What Have You Fettled Today?

[Elybazza61]

Just a quick check over of the Icarus before tomorrows club ride.

 

[Elybazza61]

Some more done today.

Quick look over the better halfs' Escape;sorted an annoying noise which was the front mech cable end tapping against the cranks so cut it down a bit more, bent it towards the frame and a new cable end.Then had a look at the front wheel bearing and slightly adjusted it; it's better but will probably need a proper strip down.

Then on to the neglected Graham Weigh single speeder; the success was getting the old Garmin speed/cadence sensor off the Planet X working and re-paired with the Edge 500 and a dedicated set-up for the Weigh.

Less successful was trying to fit the old mk2 Road Racer 'guards; after much faffing I got annoyed and broke the rear so I guess I'll be riding it without for the moment and an hour or so I won't get back .Will be looking out for some SKS Raceblades next.

 

[ianrauk]

An absolutely filthy commuter. Just one weeks commute and the bike is a mess of South East London's finest grime and filth.

So, a partial strip down and full clean and lube.

No doubt to be repeated next week.

 

[DCLane]

Cleaned the Eastway R4.0 commuter and the Principia RSLe.

Then set to on a Trek FX 7.3 that I picked up: partially dismantled as all I wanted was the wheels, the bars and a RH shifter. The rest'll be up for sale as a frameset:

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

An absolutely filthy commuter. Just one weeks commute and the bike is a mess of South East London's finest grime and filth.
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So, a partial strip down and full clean and lube.
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No doubt to be repeated next week.

Good job you can't see what mine looks like at the moment.

 

[GuyBoden]

I've gone all oval and fitted a Sakae ovaltech crankset, I already use an oval Shimano Biopace on my winter bike, I like the feel of the oval rings, even though I ignored them as a gimmick in late 1980's, maybe they're better for my old legs.

 

[Salty seadog]

Picked up today and took it for a shakedown ride at Bedgebury park. Made some adjustments to the saddle and brake lever positions. oh, and put a couple more psi in the forks.

 

[si_c]

Cleaned the chain and relubed, and oiled pivots on derailleurs and brakes on the purple pug as I'm trying not to let them get salty and sticky. Added a bottle cage using some elite straps as the bike has no braze-ons.

Swapped the pedals for some m520s instead of the flats given that I'm now going to be using it as my primary bike.

 

[SpuddyJones]

Since getting my Ribble R872 Ultegra Di2 a few months back, I've not yet stripped it and done a proper clean. I am ashamed to say there was some slight surface rust on the chain so I've give the whole bike a good going over - looks as good as new!

 

[Salty seadog]

Just after I cleaned my MX30 freewheel I saw an offer on a Spanish bike website for the said freewheels. Well as mine has over 3000 winter miles on it and starting to show signs of wear on the teeth I decided to bite the bullet and buy 3 for around the same price as buying one here in the UK. It's taken 10 days to arrive and turned up in the post this morning so I changed them over this morning.

Old on left new to right
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The rear of the teeth seem to have suffered a bit more as the front is unmarked, maybe an alignment issue!!!
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Starting to show wear on the teeth
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Mission accomplished and ready for Christmas
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If the rims manage to get through this winter I think that will be about the end for them, they're starting to show their age so will fit my spare wheelset for next winter

Surely thats just down to the fact that the rear of the tooth is the contact point with the chain.


My fettling consisted of turning the lower limet screw on the front derallieur of the Montpellier 3/4 of a turn as the chain got thrown of on the inside this morning after an adjustment.

 

[numbnuts]

I've just fettled some vegetable samosa

 

[Elybazza61]

Fitted the Raceblade longs to the Icarus with no issues,just have to fit the club flap.

 

[marknotgeorge]

I wrapped these for the girls' Christmas presents:

I've got to pick the bikes up from my sister's (where they've been hiding) tomorrow. Then it's fit racks, mudguards, lights and bottle cages.

 

[robjh]

I cleaned and regreased the front hub on my road bike. I have progressively taken apart and serviced the whole front of the bike over the last week or two looking for the elusive source of a light flicky-clicky sound, until I had nowhere else to look but the hub - I noticed too that it started and went away as I tightened and loosened the quick-release on the front skewer, so it must surely have been that.
It sounds fine on the work stand now, but tomorrow's ride will be the proof of the pudding.

 

[si_c]

Bikes been getting covered in gunk, especially after my ride yesterday, brakes were starting to squeal too.

Took it over to the garage and gave it a hose down and cleaned and dried it off. Also relubed everything, hopefully should be good now.