What Have You Fettled Today?

[MossCommuter]

Iknow it ain't a bike, but they don't need anything doing to them.
Found out what was wrong with the hoover, ordered parts should be here on wednesday, wife well happy.

You're spoiling her

 

[MossCommuter]

Nothing.



Went to Cyclehouse in Warrington for mudguards. Shut.
Cycled on to Halfords for pannier rack. Not in stock.

Did laundry.

 

[Hip Priest]

Road bike
Adjusted rear mech
Tightened loose spoke

Work bike
Full wash
Cleaned & lubed chain

 

[ianrauk]

Complete strip down and clean of the Roubaix. It's was in a complete mess after Southends FNRttC. That's what you get for doing a SMRbtH in the peeing rain.

Part strip down and clean of the Honky Kona ready for tomorrows commute.

Also swapped over rear mechs between the Roubaix and the Kona Honky.
Roubaix now has an Ultegra 6700 Grey mech to go with the rest of the Grey Ultegra. The Honk now has an Ultegra Silver 6600 mech to go with the other silver.

3 Hours of fettling.

 

[mr Mag00]

nothing! but both bikes need a clan (clean) that has to wait off to neighbours for food and drink

 

[subaqua]

nothing! but both bikes need a clan that has to wait off to neighbours for food and drink

Mcdonalds or Campbells soup

finally fitted the chain i bought on Saturday for the MTB and have sorted the front mech issue. helps if the wire runs where it shoul not where i think it should . lovely sweet changes .

then i decided to have a tweak of the road bike ( Btwin sport 1) set the Front mech up properly after i removed it a few weeks ago to clean the crud from around it properly and it too now runs like a dream . wifey says its tea time soon so can't start on fettling and cleaning daughters bike , although initial inspection leads me to beleive i am going to need new cables as she seems to have mullered the ends on them.

 

[potsy]

Done nothing today, both bikes are relatively clean, are running well, and have no parts in need of replacing.
Must be something I coud be doing to 'em

 

[ianrauk]

Done nothing today, both bikes are relatively clean, are running well, and have no parts in need of replacing.
Must be something I coud be doing to 'em

you know what you need to to Pots...

 

[Nebulous]

Heavens opened this afternoon so the planned foray was abandoned. Cubester reported that his from mech was stiff so he's learned to fit new cable inner and outer, and he then checked the chain and found that was 0.75% so he's fitted himself a new chain as well. I'm always amazed at how clumsy kids are with tools and fiddly processes. (the SRAM powerlink had him beat for about ten minutes) Mrc C says all kids are like that, and I'm very precise, so am comparing him unfavourably. That's me told then!

It's practice - it takes time and practice to develop manual dexterity- you like me probably spent a lot of time developing it when you were young.

My grandfather had these big gnarled old hands, that didn't open properly because of contracted tendons, yet give him a penknife and a piece of wood and his skill was amazing.

I once went on a teaching course with a group of social workers, and one of the things we were asked to do was teach a physical skill, breaking it down into differennt stages. I brought in a length of rope and taught a simple backsplice. I couldn't believe how much in awe of it one of my fellow attendees was. He esxplained that he had very little manual skill, because he had always had 'mental' jobs rather than physical ones.

 

[slowmotion]

I've just put four masonry anchors into the concrete ceiling at work for my Lidl bike hoist. I was running out of space.

 

[slowmotion]

Good work, assuming it all stays there.

I'll know in a few minutes...

 

[gbb]

Bianchi carbon seatpost...stuck...KIN ELLL !!!!!
Beware everyone out there, i had it out last year, all seemed fine...6 months later, not a chance of it moving.
Ive been soaking it with WD for a couple weeks now, no joy.
Ive been as brutal as i can be by hand, no joy.
Took it to work today and upended the bike, clamped the top of the seatpost in a large vice....and pull, swing, lever, twist.

Nothing for 5 minutes, not a squeek. Then there was a crack, then the sound of two components jarring together like a machine gun. Another 10 minutes of levering (seriously, 10 minutes is a long time) and it so slowly started to come.

Once out, a look down the seat tube and you can see a scab of corrosion just below the clamp slot. Scraped it out and its that white furry stuff. Drill, slotted rod and some emery tape and 'reamed' it all out.

Copious amounts of coppaslip applied, now re-assembled.

Having drilled the downtube boss the other night, now ive got to tap it out to 5mm. I have taps, but no way of getting it securely held to drive it in ( because of the space, or lack of it). Normal tap wrench is too big.
1/4 drive 4.5mm socket and extension, ground the square base of the tap gently away until it sat securely in the socket...bobs yer uncle...boss now tapped out.


Cranks off, chainrings removed and thoroughly cleaned..


All done today while at work...well if ive got to be there (oh and copious amounts of tea drank as well)

 

[johnnyh]

total strip, clean, and re-assemble/lube of the Trek after yet another wet and windy mini tour to the Isle of Wight and its Randonnee.
Bike back to showroom shiny, but new brake inserts needed as the rain and muck have trashed them.

 

[Psycolist]

After all the rain we've had just latley, fettlin has been about my only bike related activity !

 

[Andrew_P]

Full clean of the Roubaix, new wheels, new cassette and a new chain. First time for all these jobs, well apart from the clean and it all went well.