What Have You Fettled Today?

[JhnBssll]

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

I could do without the drifting session to be honest, I'm not sure my rims would appreciate it

The Shoe Goo should arrive mid week but I've just ordered a new tire as well... I'll probably keep riding it until the glue arrives then whip it off and inspect it. If it's worth repairing I'll fix it and put it back on, keeping the new tire as a spare. If I can see any damage to the carcass I'll bin it and use the new one

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Rear brake lever change, wheel swap & gear mech tweak on Pioneer Trail. Rear brake lever was damaged & both wheels had buckles when bike was acquired from a charity, and although I've got the worst of the buckles out with a spoke key I still wasn't totally happy with the rear one. Then not long ago I picked up a small womens Apollo CX10 for £1 with perfectly true 700c wheels but worn tyres, so I fitted new Delta Cruiser+ to the CX10 wheels and put them on the Pioneer. Only trouble was the freewheel must be positioned differently from the original, as I wasn't getting all the rear gears after the swap, so the High & Low limit screws needed a tweak.. I'd previously lashed up the brake lever, but it wasn't a good permanent fix, so I replaced it with a NOS Shimano bought online & adjusted the shoes nice and close now the wheels aren't at all out of true. Went out for a 5 mile road test and very pleased with both brakes & gears. The more miles I do on the Pioneer, the more I like it. A very nice stable & comfortable bike, which rolls quite a bit faster for the same degree of effort input than my old hack MTB.

 

[Reynard]

Yep Kizzy always 'helps' whenever I do anything.

Here it's Madam Lexi who likes to lend a paw with things. Madam Poppy prefers to supervise from a distance.

 

[Reynard]

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Probably wise. Cats and oil related products are never a happy combination......

Cats and anything mucky is never a good combination

 

[HLaB]

On the advice of a bike fit I hack sawed 1cm off the TT extensions. Vision had lacquered over the adjusting clamp to the ski poles so they took a bit of persuading. At least I figured that I could leave the relatively new cables in place through the centre of the poles and just hack saw carefully around it. When the fitter first said it I thought it was a re-cable job

 

[bpsmith]

Swissstop Black Prince pads refitted so I can get the FFWD’s out again. New Ultegra 11-25 cassette and DA chain fitted too.

 

[JhnBssll]

New cassette fitted on the commuter ready for work on Tuesday

I've also fitted (And almost immediately broken) 2 extruders to one of my 3D printers - it's being a pain I would have fitted a 3rd but unfortunately I've now broken all the spares

 

[Reynard]

That's a like for the shiny new cassette @JhnBssll and an "oooops" for the rest...

 

[Illaveago]

I made another bracket for my mudguard and fitted it this afternoon . I now have a pair !
This is what they look like fitted.

 

[raleighnut]

I made another bracket for my mudguard and fitted it this afternoon . I now have a pair !
This is what they look like fitted. View attachment 408139 View attachment 408143

I think even @loopybike would be proud of those.

 

[si_c]

Removed everything from the bike. New bar tape. New Cables (inner and outer). New Freehub (old one was rough sounding despite a service). Ran the chain and cassette through the sonic cleaner, and relubed. Also put new tires on front (last one did 12,000km) and rear, mostly for cosmetic reasons.

Cleaned the rest of the bike, and gave a bit of a polish. Looking much better. Still got some end of year fettling to do, I've got a new chainset on order, so that's got to go on when it arrives.

 

[loopybike]

I think even @loopybike would be proud of those.

Ooo yeah! Very nice

 

[raleighnut]

Ooo yeah! Very nice

I think I paid £2 for my last set, mind you that was in 1974.

 

[Illaveago]

They weigh 47 GM's each. Weinmann stainless steel ones are 70gms each.

 

[raleighnut]

They weigh 47 GM's each. Weinmann stainless steel ones are 70gms each.

Mine were Aluminium, wish I still had em now.