What Have You Fettled Today?

[LeetleGreyCells]

Gear hanger bent?

Possibly, but I don’t have the tool to check. Eyeballing it, it looks perfectly straight, but it’s probably not. Took my daughter for a 2-mile pootle this afternoon to test the bike out after my fix and it’s running and changing gear how it did before so I’m not too worried. Fingers crossed.

 

[Asa Post]

Possibly, but I don’t have the tool to check. Eyeballing it, it looks perfectly straight, but it’s probably not. Took my daughter for a 2-mile pootle this afternoon to test the bike out after my fix and it’s running and changing gear how it did before so I’m not too worried. Fingers crossed.

For information, as you seem to have fixed the current problem, you don't need a tool - you can use a spare wheel.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwreRrorIA


I've tried this a couple of times. It showed that the hanger was slightly bent, and I was able to realign it without causing any damage.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

For information, as you seem to have fixed the current problem, you don't need a tool - you can use a spare wheel.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwreRrorIA


I've tried this a couple of times. It showed that the hanger was slightly bent, and I was able to realign it without causing any damage.

Excellent, thanks for this!

 

[fossyant]

Sorting out the Zwift setup for winter. Garage has been a bit of a tip following the bedroom refit (spare wood going in, things for tip). Got it tidy and found out the pedestal fan has died (was in my son's room but he's forgotten to tell me). Desk fan which is on the ground just wasn't cutting it for cooling, so I've zip tied it to one of the shelves directly in front of the bike, at body level. Much better cooling as I was overheating within about 10 minutes (still warm in my garage). Swapped to 2 x 22" monitors from a 17" laptop, both at eye level, and running off a dedicated computer in the garage, rather than cart a laptop in. All for saving 'time' which is the point of turbo sessions.

 

[Leaway2]

New Schwalbe Durano tyres and new brake blocks on the Ribble commuter. I took it out for test and there was a bump with every rotation of the wheels. I deflated the tyres, wiggled the valve, reinflated and happy days.

 

[Jenkins]

I've not used my Voodoo for a couple of months and while it's been sat in the shed, the front tyre had gone flat. A new tube was required as somehow the old one had a cut in it despite being fully inflated when last checked.

Following a 20 mile ride, I then added a couple of degrees of nose-up tilt to the saddle and fitted a pair of stuby bar ends - which was what I'd got the bike out to do in the first place.

 

[Vantage]

Yesterday...
Took my brake pads out and baked them in the oven for half an hour, then doused them in brake cleaner and finally sanded them with 120 grit wet'n'dry. The rotors were cleaned too. Then went down a big hill to bed them in.
Prior to that, I'd contaminated them with oil
Today...
Swapped my 38c Hypers out for 32c Hypers. I wanna see if they make me any faster...doubtful.
I've also loosened the rear hub bearings, Shimano have a habit of over tightening them.

 

[hawaiiguy]

I finally unstuck a very stuck pedal. It had resisted:

Pedal spanner;
penetrating oil and then the pedal spanner;
the big bloke in the bikeshop and his pedal spanner;
"Cheater bar" fashioned from the leg of the bike stand;

Some digging around online suggested applying heat to the crank (alloy expands more than steel) but I don't have a heat gun so resorted to boiling the kettle and putting the pedal and crankarm in it. Left it for 10 minutes and then finally managed to get the pedal off

so it's time for a ...I'd better wash the kettle out first

Thanks for this.

Just yesterday, got one stuck pedal (Look Keo) unstuck with penetrating oil, a hammer and an allen wrench. But the other is still resisting and remains stuck. Having no heat gun, I just may resort to the boiling-water-in-a-kettle method. I'll report here if I'm successful (or not).

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A 'look-over', Senior Managements Boardman & my CGR, to check for loose bolts, chain cleanliness

I did find a loose pannier rack bolt, on the Boardman, but that could equally have been one I missed, when I re-aligned it (on purchase)
I contemplated adding a rear-flap to it. but I can imagine the, accusatory; "What's That?!?!"

I did experiment, with a slice of the ring-binder, that I used for the front








My CGR, just had the chain & jockey-wheels 'petrolled' after yesterdays ride back through the woods, to remove a few splashes
The tyres show what it was like, & a lot pinged off, under the 'guards

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just out of curiosity, after I'd tightened/tweaked/fettled, I tried the front wheel from the Boardman in my CGR


It runs on '35' sections, marked as a Citizen..... seemingly a Marathon, in all but name
(I run Durano DD in a '28'
They looked 'chunky'!!

 

[fossyant]

Replaced the pads on Mrs F's BMC FS XC bike. Just not getting enough braking done on it, and the front pads had glaized again = no stopping. Cured last time by a light sand, and did it again today, but decided new pads in case of contamination. The bike is yet to get any poor weather/poor condition use, and being hydraulic SLX's, you need no force to stop the bike ! I must of looked a right crazy person riding round the caravan site sprinting, then full power front braking, then repeating...

 

[Shearwater Missile]

I thought it a good move to mount my phone on the handlebars after my wife tried to contact me yesterday whilst I was cycling, to no avail. All the mounts I have seen are just too big and geared for the iphone market. I don`t do iphones, just a Nokia whatever. So I made one using a redundant cycle light mount, a piece of rubber foam, two screws, velcro and a heavy duty band. I have yet to try it out but it does seem pretty sturdy. The foam is screwed to the mount with the velcro on top and the other piece of vecro goes on the phone just to keep it in place. Please note the band is not on the phone in photo. Not sure whether the Pro Peleton will take up my design, I am open to offers !

 

[Vantage]

I thought it a good move to mount my phone on the handlebars after my wife tried to contact me yesterday whilst I was cycling, to no avail. All the mounts I have seen are just too big and geared for the iphone market.
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I use mine very rarely but the times I have, the phone has stayed where it was.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EDI6I5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_aJdyDbWRQ82DP
Very discreet.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

I use mine very rarely but the times I have, the phone has stayed where it was.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EDI6I5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_other_taa_aJdyDbWRQ82DP
Very discreet.

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I did look at something similar, cheap enough, if my mount fails I will give them ago.

 

[Venod]

Picked up a nice Planet X CX for the lad, less than a year old but a bit neglected, the back wheel wasn't freewheeling for long, brake adjustment made no difference, upon stripping the rear disc caliper (BB7) I found the spring that holds the pads back against their stops was fitted wrong, it was correct on the inner pad but behind ! the outer pad I fitted a spare spring I had and all was good.