Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Took rear wheel out and scraped all the mud out the inside of mudguard. Mudguard definitely been doing its job.
What Have You Fettled Today?
- Thread starter threebikesmcginty
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
New chain ring fitted. Means the crankset has to come off. Good job as the drive side bearing was stuck. Needed cleaning and greasing up. The last ride was a mud slop. Checked jockey wheels too. Dry bearings. 
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
Blimey, you would have thought there would be obvious warning signs to rider long before it got so bad. If it is a cup & loose bearings type of hub I'd like to see the state of them after having been tightened to such a degree! Good luck with that one
Took some pictures today. I don't think they do it justice. The seal should be quite plump and it's pretty much squashed flat against the hub. It's the non disk side.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Decided to change to BBB Rolley Boy Jockeys rather than the SRAM as the SRAM ones need regular checking. The end caps cause crap to be trapped between the cap and the bearing rubber weather shield - it had damaged one again. Also orderd a longer jockey bolt as the OEM one is shorter than I'd like on the lower wheel.
Whilst I was at it, I swapped the chain over - going to run two on the MTB and alternate them. I must say I've eaten through a whole transmission this year.
Whilst I was at it, I swapped the chain over - going to run two on the MTB and alternate them. I must say I've eaten through a whole transmission this year.
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Landsurfer
Veteran
In Bletchley / MK fettling one of these again ... god it's cold ...
I was sat under the vehicle this afternoon with a cordless heat gun directing hot air onto the hands of one of our Leckies while he was wiring in the coms computer ....
They don't tell you about this in College / Uni ...
Just as well us older guys are all ex miners / military ... we know how to look after the lads and lasses under the train .... keep them warm and dry .... top technicians all ...
I was sat under the vehicle this afternoon with a cordless heat gun directing hot air onto the hands of one of our Leckies while he was wiring in the coms computer ....
They don't tell you about this in College / Uni ...
Just as well us older guys are all ex miners / military ... we know how to look after the lads and lasses under the train .... keep them warm and dry .... top technicians all ...
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I shut the garage door, and turned on an electric fan heater to do my bike !
Me too.. I transferred my old Technics Hi-Fi from the house into the garage recently and the sound quality and reception are so much better than the old plastic 2 band cracking radio that I put up with for years. Everytime I moved to reach my toolbox the station would be gone! Hmm, my happy peaceful place
I work in a large office and you have never heard moaning like it because the Air-con is too hot/cold etc.. I take my hat off to those who toil away in the wet and cold outside throughout the year
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Put this together for friend yesterday, made a change from building bikes, but it has put me a bit behind on two bike builds. lol.
Got to build this up this afternoon.
Got to build this up this afternoon.
Still no chain after a week! Today is the last day of their 'estimated' delivery date range so we shall seeHooray, 2 out of my 3 new parts have arrived now (BB & Cranks) so just the new Chain and I'm back on the road/trail again
I even used your tried & tested 'gentle thwacking' method with the rag covered mallet on my Cranks! I was very tempted to used my old chain but "one must be patient"
I like the bike better than the Dolls house
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Some very necessary cleaning of the main commuter and the Giant flatbar. While it was on the stand, I took the opportunity to check the front tyre of the Giant as it had picked up a very slow punture (about 10psi per day) last week. Found a hole in the tyre and some very bad nicks, but also that the rubber in the tread/digonal slashes (see below) had opened up exposing the puncture protection layer. The rear turned out to be the same so both have been binned and replacements ordered.
Rode to the shops yesterday - halfway there the derailleur started clanking against the spokes after a shift. Figured the hanger might be slightly bent so pulled out the alignment gauge only to find that one of the screws had stripped out of the hanger. Fitted the spare from my saddlebag and shifting is perfect again - didn't even need to adjust the cables.
Ordered a replacement hanger. Now just need to replace the tyre from the sidewall tear I got going to the shops today
Ordered a replacement hanger. Now just need to replace the tyre from the sidewall tear I got going to the shops today
Fitted the right hand power meter to the Bianchi. Won it on eBay earlier in the week and arrived this morning I already had a stages g3 left crank so now I've fitted the right crank and paired the two sensors it'll give me left/right split power and pedal balance data
I also took the opportunity to fit invisiframe covers to both crank arms to protect them from scuffing 😊
I already had a stages g3 left crank so now I've fitted the right crank and paired the two sensors it'll give me left/right split power and pedal balance data I also took the opportunity to fit invisiframe covers to both crank arms to protect them from scuffing 😊
Well wouldn't you know it, along came the missing chain on the last day! The trouble is that after days of watching the letterbox 'so I could justify a quick trip to the garage to fettle' when it finally dropped through I just couldn't be arsed..Still no chain after a week! Today is the last day of their 'estimated' delivery date range so we shall see
