What Have You Fettled Today?

[Linford]

Took over a livery yard today with my daughter and another girls and her parents. Huge amount of work to bring it back up as it has been abandoned for 5 years. About a dozen of us working like skivvies yesterday and today and moved 5 horses in there this afternoon. Got a fair amount of work still as there is a field on the other side of a brook with about 6 but the small bridge into it needs sorting before the horses can use it. Connected mains electric, water, and got a trailer load of hay and straw in with the 4x4 which needed taxing before getting it off the drive this morning - £120 for 6 months and probably about 1500 miles. Makes me want to knock the miles up in it just to justify the expense - a system which works in that way really is fundamentally flawed

 

[smokeysmoo]

My Charge Spoon arrived today for my Fuji fixed.

Now fitted and all is well again

 

[bluemint]

decided to touch up some chips and scratches, a particularly big patch after a few nasty chainsucks needed attention so i removed the chainring crank from my recently installed BB. it came off suspiciously easily and i found that a plastic thing on the BB was stopping it from inserting all the way, perhaps only by about half a mm. Luckily I could quickly lever it off. even more luckily, I haven't been on a ride on it yet or I would have had to buy a new crankset.

The paint job doesn't match but it's better than looking at white/bare metal patches.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Nothing major today, coming home from work there was a crash on the mini roundabout at the top of Donithorne avenue, car with most of its front missing parked at the side of the road debris everywhere, having picked my way through the debris I decided to check the tyres when I get home, checking the front tyre I notice the front wheel isn't turning as freely as it should, check the wheel and I've got a little bit of run out on the rim, rim running against the brakeblock a little, a couple of minutes with the spoke key and its all running freely now, and nothing in the tyre..

 

[Stonepark]

Added an Abus 4850 frame lock to my Cube for those quick shop stops and a Fenderbot rear light to the mudguard to back up my dynamo lights.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

it's a glorious morning for riding a bike so, naturally,I'm re-roofing my bike shed! About 80% done, just waiting for the felt adhesive to go off before applying the cap strip.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

it's a glorious morning for riding a bike so, naturally,I'm re-roofing my bike shed! About 80% done, just waiting for the felt adhesive to go off before applying the cap strip.

I'm in the same boat, waiting for a cooker to be delivered, and I've got fences to paint tomorrow.

 

[avalon]

Mended a puncture by sticking a patch on top of a punctured patch.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm in the same boat, waiting for a cooker to be delivered, and I've got fences to paint tomorrow.

Shed finished, now to see if I can rotafix my stuck fixed cog so I can gear her up a bit.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

fitted some new jokey wheels today and cut down my seat post

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Shed finished, now to see if I can rotafix my stuck fixed cog so I can gear her up a bit.

Edit: now 16t x 42. Rotafix rocks.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Edit: now 16t x 42. Rotafix rocks.

I haven't had to Rotafix a cog yet. The cooker arrived about dinner time, leaving me with an afternoons shopping with the Mrs to do, I got started on the painting tonight and got a bit done before the light went. Having covered just over 400 miles in the last 3 weeks this weekend's down as a rest weekend, its sods law its going to be an excellent weekend for cycling. I'm off work next week so I'll have to get some miles in during the week.

 

[biggs682]

took my recently powder coated Sun Truwel frame set down to lbs to start the re fit , and packed a bike up for shipment to its new owner .

 

[RussellZero]

I'm not a fettler, but having lost sleep over the fact I've never cleaned my chain (I know, I know) on my new road bike (since April) and wondering how much irrepairable damage I must have caused, I got a few bits and pieces off wiggle and spent a happy hour or two using "the method" on the chain and generally cleaning and fettling the rest of the bike. Never knew how much satisfaction you can get from removing the last piece of gunk from a "hidden from general view) nook or crannie, and wiping the chain with a rag and it not leaving a trace. How sad am I. Dont want to ride it now, it'll only get dirty again.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Fitted bottle cages, (behind seat as no frame bosses), and fitted Crud Road Racers to my Fuji Feather.