loopybike
Veteran
You could always, ehem, commission some......
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
Not sure if I can like this. Don't want to be complicit in tempting the r*in f*iry.....
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
A really fine piece of metal wrangling
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
This is where an "unlike" button is required after the weather this weekend.Well, it's forecast to rain on Thursday...
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Indeedy. And it's going to be about 15 degrees colder as well...
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Gave my My 50's Raleigh Roadster a quick once over this morning as its back on commuting duties 
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
An unexpected day off today so I took the bike out for a test ride. Within 15mins the bolts were loose so I popped to a lbs to borrow a 2.5mm hex. I rode another 30 miles and they started to come loose again. I reckon I'd get a race out of it but I came back and applied carbon grip and threadlock so hopefully I won't need to touch it again. My old bars were the same (2nm for a bolt isn't enough) and threadlock sorted them out.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
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Things started off alright . The plan was to put the centre pull brakes back on the BSA TdF. The front pair went on and then the back pair, no problems. Removed the handle bars and stem to fit the cable stop and guide and removed the seat to do a similar thing. Now things started to play up. The brake blocks went in the front fine but the threaded cable stop end would not fit the bracket . The routing of the rear cable was a bit tight , but when I came to tighten up the cable clamp I discovered that the brake blocks were nowhere near the rim. The brake bridge was too high. It must have been made for 27 inch wheels .
I put the bike back in the garage for another day .
I put the bike back in the garage for another day .
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
This is one of those posts that needs an "aaaaargh!" button. A bit like this:
A "like" for the semi-successful fettle though.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I'm going back out to see what else I can mess up .
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
That's the spirit.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Well that went a bit better! I had a rummage around in my garage looking for something else to mess up .
I found a nice ally 27 inch front wheel that I bought recently but had a plain axle with nuts . I knew I had an old QR front axle hut which had damaged cones. I looked at some other donor wheels but their axles were a different diameter. I eventually found one which suited, popped it in , got grease everywhere and it runs well.
I'm happy now !
I found a nice ally 27 inch front wheel that I bought recently but had a plain axle with nuts . I knew I had an old QR front axle hut which had damaged cones. I looked at some other donor wheels but their axles were a different diameter. I eventually found one which suited, popped it in , got grease everywhere and it runs well.
I'm happy now !
