What Have You Fettled Today?

[philtalksbx]

I decided to take the Record Ace back to downtube shifting as I have a cunning plan for the Tiagra group set. The parts box gave up a lovely Campagnolo Veloce triple crankset and a Daytona triple mech. That plus Shimano 7 speed Exage with indexed shifters have made a very nice set. From an icy garage, the first ride was in freezing cold drizzle but I hardly noticed it as the ride was so good.

 

[DCLane]

Been busy last weekend - not with bikes, although my Raleigh Superbe is finished (must get photos!) and I cleaned and put new tyres on two others, but this:

Rug (£20 for a 9' x 7' rug that's great if you're colour-blind) plus mat and sort-out to create a warmer workshop area in the conservatory. Bike stands, tools, rollers (another set's out of shot along with a track bike to the right plus a turbo trainer and trolley for race day), parts for 'jobs to do' on one shelf and all the other bits I need organised.

I've still got the parts store which holds everything I need but there's no space in there for a workshop area. It's not pretty but functional and has my son's 'race box' of parts/tools, tools set out, lubricants, chainrings for track, hillclimb bike box of bits and most other things I use there along with my Christmas present ultrasonic cleaner. The desk's from work when I need to work out of my wife's office that I currently occupy most days so I can't put a vice onto it unfortunately.

 

[12boy]

Ain't it amazing how far a bit of steel can bounce on a concrete floor. Rugs are good. That's a lot neater than my sty. Years ago I made a suitcase type box for most of my bike tools for reasons I can't recall, but it is useful.

 

[derrick]

Gave this a once over and a clean, New addition to the bmx stable. looking forward to a fun summer.

 

[Drzdave58]

Finished another bike bag today. Used ash wood for the side panels this time with 357 shells .

 

[12boy]

Wowsers Dzddave 58. That's not just fettling, that is art.

 

[Drzdave58]

Wowsers Dzddave 58. That's not just fettling, that is art.

Hey thx!

 

[si_c]

Found my shimano bleed block doing some tidying up, reminded me the brakes on the Racelight were starting to have a fair bit of lever pull - checked the pads and they were below 1mm, so swapped in some N&T ceramic pads to replace the stock shimano ones. The backing plate on these is a tad thicker than the shimano ones, so it's rubbing a bit on the rotor even with the pistons fully retracted. Will probably get some sandpaper on it later this week to ease it back - don't want to glaze the pads unnecessarily.

 

[Gunk]

Put yet another saddle on the Van Nic, third time lucky, I like this one!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Serviced the bearings on my Shimano dynamo hub. Nice amount of extra grease squeezed out as I screwed the cone back on. You can never have enough grease.

 

[12boy]

I've always been an aficionado of "grease is cheap, let it squirt out when it goes together. The only 2 things I don't grease are bottom bracket spindles and my Brompton seat post.

 

[Drzdave58]

Serviced the bearings on my Shimano dynamo hub. Nice amount of extra grease squeezed out as I screwed the cone back on. You can never have enough grease. View attachment 571920

Actually they say too much grease can cause some problems too..I always try not to over grease bearings.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Serviced rear wheel bearings. Basically take QR out, cassette off, undo left hand locknut, then remove locknut, spacer and cone. Remove the axel catching any ball bearings. Remove the seal using a flat screw driver to ease it out. Remove and clean ball bearings both sides. Replace if necessary. Clean the cup and cones. Clean the seals. Grease RH cup, put ball bearings in, add more grease. Add seals, bit more grease. Do same for LH cup. Grease RH cone and threads of axel. Insert axel from RH side. Make sure inserted probably and no balls knocked out. Turn axel by hand to check nice and smooth. Grease LH cone and threads. Finger tighten LH cone then back off 1/4 turn. Add spacer then locknut. Tighten locknut against cone using the thin 15/17mm spanners. Check there is a minor bit of play in axel and that wheel spins smoothly in hands.

Overall about an hour elapsed, including cleaning the wheel first before opening up the hub. Nice satisfying and simple work. Love working on the bikes when it’s routine maintenance. Normally aim to check hubs once a year, but this was prompted by a flood that went over hubs last Sat. Didn’t want to ride bike again till I’d checked both front and rear hubs.

Now enjoying lunch and getting warm again. Will head out for test ride later.

 

[Leaway2]

The Garmin 200 has been showing battery low after only about an hours ride. I've ridden an imp century in the past and it lasted OK, so I have changed the battery. The replacement (£10 from Ebay) was 600 mAh. When I opened up the Garmin the original was 700mAh.

Took out the display and removed the circuit board. Removed the speaker wires and soldered the new battery in.

A bit fiddly, but do-able. I was surprised that when I switched on after replacement, my rides and courses were still there, so there must be back up battery/capacitor.

 

[12boy]

Bought half a dozen arrows yesterday which will require gluing in the knocks and point inserts. Also brought a couple of 26" wheels from my storage area to break down and see if the cups and cones are good. If so, I will grease em up and true em if needed. Good to have a couple of indoor projects.