What Have You Fettled Today?

[KneesUp]

I have been out in my garage fitting some brackets so I can hang a few of my bikes up so that I have got some room to move. It was boiling hot underneath that metal roof with the sun blazing down on it.

Imagine how the cat on top of the roof felt.

I dragged the OHs bike out of the shed the other day, and fitted the v-brakes of our daughters 16" wheel bike because the cantilevers were a pain to adjust. Not being sure if the brakes were mini V or V, I decided today to put the brake levers off the kid's bike on too to be sure the cable pull matched. It now stops with much more vigour than before, although I think I must have got some grease on the rear blocks because it doesn't bite at the back like it does at the front.

 

[eggman]

Bent the front mudguard on my commuter bike recently so just fitted a new one using the fixings from the old one which had already been bent around to suit the disc brake.

This was achieved using:

• Tool kit
• Kitchen as workshop
• Mug of tea
• Rock and roll on the stereo
• Minimum swearing

Thank goodness you clarified 'WHAT' INSTEAD OF 'WHO' It adds a new dimension.

 

[Elybazza61]

Lots of fettling on a skive day;

Vittoria open paves and latex tubes fitted to the Hunt wheels after failing to fit the IRC's; Helium cleaned and checked before a test ride tomorrow and Sundays Ride London/Surrey.

Other half's Avail cleaned and recalcitrant Sora rear mech adjusted(still not 100%,think it might be a bent hanger or mech,might have to try a spare 105 mech I have).

XLS cleaned and lubed plus Fitted one of the IRC Roadlite tubeless on the rear Archetype;went on ok and sealed with the co2 thingy so will change the front as well and see how they roll;obviously a tyre/rim mismatch with the Hunts.

 

[Jenkins]

Returned my Charge Plug 0 back to original trim and gave it a quick clean before listing it on Ebay. SPDs off, flat pedals back on, , original front wheel refitted instead of the R501 with QR and both original tyres refitted instead of the Gatorskins I've been using. Left my choice of 46t chainset on there but with the original 42t setup included as part of the sale.

 

[robjh]

Replaced the headset bearings on my aging Giant TCR. They are an unusual size on a 1-inch steerer tube and no longer readily available, so it took a bit of searching and £30 to find a replacement, but they fitted nicely in the frame, and all seems well so far. It's now 11pm so I'll try a first post-fettle ride tomorrow.

 

[si_c]

Cleaned all the crap off the BB cups on the new Pug, and then spent some time watching QI and polishing the fronts of both, neither is perfect, there's a fair bit of discolouration on them, but they're 44 years old, so I'll let them be.

Tomorrow's job is to fit them and the axle, decided to put my existing 52/42 Nervar crankset on for the time being, rather than a new Sugino XD2, just because I promised the wife I wouldn't spend a fortune on it like the last one.

 

[si_c]

Fitted bottom bracket to new pug. Also new RD, found out the FD is top pull not bottom pull, need to find a new one. Fitted cranks to new pug.

Got a new seatpost for the old pug, which is now fitted, and saddle height adjusted properly (old one was a little worn and slipped ever so slightly). Added some WD-40 to the pedals as there was a slight creak, and emptied, checked and refilled my saddlebag, in the process I realised that I hadn't replaced the inner tube after the last deflation incident. That was about 900km ago, whoops.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I lost another bar end plug thingy today. The ones i've been taking off old bikes to replace them have all been a bit loose, that's why they fall or get knocked off. I searched in my little bike bits box in the knowledge that you'll always find a spare bar end and low and behold i found a pair. These are a bit tighter and the one i used needed a bit of palm hammering to get it in. Hopefully it'll stay there longer than the others.

 

[si_c]

I lost another bar end plug thingy today. The ones i've been taking off old bikes to replace them have all been a bit loose, that's why they fall or get knocked off. I searched in my little bike bits box in the knowledge that you'll always find a spare bar end and low and behold i found a pair. These are a bit tighter and the one i used needed a bit of palm hammering to get it in. Hopefully it'll stay there longer than the others.

I have the same problem. Always the right hand side too. I just use electrical tape when it falls out now, ugly but effective.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I have the same problem. Always the right hand side too. I just use electrical tape when it falls out now, ugly but effective.

Yes it's the right hand one with me too. In the past i've taped the bar end to make it wider then knocked it in. It always seemed to hold.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Solution is to use plugs with an expander inside like the BBB ones

 

[si_c]

Solution is to use plugs with an expander inside like the BBB ones

Nice, thanks

 

[Jenkins]

Yesterday's late commute home was the first where it was noticeably getting dark and lights were required so today was spent charging endless batteries.

 

[lutonloony]

Yesterday's late commute home was the first where it was noticeably getting dark and lights were required so today was spent charging endless batteries.

Need a dislike button!

 

[Buck]

Fitted cleats to my new SPD-SL shoes (getting the screw in one of the holes was a pig on both shoes )

Also removed my SPD pedals now on my MTB again) and swapped them with my SPD-SL ones. (All greased and lubed too!