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Carbon fibre... LMAO!!!
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Did it involve batteries, lube and fingers? Gotta be Di2 if it did.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Did it involve batteries, lube and fingers? Gotta be Di2 if it did.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
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- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I had a sort out in the shed: some tyres, wheels, cassettes, cranksets and a load of other parts are to be sold as we've decided to upgrade the main bikes. Things are more organised (again!) and re-labelled so I don't lose stuff. Until the next time.
As for fettling: switched tyres on the wheels I want to keep from cheap ones, took cassettes and tyres off the wheels I don't want any more.
Also I've a pile of 'unknown' inner tubes that I've gathered: 'unknown' as in 'will go flat' / 'won't go flat' - so they've all been pumped up and are being left overnight. So far 2/18 are 'will go flat'. Hopefully that'll stop me always getting a new tube from the pile of new boxed ones I have.
As for fettling: switched tyres on the wheels I want to keep from cheap ones, took cassettes and tyres off the wheels I don't want any more.
Also I've a pile of 'unknown' inner tubes that I've gathered: 'unknown' as in 'will go flat' / 'won't go flat' - so they've all been pumped up and are being left overnight. So far 2/18 are 'will go flat'. Hopefully that'll stop me always getting a new tube from the pile of new boxed ones I have.
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
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- Felixstowe
Lubed the chain, went for a ride.
I really could do with a day off work and some bad weather as at least three of the bikes need a proper (full) clean & lube while a couple of others could do with a a good mickling of the chains.
I really could do with a day off work and some bad weather as at least three of the bikes need a proper (full) clean & lube while a couple of others could do with a a good mickling of the chains.
Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
A like for the idea of having a day off work to do some fettling, not for the bad weather!!!!!!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
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- Felixstowe
Yeh, but if I have a day off and the weather's good, I go out for a ride instead of fettling.
Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
Know what you mean, but is nicer to get the bikes out of the shed, spread out and fettle in the sun
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Know what you mean, but is nicer to get the bikes out of the shed, spread out and fettle in the sun
If I tried that, I'd end up with unwanted furry assistance.
Prefer to fettle in the garage with the door shut. Far less chance of feline mischief. 
Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
.If I tried that, I'd end up with unwanted furry assistance.
Probably wise. Cats and oil related products are never a happy combination......
Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
Will be interested to see what the responses to this would be, as I would probably err on the extremely cautious side and not use it for fear of it being at a greater risk of failure. But then Caution is my middle name....Looks like I've got additional fettling to do - noticed a largish cut in my rear tire. It's not too deep so I bit the bullet and rode on it this morning with no problems but I'll be getting some glue to try and repair it... Never done it before but a quick google seemed to suggest shoe gloo is the stuff to use so I've just ordered some. I'll carry on riding on it until it arrives I guess, if it was on the front I'd probably think differently
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Lavender Rose
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graham bowers
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- NW Leicestershire
What is moot is how deep is too deep. If the cut has damaged the casing of the tyre, I'd replace at the very first opportunity. If its not cut right through I'd put a boot in and continue to ride temporarily until I got a replacement, but monitor.Looks like I've got additional fettling to do - noticed a largish cut in my rear tire. It's not too deep so I bit the bullet and rode on it this morning with no problems but I'll be getting some glue to try and repair it... Never done it before but a quick google seemed to suggest shoe gloo is the stuff to use so I've just ordered some. I'll carry on riding on it until it arrives I guess, if it was on the front I'd probably think differently
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I had a smaller cut than yours on an almost new Conti gatorskin hardshell, 6mm in length as I recall. It was intalled on the rear wheel. Initially, the cut could not be seen on the inside of the tyre, so I monitored it form the outside to see if it grew, which it didn't. I checked it again from the inside and the cut was right through so there must have been casing damage that progressed. I replaced it straight away. I did lot of reading on the internet and found the whole spectrum from people who replace immediately to those who made an internal repair and rode it until it wore out.
graham bowers
Guru
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- NW Leicestershire
Speccy Bar Phat tape on the bars of the Hewitt.
bliss,all i want to hear on a ride is the chain and the tyres on my bike.
Vantage
Carbon fibre... LMAO!!!
- Location
- Behind everyone else, Bolton
Looks like I've got additional fettling to do - noticed a largish cut in my rear tire. It's not too deep so I bit the bullet and rode on it this morning with no problems but I'll be getting some glue to try and repair it... Never done it before but a quick google seemed to suggest shoe gloo is the stuff to use so I've just ordered some. I'll carry on riding on it until it arrives I guess, if it was on the front I'd probably think differently
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Check the casing. If it hasn't severed into that I'd say it'll be fine.
I packed shoegoo into a 12mm cut on a Vittoria Randonneur that I rode for a couple thousand miles afterwards without incident. The differences there being the Randonneur was a seriously tough tyre and the cut was lengthwise on it...yours is across it on I believe a lightweight tyre.
See what happens I guess. It's on the rear so at worst you'll have one hell of a corner drifting session if it blows
raleighnut
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Yep Kizzy always 'helps' whenever I do anything.If I tried that, I'd end up with unwanted furry assistance.
