bit more on the Dawes Galaxy. This session was a bit of a disaster really but the brakes are all assembled and work correctly which is nice.

The drive side crank still won't come off though and I've broken the new crank puller trying. Worse, the bike flung itself on the floor when I turned my back for a second so I have gouges out of the brand new RH shifter and rear derailleur which haven't even been wired up yet.

 

[raleighnut]

Did a bit more on the Dawes Galaxy. This session was a bit of a disaster really but the brakes are all assembled and work correctly which is nice.

The drive side crank still won't come off though and I've broken the new crank puller trying. Worse, the bike flung itself on the floor when I turned my back for a second so I have gouges out of the brand new RH shifter and rear derailleur which haven't even been wired up yet.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I banished the banshees from my brake pads. I don't know how the caterwauling little buggers got stuck in there, but they made enough noise! A bit of angle adjustment, and no more screeching.

 

[biggs682]

I banished the banshees from my brake pads. I don't know how the caterwauling little buggers got stuck in there, but they made enough noise! A bit of angle adjustment, and no more screeching.

Got them to release from one of my fleet

stripped and greased the bottom bracket this morning on the Wester Ross

 

[RMurphy195]

Checked tyre pressures using a BBB pressure gauge. Rear was 40, front was 30psi! So much for the thumb test on modern tyres ... (Vittoria Randonneur Pro 700x32)

 

[Jamieyorky]

Delivery from wiggle arrived at work today, my new charge spoon and some deda bar tape. Got home ate tea, did pots then got onto more important things.... Fitting them to my winter/commuter bike.

Coming along nicely for a old saracen.

 

[fossyant]

Checked why I was getting heal strike on the Boardman FS. Cleats on my old shoes are rather worn, checked with new shoes and no such movement. Time to replace cleats.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Changed the tube on the front of my Eastway, it had developed a slow leak, it was very soft and wanted pumping up before every ride, prime suspect is an old patch near the valve.I also stripped out the chainset cleaned it, regreased it and reassembled it, I've had a slight creak under load on it like I've got a loose crank, how that works on Tiagra I've no idea, this is the first time I've worked on it, I'll see how it is next time I ride it.

 

[Elybazza61]

New pads fitted to the Graham Weigh last night and calipers adjusted;all hunky dory today on a couple of short hops to and from the stations.

 

[biggs682]

Fitted some new pads to the front of the Wester Ross and hopefully kicked the squealers out for good

 

[DCLane]

I finished the Dawes Impact quick jobs list; new cables plus bar tape fitted to go with the new hoods and replacement tyres. All done and rideable.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

After 3 years, I had to replace the BB bearings on my (blue) Ribble yesterday
For a couple of months, it had been showing signs of play; with the cranks at the 08:10 position (& the drive-side at '10'), there was about 3mm of play at the end

With the relevant Hollow-Tech spanner & a new BB, I replaced it yesterday morning
It took a fair bit of knocking through, a rubber mallet wasn't working, so a ball-pein hammer (& block of wood) completed the task

I wasn't prepared for how bad the drive-side looked
I'm not sure if that's muck that has managed to work its way in, or powdered bearing?
It's quite possible, that it was just running on the bearing casing, going by the play exhibited upon removal

I'm not proud of letting it get into that state, but I guess it's had 3 (fairly) all-weather useage, hard years, & was only a Tiagra component

A work-collegue has just replaced his (work-bikes) head-set & B/B with Hope componants, but then again, those are in a Surley frame, so a lot higher quality than mine

Next step;
Get the sealed (& press-fitted) bearings replaced in its front wheel (Vision Team 30), as there's play in that

 

[DCLane]

Cleaned my youngest's Ridgeback MX24 for sale.

I also found time to finish the Principia RSLe - the brakes were European style so swapped them round. All good and a proper test is to follow.

 

[arch684]

Fitted ultegra front and rear mechs and shiffters and bar tape

 

[burntoutbanger]

New rear brake blocks for my Vitus Vee-1 city bike, stock ones that came on the bike were never very good and may have possibly been further contaminated with some WD40, replaced with some cheap £3.99 Clarks blocks which although budget are still a significant upgrade!