What Have You Fettled Today?

[JhnBssll]

Since it seems I'll be without the Bianchi for a while longer I've been giving the Roubaix some extra TLC recently. Mid-week I decided some Hope jockey wheels would be a nice little upgrade for a bit of extra shiny You can never have too much shiny. They fell through the letterbox this morning so I fitted them and snapped some before and after pics

Since there was absolutely nothing wrong with the old ones I have chucked them in the spares cupboard - I'll probably swap them back in late autumn when the guards and winter wheels go back on

I was told again yesterday on a group ride that the bike looks like it's just come out of the showroom - quite the compliment as she's now done >1200 miles. The regular fettling definitely pays off

 

[JhnBssll]

What with waiting for @JhnBssll's glue to dry and the outcome of @DCLane's to leave on or not, can't image a more climatic end to the week.....

I forgot to mention - you'll be pleased to hear the Shoe Goo has cured nicely and the tire is ready for use again

 

[Vantage]

There's an old Raleigh Mustang in the garage

That was my first ever mountain bike. Santa brought it me in 1987. Black and white with horses galloping on the top tube.
Got nicked a month later from outside the post office.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Just a ruined hub and ride nothing else, I was only just on the outskirts of Coventry, I ended up with a pringle shaped back wheel.


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I reported the pothole to the council Thursday and when I drove through today I noticed the council had spray painted red lines round it.

 

[Alan O]

I just swapped my steel tourer's tyres from Marathon Greenguard to Gatorskins (both 32mm) for the summer now the softest of the surfaces I ride on have pretty much hardened.

While I love Marathons for their toughness and their grip on soft-ish earth, the Gatorskins feel significantly more supple, more comfortable, and speedier on hard surfaces.

 

[the stupid one]

That was my first ever mountain bike. Santa brought it me in 1987. Black and white with horses galloping on the top tube.
Got nicked a month later from outside the post office.

I've no idea how old this one is, but it's mainly red with purple blotches, and only has one horse. And the rims are massively wide, about 35mm. Cheap components (Lee-Chin brake levers?) - not Raleigh's premium model of its day, I suspect. I'll probably take it to bits and clean it up one warm, sunny day, then put it on Gumtree for a few quid.

Or you can have it to replace the one that was nicked!

 

[bpsmith]

Swapped the seatpost on my new bike for a new one. Lol

I wanted a complete stealth look, so did it while the original was still new.

Love the new look and now weighs 80g less too.

Edit: Have gone with a full Fizik finishing kit, including saddle. Going to fit the carbon bars and new stem when I get time. Stealth tape too.

 

[raleighnut]

That was my first ever mountain bike. Santa brought it me in 1987. Black and white with horses galloping on the top tube.
Got nicked a month later from outside the post office.

I've no idea how old this one is, but it's mainly red with purple blotches, and only has one horse. And the rims are massively wide, about 35mm. Cheap components (Lee-Chin brake levers?) - not Raleigh's premium model of its day, I suspect. I'll probably take it to bits and clean it up one warm, sunny day, then put it on Gumtree for a few quid.

Or you can have it to replace the one that was nicked!

They are actually a really nice bike under the weight of all that crap componentry, £200-300 on new Wheels/Tyres, Crankset, rear Mech and fitting V-brakes with the appropriate Levers and possibly new Aluminium Handlebars/Seatpost and you end up with a really nice bike (far better than spending that amount on a new un)

I revamped one about 16yrs ago (it got nicked in a burglary at the house) and have since replaced it with an 'Outlander' similarly upgraded, think Deore components.

 

[C R]

Cleaned and oiled the drive train, and refettled the limit screws oin the front derailleur. The chain still needs some convincing to go to the large chainring sometimes, and now it falls off towards the frame on occasion when shifting to the small chainring. Seems to work fine now on the stand, will see tomorrow under load.

The bb seems to have a tiny bit of play, but I couldn't get the left crank out, it seems I need a new crank extractor for the new spindle. Should have used the classic shape adjustable cup, which can be fettled with the crank in place.

 

[robrinay]

Ref: ‘Holdsworth frame id please?’ in the vintage and classic section I’ve finished off my 1965 Holdsworth Mistral refurb’ with vinyl decals repro head badge from Planet X and cloth bar tape, (Well ok it needs a coat of lacquer but otherwise done!).
I’ll take it up the to show the bloke who skipped it tomorrow evening, as promised.

 

[BianchiVirgin]

Took the Bianchi back to LBS for the "new bike service" despite the fact there was nothing needed doing. Anyway, he fettled a bit and tightened a bit and so on. Today I noticed the indexing on the rear is off a bit so so much for that! I'll need to unfettle!

I also got myself a new pair of Mavic Elite Vision CM shoes to replace my 18 year old Northwaves. Amazed at how much lighter they are. Crazy sizing though: needed a 46 instead of my usual 43 or 44.

 

[Salty seadog]

Cleaned and oiled the drive train, and refettled the limit screws oin the front derailleur. The chain still needs some convincing to go to the large chainring sometimes, and now it falls off towards the frame on occasion when shifting to the small chainring. Seems to work fine now on the stand, will see tomorrow under load.

The bb seems to have a tiny bit of play, but I couldn't get the left crank out, it seems I need a new crank extractor for the new spindle. Should have used the classic shape adjustable cup, which can be fettled with the crank in place.

My front shifting went similarly waftey recently. Wouldn't change between the rings in either direction properly, playing about resulted in it being occasionally thrown into the pedal. New inner and outer cables and all's ok again .

 

[Reynard]

Ref: ‘Holdsworth frame id please?’ in the vintage and classic section I’ve finished off my 1965 Holdsworth Mistral refurb’ with vinyl decals repro head badge from Planet X and cloth bar tape, (Well ok it needs a coat of lacquer but otherwise done!).
I’ll take it up the to show the bloke who skipped it tomorrow evening, as promised.

That's a really fine looking bicycle. And the colour is just fabby.

 

[raleighnut]

Ref: ‘Holdsworth frame id please?’ in the vintage and classic section I’ve finished off my 1965 Holdsworth Mistral refurb’ with vinyl decals repro head badge from Planet X and cloth bar tape, (Well ok it needs a coat of lacquer but otherwise done!).
I’ll take it up the to show the bloke who skipped it tomorrow evening, as promised.

Nice, even got the brake levers in the right place although I'd rotate the handlebars up a touch so the 'tops' are flat and the drops at just the right angle for my wrists but that's down to personal preference.

 

[robrinay]

Nice, even got the brake levers in the right place although I'd rotate the handlebars up a touch so the 'tops' are flat and the drops at just the right angle for my wrists but that's down to personal preference.

Ta for the advice- it’s around fifty years since I last rode a bike of this age with drops. I did a fair bit of trial and error test riding to get the brakes positioned comfortably and effective. I’m with you on the rotation too - I’d decided to call it a day and make that adjustment tomorrow.