What Have You Fettled Today?

[DCLane]

My youngest's Argon race bike has been pulled out of storage since it's needed for a training session tomorrow instead of me having until next March. It's had urgently:

- Adjusting to fit a Youth B rider from a Youth C
- New titanium stem bolts
- 3T 25 Ionic stealth seatpost. That was a weird thing to fit.

 

[postman]

I have put the winter cover on the outside tap.

 

[NorthernDave]

Decided to go out on the Road Comp early doors tomorrow given the forecast, shamefully the first ride on it since I bought the Pro Carbon in August

So I pumped up the tyres and fitted the "proper" CREE front light, rather than the 'be seen' one that's been on it all summer.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

After over two months off the road my Giant is at last mechanically complete with a new shifter on, and all the cables fitted. The final fettle was a drive train degrease and clean, bar tape fitted, and a tighten up and check of all the Allen bolts. Roll on Sunday!

 

[HLaB]

Put full guards on the commuter. The fork break bolt hole has been drilled a little low so I'll have to change the 25mm tyre for a 23mm. I stuck a clip onguard on the rear of the other bike but I've misplaced the clips for the front and IIRC the front bolt is seized :-/

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I fitted a Deda Dog Fang to the tourer/commuter bike, in case the shifting to the small chain ring (of a triple) ever becomes a bit ruff.

 

[Elybazza61]

Busy fettling week-end.

Now that we have been confirmed as the proper owners of the Giant Escape we bought from a local charity(lots of dialogue with Bike Register and Cambridge Parkside Police) more progress has been made and it's now up and running

New tyres fitted and brake blocks, new chain and fresh cables for the rear mech.


This was how it looked when we got it;

Removal of these;

One of the tyres was a bit worn I think

A clean and fettle and it now looks like this;

Have some more bits to come which are mudguards' rack, more cables(it'll now have all black outers),a new Liv saddle and I need to get some of the rubber boots for the v-brakes.

Rides really well and the indexing is good so very happy although not as much as the better half is.

In other fettling news the clicking bb on the Planet X was replaced with a new Tiagra one so that should be set now for the winter.

 

[wisdom]

Busy fettling week-end.

Now that we have been confirmed as the proper owners of the Giant Escape we bought from a local charity(lots of dialogue with Bike Register and Cambridge Parkside Police) more progress has been made and it's now up and running

New tyres fitted and brake blocks, new chain and fresh cables for the rear mech.


This was how it looked when we got it;

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Removal of these;
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One of the tyres was a bit worn I think

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A clean and fettle and it now looks like this;
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Have some more bits to come which are mudguards' rack, more cables(it'll now have all black outers),a new Liv saddle and I need to get some of the rubber boots for the v-brakes.

Rides really well and the indexing is good so very happy although not as much as the better half is.

In other fettling news the clicking bb on the Planet X was replaced with a new Tiagra one so that should be set now for the winter.

Nice tidy up.you have done a good job.Belting bike now.

 

[ColinJ]

Singlespeed construction fettling: episode #1

I got the knackered headset races out of the head tube of a frame that I am building into a singlespeed bike, and the old crown race off its fork.

I fitted the new headset races to the head tube. I will be taking the fork round the corner to a mate to get the crown race hammered down into place. (He has a suitable piece of metal pipe which will fit over the steerer tube.)

It was that mate who gave the frame and fork to me. He had already used a lot of grunt to remove its corroded-in old bottom bracket. I cleaned up the manky BB threads and installed a new BB, which the same mate had also kindly donated to me.

A flurry of singlespeed bike construction fettles should follow!

 

[ColinJ]

Singlespeed construction fettling: episode #2

I used my mate's crown race tool to bash the race into place.

I carefully took the bar tape off my Basso's handlebars; I should be able to reuse that at a later date.

I then removed the bike's old, worn 9-speed Ergopower controls. (The Basso will be upgraded to 10-speed later, once I have finished the SS bike. I have some suitable 10-speed Ergopower controls which I bought off another CC member a year or so back.)

I removed the now redundant shifting parts from the controls so they are now merely brake levers, which is all that I need for the SS.

 

[midlife]

Singlespeed construction fettling: episode #2

I used my mate's crown race tool to bash the race into place.

I carefully took the bar tape off my Basso's handlebars; I should be able to reuse that at a later date.

I then removed the bike's old, worn 9-speed Ergopower controls. (The Basso will be upgraded to 10-speed later, once I have finished the SS bike. I have some suitable 10-speed Ergopower controls which I bought off another CC member a year or so back.)

I removed the now redundant shifting parts from the controls so they are now merely brake levers, which is all that I need for the SS.

Just out of curiosity what Basso have you got? Mines a Reef

Shaun

 

[ColinJ]

Just out of curiosity what Basso have you got? Mines a Reef

Shaun

Many years ago I bought a Basso frame/fork on eBay. It is a steel frame made from oversize tubing. I got a mate to take all the parts off another bike of mine and build up this bike with them. So, it is a one-off variation on an old Basso Viper. It has a modified Campagnolo Racing Triple chainset and the original Campagnolo Athena groupset.

It has featured in many of my old rides so I am sure that I will be able to dig up a photo ... hang on.

Ok, here are two for the price of one! Given how rare this frameset seems to be, it is a bit of a coincidence that there are at least 2 of them in the Calder Valley. This photo was taken on a forum ride when I was intercepted by local ride @sackville d, who had ridden out to deliberately, accidentally bump into me and compare bikes! (Mine is the one with the hi-tech pedestrian warning device on the bars!)

 

[postman]

A non cycling fettle.Been over to the in laws in Lancashire.Sorted the back garden out.Weeded between the paving slabs and cleared moss off the walls and slabs.Three hours it took.

 

[ColinJ]

Singlespeed construction fettling: episode #3

It suddenly occurred to me that the 58 cm Specialized Allez frame that I am using on my singlespeed project didn't look as big as those on my other 58 cm bikes, but then I realised that it is compact style frame. I don't know why I hadn't noticed that before!

It shouldn't have any real bearing on its suitability for me, but it makes it harder to compare the partially-built bike to my others. It is difficult to compare a fully-built bike and a partially-built one which is a different shape, by holding the latter next to the former!

I have installed the forks and am using a stem which I had been using up until recently on my Cannondale CAAD5. The stem is 12 cm long. I had replaced the stem on the Cannondale with a 13 cm one and lowered it. The new lower, longer position suits me so I am keen to get as close as possible to that on the SS bike. The stem fitted to the Cannondale has a slight rise on it but the 12 cm one on the SS is pretty much parallel to the ground.

I'll build the rest of the bike and will then see about tweaking the setup.

I have put a 15 mm spacer under the stem but I also have 10 and 5 mm spacers available, should I need to lower the stem later. I have a 20 mm spacer but that puts the stem a bit too high on the steerer tube, which has been cut fairly short. I can always flip the stem if I need to raise the bars.

I put a tyre on the Khamsin front wheel that I will be putting on the Basso to replace its Aksium front wheel which I will be moving over to the SS bike. The rear Aksium is also going to be moved. I have noticed that it is a bit out of true but the spoke nipples that need to be tweaked seem to be seized. I'll try some penetrating oil on them and see if they loosen. If not, I'll put up with the minor wheel wobble!

More construction/fettling tomorrow!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Shed fettling this afternoon. My shed has several windows which are just squares of clear plastic held in place by wooden batons, the trouble is there is a void underneath them and the windows have a habit of slipping down leaving a gap at the top. This afternoon I removed the offending plastic squares and the batons and put nails in from the outside just underneath the sills to stop the plastic squares slipping down and reassembled everything, I've done all but one, the one that meant emptying half the shed to get at, I'll do that one when the weather's better.