What Have You Fettled Today?

[Domus]

New cables and brake shoes/pads fitted to winter bike. The cables always end up splayed out as I do them several times while trying to get the cable length short enough to have a good lever pull yet long enough to release the noodle to remove a wheel. Is there a trick I need to know?

 

[DCLane]

Shortened the half-link chain by one link on the orange Carlton Corsa and it's now no longer floppy. Also fitted a front Dia-Compe brake so the bike is road legal, with an orange cable outer of course.

 

[roadrash]

love it, has it been tango'd

 

[DCLane]

love it, has it been tango'd

Yes - my 14yo son's idea. Basically if the part was available in orange, then that's what we've used.

Originally this was a lilac 1975 Carlton Corsa, then flat-barred and hand-painted gloss blue: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/w...finished-its-gone-from-blue-to-orange.240031/

Given that the bike's only destination was the skip he's happy.

 

[roadrash]

I like it ,

 

[Reynard]

That's certainly made me smile

 

[Jenkins]

An eight bike mickiling and quick frame wipedown session today, plus stuck an 11-28 casette on the Spa Elan instead of the 12-25.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Adjusted the FD stop adjuster on my Vitus Venon as there was a little bit of chain rub when in the higher gears. To be fair I had`nt really noticed until I was checking it out in the garage as you do.
The Claude Butler Roubaix got a 20mm section of outer cable removed on the RD as the cable just looked too long from where it comes out of the shifter. Just me being pedantic but at least it matches the FD cable. Then of course I had to re-index them. Hav`nt tested on the road yet, a job for tomorrow,

 

[rugby bloke]

A 2 stage process -
Saturday; Unpacked, cleaned and rebuilt the bike and degreased the chain and cassette.
Tonight; Inflated the tyres, relubed the chain and made some adjustments to the handlebar angle
A very quick spin to check everything felt right, going to take it out for a longer ride tomorrow.

 

[wisdom]

New tyres and tubes fitted to front and back(far too many patches on the tubes now).
New chain and casette fitted all lubed and adjusted.
This is on the daily commuter which given all the winter wet commutes has done very well.

 

[alicat]

Replaced the spiked tyres on my shopper bike with 'normal' tyres. We've had snow in June before so I like living dangerously.

 

[tom73]

I've been thinking about having a spare one or two high 5 tabs for longer rides and days out on the bike.
I thought about just putting them in bit of foil or the like. But did not fancy the clean up if they got wet or turned to dust.
So I've just finished a tube and thought what about .... So out came the little axe saw and problem fixed.
Enough for 2 tabs no mess, simple to keep topped up and quite nifty

 

[DCBassman]

Yesterday evening: fettled front cones on the Trek. Nice and smooth.

 

[Gary E]

Took down and completely re-assembled and re-wired my Zwift setup. Certain aspects have been bothering me for some time now so I finally decided to bite the bullet and clean things up. Never again!

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Fettled the brake cables on the Fuji. They need replacing from cable stretch, but for now have made cables a little tighter on the caliper so I don't have to pull the brake levers so far before the pads grip.