What Have You Fettled Today?

[Elybazza61]

Rest of the bits came from Wiggle today for the better half's Giant/Liv so we did a 'loose' fit of the 'guards and rack;

Still have to get some rubber boots for the v-brakes and fit the rest of the outers and there's a saddle coming from e-ghey too but it's starting to look good.

Better half has also been busy with the Auto-Glym paint restorer/polish which is bringing the paintwork up nicely,she's also going to look for some white nail polish today to touch up some scratches.

 

[sackville d]

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!)

What are the chances hey? Even the same size. Awesome frame, butter smoothe ride, even with an alloy fork.
I rejigged mine around for my 50th birthday and had an awsome fettle putting a mix of D.Ace and Ultegra 11 speed on it
so that it now looks like this

 

[PeteXXX]

Mudguards fitted to the CX for the winter rides.
They went back on easier than I thought, with very little adjustment s neede to prevent rubbage..

 

[Elybazza61]

More work on the better halfs' Giant/Liv.

Mudguards and rack fitted, plus new front mech cable and all fresh outers.Also new saddle fitted and set up.

Still some little bits to do like cable ends and the front 'guard stays need cutting.


Other fettling was on the Planet X,levers raised a bit and brakes fettled and a very crappy chain cleaned and lubed.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

16T sprocket on the Birdy to make it a tad nipper on the flat.

Nice to know that the Nexus hub is as user friendly as the Alfine for simple jobs like this.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Oh, new old pedals too, nice narrow 80s tourer type that I like. Good and grippy.

Debating whether to put my B17 narrow Brooks onto it or leave the Brompton saddle in place. I do like it and find it plenty comfy.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Repaired my old Profile Durango XC bars. I bought these way back in the early 90s (I think) when the World Cup round was held near Plymouth. It was a gloriously hot and sunny weekend and I still have an image in my head of John Tomac whilst trying to catch the leaders, (having punctured) jumping the entire section known as "The Pipeline" crossed up.

It was a great weekend and I got these bars as used by Ned "The Lung" Overend! The years have taken their toll and one of the threads destroyed itself. Two quills like on an old stem, provide the attachments for the bars themselves.

I drilled out the hole slightly and cut a new M8 thread. I haven't got a lathe (boo!) so used my pillar drill and a file to machine down the hex head of the stainless steel bolt. I then trimmed down the bolt l night an used an angle grinder to cut a slot for a screwdriver.

The result will hopefully last a few more years. The bar width is 546mm.

 

[Jenkins]

Finally got round to finding the reason for the stiff drive train on my Boardman - the upper jockey wheel was dry of grease, but loaded with muck. Cleaned, re-greased and reassembled and running much better. However I've ordered a new dérailleur as I compared both jockey wheels with my other bikes and realised just how badly worn down the teeth were. New jockey wheels were £15 or a complete shiny new SRAM Rival dérailleur for £33 -.

 

[DCLane]

The Raleigh Pioneer Trail I bought a couple of weeks ago has a tiny, tiny crankset. So today, having tried and failed on Wednesday since the bottom bracket was too short, it got:

- A 122.5mm new bottom bracket to replace the existing 113mm one. That appears to have been in since new and was clunky
- A Shimano M171 triple crankset
- Shimano M540 pedals
- SKS Velo 65 rear mudguard which should be for a 26" wheel but fits fine

Everything runs much smoother now.

It still needs a different front derailleur and new chain, along with a new gear cable, as the old one was fitted to the bottom bracket. That may be done this week. New brake pads are also needed - the old (original?) ones have loads of tread but squeal.

 

[bruce1530]

Fitted replacement mudguards,
Adjusted brakes.
Fixed the knob on the cooker.

 

[steve50]

Fitted new deda 44cm handlebar to the Boardman and applied new boardman bar tape.

 

[Andy_R]

Clipped my toenails, and burst a blister. Good to go now.

 

[ColinJ]

I have to do some pre-fettling fettling ...

My singlespeed bike project has been brought to a temporary halt by an unexpected problem - I went to remove the cassette from the Aksium wheel that I will be using and discovered that the lock ring is stuck. I don't know if it is actually corroded in or whether it was just done up stupidly tight. At any rate, I managed to break my chain whip without getting the b*st*rd lock ring off!

I am going to try and make a new chain whip from an old (redundant) threaded headset spanner and then will have another go.

 

[palinurus]

Had to remove two fixed sprockets in two days. Not a job I look forward to.

First one I almost gave up with until I took a club hammer to the handle of my chainwhip.

Second one the hub wasn't built into a wheel and I managed to get it off by sticking the hub into a vice at work. I'd given up on it but a colleague asked about the chainwhip and I decided to give a demonstration, at which point it came off just like that!

 

[HLaB]

Couldn't get any purchase on my front brake bolt. Fearing it had seized I unship the actual brake and unscrewed it. I was expecting a bit of s struggle but it was actually very easy and clean. I'll put a new nut on and fit the guards after tea