What Have You Fettled Today?

[Tom B]

Had a fettle with the indexing on my mtb after fitting the new rear hub left it a bug's willy out.

Much happier.

Now I've noticed that the crankset wanders out by a few mm. I'll have no idea where that is coming from on the new fangled BB stuff. For another day.

 

[Nigelnightmare]

Pumped up the tyres on the neighbour's daughter's friend's bike so they could go out for a ride.
Did a quick once over on it before they went, surprisingly everything looked good and more importantly WORKED, even the chain was adjusted & lubed.
They couldn't get the pump on the valves as they had gone down inside the rim almost flush.

 

[DCLane]

Crankset for the PlanetX build arrived - no o'rings so bought two of those. More added to the build cost!

Also fitted the bar tape and seatpost/saddle to finish the Peugeot Tourmalet project:

 

[Racing roadkill]

My 12 speed 11-32 Super Record cassette turned up today, so I replaced the 11-29 which the bike came with. I’ve just got to wait for the weather to clear up now, so I can get a test ride complete.

 

[palinurus]

Replaced the tyres and tubes on the Moulton Deluxe so this means I could ride it! sort of, anyway. One of the pedals is almost seized so I didn't go far. Got three out of four gears, 1st is a neutral. Steering isn't quite as free as it should be, feels a bit weird cornering.

 

[JPBoothy]

Me after puncturing my tricep on the front chainring of my turbo bike, three very deep oil indented holes in my arm have taken hours to clean out completely.

That’ll teach me for cleaning the mat under my turbo whilst in the small ring

Ouch! I work with a chap who is in his mid 50's now (not sure that's relevant) and he has the tip of one finger missing down as far the first joint after getting it crushed between the chainring and chain on his BMX when he was younger

 

[JPBoothy]

I dropped the Kona off with its new owner today and left with her husbands bike to service and upgrade

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The new project is a 2013 Giant Revel 4. Ive stripped it down and will be replacing the Suntour forks with some new Rock Shox 30's and converting from V-brake to disc

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For a low price bike this frame is really nice Should be a fun little project 😊

Any further progress on the Giant?

 

[JhnBssll]

Any further progress on the Giant?

Minimal progress I'm afraid, I'm waiting on parts to arrive. The new brakes turned up today but still no wheels, mechs, shifters or forks so I'm a little stuck I do however have a second project to work on in parallel - a friend is dropping his brand new 2019 Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1 off tomorrow along with a box of Di2 flavoured goodies for me to fit for him That should keep me busy for at least an evening or two while I wait for the parts to arrive to finish the Giant upgrade 😊

 

[ColinJ]

Today's mini-fettle...!

I have my singlespeed bike upside down in my kitchen. I will be taking the rear wheel off to check the freehub and wheel bearings and adjust the sprocket position by one spacer width to line up with the chainring after recently putting a narrower BB on the bike.

Meanwhile... I brushed against the front wheel and noticed that it only rotated for a few seconds before stopping. That got me curious so I gave the wheel a gentle flick and timed it. It stopped rotating after just 10 seconds. The brakes were not rubbing so there was too much friction in the bearings. I checked the quick release and it was stupidly tight. (I have no idea what made me do it up that tight! ) I loosened it and gave the wheel another gentle flick. This time it span for 1 minute 10 seconds! The QR was a bit too loose to use like that so I adjusted it to a sensible tension. The wheel then span for 30-40 seconds after a similar flick. In the grand scheme of things the extra resistance was pretty small but it could potentially wear the bearings out quicker so it was worth reducing.

I'll check the rear wheel and freehub over the next couple of days.

 

[Dogtrousers]

In the grand scheme of things the extra resistance was pretty small

Come on, you're throwing away a golden excuse.

Try something like this: So that explains why I can't get up Cragg Vale in 20 minutes! I knew there had to be a reason.

 

[ColinJ]

Come on, you're throwing away a golden excuse.

Try something like this: So that explains why I can't get up Cragg Vale in 20 minutes! I knew there had to be a reason.

As opposed to being a bit old, overweight and lazy!

Funnily enough, I was thinking about that challenge recently. .. I am way off that kind of pace these days and wondered if I will ever manage it. I would certainly have to take my cycling more seriously and I can't see me doing it beyond the age of 70 unless I already have done before then, and that is only 5.5 years away! (Where does the time go? )

 

[Dogtrousers]

As opposed to being a bit old, overweight and lazy!

Funnily enough, I was thinking about that challenge recently. .. I am way off that kind of pace these days and wondered if I will ever manage it. I would certainly have to take my cycling more seriously and I can't see me doing it beyond the age of 70 unless I already have done before then, and that is only 5.5 years away! (Where does the time go? )

I coulda had class. I coulda been someone, I coulda been a contender. But I did the front QR on my SS up a bit too tight, and got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

 

[JhnBssll]

I had a nice long fettle this afternoon

I'd been thinking about how to attach the rear brake hose on the Revel, as despite having a disc brake mount the frame was only kitted out for cables. After a bit of googling I was able to order these:

so I wiped down the areas of frame where I would stick some clips and, well, stuck some clips 😄

Pretty pleased with that, and since nothing else had arrived I went on to the next job... My friend had dropped off his TCR and a box of Di2 goodies

I was pleasantly surprised to find on removing the lower cable guides that there was just enough space to get in to wire the frame without pulling the BB out, result

So without much messing around I quite quickly had the frame wired and the mechs bolted on...

He had sourced all of the correct frame fittings, grommets etc which saved me a ton of time, it's the little finishing touches that tend to take the most work with these things.

Also rather handily Giant had thought to pre-drill a hole I normally have to drill myself, in the end of the bars to fit the bar end junction box

I insist on using these, even thought they're a little more expensive and a little more of a faff, because they're just so much neater. I managed to get it all installed, set up and firmware updated in a little over 4 hours, without ever really hurrying. These installs definitely get quicker the more you do them Here's the finished bike - I'm not entirely sure I want to give it back

I'm off out to the garage again in a minute to play with the Bianchi for a little while

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Reclined the seat of my recumbent by a further 10 degrees.

 

[palinurus]

Replaced the tyres and tubes on the Moulton Deluxe so this means I could ride it! sort of, anyway. One of the pedals is almost seized so I didn't go far. Got three out of four gears, 1st is a neutral. Steering isn't quite as free as it should be, feels a bit weird cornering.

More tinkering.

Firstly I got the pedal spanner out, I figured I'd have to go buy some PlusGas but both came loose easily, all knuckles intact. I don't have any replacements yet so I tightened them back up. I ran a tiny bit of oil into the bearing of each and now they spin- well they move anyway.

Took off the chainguard, no matter how I adjusted it the crank hit it or the chainring did (it was either ding-ding-ding or scrape-scrape-scrape with nothing in between). I will straighten it out off the bike.

Took it out for a couple of miles- it runs OK. Got four gears.

One of the legs of the front fork is bent backwards. I couldn't work out why the fork crown wasn't pointing straight ahead when riding, the dropouts are misaligned basically.

Cables will need replacing, went looking into my bits box and obviously some years ago I was anxious about running short of cables and outers- I probably have all I need except a gear cable.