What Have You Fettled Today?
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potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Oh no,that's the most crucial piece of the lotFinished painting the 'Lethal Impact' bike - now just to put all of the pieces back together. Including one which I'm not sure where it fell out ofwhilst the frame was upside down
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Oh no,that's the most crucial piece of the lot
Thanks - it's from either the headset or the seatpost. Looks a bit like a slice of celery; knobbly around it, with flat one end and sloped the other. It's an old Ammaco frame, with Suntour gears/brakes. Termed 'Lethal Impact' because it didn't steer, change gear or stop without jamming and falling over.
Given that the bikes from 1985/6 and is on it's 2+ restoration, I'm hopeful it's not important. Overall it's in decent nick apart from a rusted and scratched frame.
The Suntour stuff all seems to work properly now; it's a 3x7 system, although the brakes are ... interesting. The saddle was shot so it's getting a Boardman saddle from their carbon road bike setup. Everything has been donated from elsewhere so it currently owes me a few quid for the new decals only and the saddle's a spare from the winter bike.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Monday - put a new chain on the Boardman Hybrid, connected it all up, looped it onto the chain ring ... and realised I'd forgotten to take out some links to shorten it. New Shimano chain with no connecting link so had to retrieve the old connecting link from the bin and did the necessary.
Next: moved on to the Boardman Road bike to replace the chain and cassette. Carefully compared the lengths and removed the appropriate number of links from the chain, fitted and connected only to notice that I'd set it up over the guide by the upper jockey wheel instead of under. Newly fitted KMC quick links don't come apart easily do they? It was easier to break the chain, re-thread it correctly and fit the connecting link from the old chain.
At least the cassette fitting went without problems.
Next: moved on to the Boardman Road bike to replace the chain and cassette. Carefully compared the lengths and removed the appropriate number of links from the chain, fitted and connected only to notice that I'd set it up over the guide by the upper jockey wheel instead of under. Newly fitted KMC quick links don't come apart easily do they? It was easier to break the chain, re-thread it correctly and fit the connecting link from the old chain.
At least the cassette fitting went without problems.
edindave
Über Member
- Location
- Auld Reeker
Replaced the saddle on Boardman Hybrid Pro, the old one had cracked (61kg too much for it lol) - thanks to l4dva who sold it to me.
Also fitted SKS RaceBlades front and rear mudguards. My rear SKS Chromoplastic had snapped in two!
Also fitted SKS RaceBlades front and rear mudguards. My rear SKS Chromoplastic had snapped in two!
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Sounds like the wedge expander nut from a quill stem bolt. Has it got a threaded hole in the centre? It pulls tight up against a matching slope on the bottom of the quill stem in the head tube thus wedging the whole assembly tight.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Thanks - yes, it's got a threaded hole. Now I've just got to get it back in!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'd just like to report that the newly-fettled Cannondale was great to ride in the sunshine on Sunday's 103 miler!
That's a 58 cm frame. I've made it fit by having quite a lot of seatpost exposed and flipping the stem. I reckon that I could have gone for a 60 cm frame with the saddle nearer the top tube and an unflipped shorter stem which might have looked better.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Don't worry about that until you put the stem back in when it should be attached to the the bolt.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
"It's not about the bike!"But would it be any faster?!?!?!?!
So, er, no ...
(But it would look better with a horizontal stem!)
TheSandwichMonster
Junior Senior
- Location
- Devon, UK
New chain, new cables. new brake blocks, new bar tape... Just a shame I can't get new legs!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I've just wiped the rims, then the frame, oiled the chain an pumped up the tyres but I don't know if that counts as fettling
edindave
Über Member
- Location
- Auld Reeker
I've just wiped the rims, then the frame, oiled the chain an pumped up the tyres but I don't know if that counts as fettling
Fettling requires the use of tools. So it doesn't count
(OK I just made that up.)
Anyway I'm loving how silent my new SKS Raceblades are compared to the old SKS Chromoplastics.
