What Have You Fettled Today?

[carlosfandangus]

Sorry to give it more contexts, we have a hosepipe ban at the moment, does the 2' length hard attached to the rear tap count as a hosepipe?

 

[itboffin]

Full groupset sonic degrease of erm seven bikes and replaced the completely seized non drive side bottom bracket bearing with a road bottom bracket, smooth as butter now and I’m going to use that as my excuse for going so slow last time I tried to ride to westbury via the plains, pots holes that could swallow a tank and the gale force winds also didn’t help

 

[Hacienda71]

Bearings went in the front Superstar wheel. Couldn't find the size online, only a pack at £18 from Superstar. Whipped out the old bearings. Conveniently had the size code on them, ordered a new set for £5 Inc postage from Kent bearings. Only problem is bike not fully coordinated with substitute wheel on.

 

[JPBoothy]

The spokes in the wheel do not actually touch each other, so that isn't the cause of the ticking noise.

Could it be your Watch

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

...................................... I haven't done any maintenance on the front forks as I know nothing about suspension bikes.
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I wouldn't worry too much about that. If they are anything like the BSO I had, which was a similar vintage, then there is very little you can actually service on them.

 

[DCBassman]

Fitted the 90s vintage 105 brake calipers to the Scott. Shakedown cruise this afternoon.
A weight-weenie apoplexy-inducing 25g weight penalty!

 

[Teamfixed]

I have drilled out a broken adjuster screw in a campag triple front derailleur, re tapped it to 4mm and replaced with new adjuster screw. It was even tenser than an episode of supervet

 

[Bad Machine]

In return for my neighbour's help cleaning out 3x blocked gutter drainpipes, I helped him clean and regrease the rear hub on his 35+ year old bike. Asymmetric winged hub nuts, no less !

 

[ColinJ]

Could it be your Watch

Ha ha - no... My last watch stopped ticking about 20 years ago and I never bothered with one after that. These days, most of carry a very accurate alternative timepiece about with us - a phone!

The ticking must be pretty loud to bother me because I have about a 50% hearing loss so I don't notice subtle sounds.

I'll replace the wheel bearings tomorrow and see if the noise goes away.

 

[Gunk]

I managed to repair my 60 year old Bluemels mudguards, I riveted in a new fixed bridge and replaced the sliding bridge, I also fitted a new mudflap and polished them up. I've now ordered some NOS brass draw bolts and rubber end caps. total costs will be £10!

 

[JPBoothy]

Ha ha - no... My last watch stopped ticking about 20 years ago and I never bothered with one after that. These days, most of carry a very accurate alternative timepiece about with us - a phone!

The ticking must be pretty loud to bother me because I have about a 50% hearing loss so I don't notice subtle sounds.

I'll replace the wheel bearings tomorrow and see if the noise goes away.

Tis true.. I used to feel naked if I had forgot to put my watch on when leaving the house, but as you have said, with a mobile (or cycle computer) there is not the same need anymore. The luddite in me still hates the fact that a mobile has taken away some of our 'alone time' though.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I fitted a new rear gear cable on a friend's bike.

Used to be a simple job.

This was a brand new carbon road bike with 105 hydraulic brakes/shifters. He'd put a larger cassette and mech on but messed up the gear cable and couldn't get it to shift to the five lowest gear sprockets. Why do they change the cable runs so often on new versions of the same shifters? Never come across this one before so had to look on the internet.

Then the faff of running the new cable via a cable liner through the frame and stays. I love my carbon bike, but I love the cable runs on my steel bike better.

I always keep a spare gear and brake cable in my emergency kit, but I hope I didn't have to change one on my carbon bike on the road.

 

[si_c]

Hosed the Racelight down after a trip down a local bike route to the shops. Filthy after the rain the other day, I'd forgotten how mucky it was as normally I'd take the road.

 

[ColinJ]

Tis true.. I used to feel naked if I had forgot to put my watch on when leaving the house

I think it took me about 6 months to lose that feeling! It would feel equally odd now to start wearing a watch again.

 

[biggs682]

Some basic checking that the pads are set at right position to hit the Tim's when applied.
Also adjustments to the rear mechanism to keep the chain out of the rear wheel .