What Have You Fettled Today?

[stearman65]

Had my second ride in the park on my newly acquired Claud Butler Stratos. After the first try, I had difficulty releasing the main joint, eventually I gave it a strong tug & it released. Today I asked the wife to bring the WD40 to the park, when I assembled the bike I gave the main joint a squirt or two. Did my tour of the park, stopping at the cafe for a rum n raisin single scoop, back to the car, tried the main joint release & bingo it had worked.

 

[Tin Pot]

New wheel bearing, rear discs and pads...£981

Maybe I should sell the car and buy a new bike every year to save money.

 

[ColinJ]

I am making more progress with the mysterious 'ticking' noises which have been annoying me when I am riding my CAAD5 ...

The bolts for the right cleat were already fairly tight, but I was able to tighten them quite a lot more and that has significantly reduced the level of the noise.

I also remembered something that I had noticed last year but then forgot about ... I wear a medical dog tag and it was swinging against the zip on my cycling jersey when I was cycling vigorously. I now wear it dangling down my back when riding.

The remaining noise levels are almost quiet and infrequent enough to forget about.

 

[cyberknight]

not a lot , regreased the seatpost on the commuter as it was creaking but otherwise everything is sweet atm.

 

[HLaB]

P'tured 2 rides in a row and Ive got a big ride coming up so I put a new tyre on. Also gave the bike a good clean.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

The Birdy now has a shiny new derailleur as its chain tensioner and I can fold it wirhout unshipping the chain again. Forgot I'd need a multi speed chain to fit through the cage tho.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I checked over my Eastway this morning and it looks like Thursdays off has just resulted in a scuff in the bar tape and a slight, easily sorted, buckle in the front wheel.

 

[BobTunnt]

Fitted the new MTB tyres I bought yesterday.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Not so much today, but this month, tyres, cables, brake blocks and I got a new head set, its almost like a new bike.

 

[User33236]

Bought myself a second hand TT bike mid week so yesterday was spend making it 'fit'.

Saddle adjusted and new, slightly shorter, stem fitted before the most important job..... switching the brakes round so rear brake was on the left lever as previous owner had set it up European style.

 

[Elybazza61]

Tweaked the front mech on the Helium and then gave it a clean and then gave the XLS a quick rub down;got to do the repair on the IRC tubeless sometime soon.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Put new pedals on my eldests bike. Took the old ones of okay, took me ages to get the left pedal on, bloody idiot that I am kept turning it the wrong way

 

[DCLane]

A bit of a saddle swap today:

My youngest's been complaining about the saddle on his winter bike (I fitted a test saddle from Radial cycles so I could let him find out what it was like for me). At the same time the Adamo TT saddle I'd bought to test doesn't work for me so ...

• Radial saddle removed from his winter bike and onto the TT bike to try for myself
• Spesh Avatar saddle from his race bike onto his winter bike
• Spesh Phenom saddle onto his race bike

In addition I gave the Formeula 700 I bought yesterday a going over: cleaned, lubricated and derailleurs adjusted, SPD's fitted plus new brake pads front & rear. It still needs cross tyres and some paint but it's ready for him going to school next month.

 

[iandg]

Off today thanks to 'compensatory rest' as I was called into the lab at 4.30 am this morning and didn't get home until 6.30 am. Made progress with the fixed build - tyres, guards, brake lever, front light and saddle fitted. About to order a dyno-hub front wheel

 

[DCLane]

New Ultegra front caliper on the Wilier Izoard.

Wheels trued on my son's Formeula 700 and paint chips painted. Fortunately Humbrol black matches the black paint exactly as there were lots of them. However on removing the wheels to do the painting I've discovered they both need re-greasing. That's another job to do before next Tuesday.