What Have You Fettled Today?

[Ming the Merciless]

Re did bar tape on left side of road bike.

 

[Punkawallah]

Ongoing saga of the Saddle Creak. Removed saddle bag & mini pump. Still creaks. Removed saddle & cleaned rails + clamp, then re-assembled. Tomorrow, we ride!

 

[avecReynolds531]

Dynamo wiring arrived - rewired the connector at the hub, and set up both lights again on the hack bike.

 

[DCBassman]

10/10 for manufacturer's name/valve alignment on the front wheel. 6/10 on the rear.

Mine are perfectly aligned. However, when loading bike on car the other day, noticed the rear rotation direction was wrong. Only been like it 6 months. Observant, that's me...

 

[Spiderweb]

10/10 for manufacturer's name/valve alignment on the front wheel. 6/10 on the rear.

I know! And it’s really irritating me. They were so difficult to get on the rims, I noticed it wasn’t quite lined up. It was so tight I was unable to slide it over 100mm and didn’t want to take it off again.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Mine are perfectly aligned. However, when loading bike on car the other day, noticed the rear rotation direction was wrong. Only been like it 6 months. Observant, that's me...

I should have the name and valve lined up?

 

[keithmac]

Trying to salvage an MP3 tilt lock system today, split the unit and clocked the drive gear 180 degrees to use the unworn section.

It needs calibrating on the diagnostics so weather or not it will be a success is anyones guess but worth a try!.

Silly money for new parts and no availability so nothing to lose having a go.

 

[Spiderweb]

Gave my Tricross a good clean today and fitted new 28mm Continental GP5000’s. @Dogtrousers I properly lined up the Conti logo with my valves just for you!

 

[DCLane]

Cleaning and other bits today;

My Avanti Circa 1 winter commuter got a clean and cyclocross wheels on for a bit of use prior to the winter.

Then I had a look at the bike I'd bought a couple of weeks ago and gave three of the four away. I kept the Dawes Kingpin; it was a bit of a mess with not much working. The rear tyre and tube were in bits although the rear Sturmey Archer hub worked along with the shifter after some lubricant persuasion , so I did a temporary swap with a spare wheel.

Both handlebars grips were covered in some sort of ooze (old sun-tan lotion? ) and a mess so they've been swapped with a spare pair. The seatpost was unstuck and cleaned - more - and it'll need a new chain. The left brake cable is stuck, so that was cut off and a new one's being put together. Front wheel has had the bearings re-greased and a spare used front tyre.

I really don't need a 3rd Kingpin; I've a good one, a TT/racing project one, and wouldn't mind a folding version. But this one's spare for the moment: it'll head off to my storage unit once I get access again to it in a couple of weeks' time.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nothing. All my fettling is done on patio and it’s been pissing down all day

 

[Svendo]

Replaced the broken expensive Cannondale carbon bottle cages (~£30 reduced in 2016), 18gms plus rubber grommet and bolts on the Suoersix evo hi-mod. Now have 2 x XLC BC01-C1 cages (£14.99 each) 20 grams snd reused the titanium bolts. They’re labelled Carbon but look like polycarbonate.

 

[biggs682]

Started giving my recently acquired Carrera crixus cx a check over and as usual no grease in the front hub so remedied that and fitted a different tyre as well.

 

[Gunk]

Cleaning and other bits today;

My Avanti Circa 1 winter commuter got a clean and cyclocross wheels on for a bit of use prior to the winter.

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Then I had a look at the bike I'd bought a couple of weeks ago and gave three of the four away. I kept the Dawes Kingpin; it was a bit of a mess with not much working. The rear tyre and tube were in bits although the rear Sturmey Archer hub worked along with the shifter after some lubricant persuasion , so I did a temporary swap with a spare wheel.

Both handlebars grips were covered in some sort of ooze (old sun-tan lotion? ) and a mess so they've been swapped with a spare pair. The seatpost was unstuck and cleaned - more - and it'll need a new chain. The left brake cable is stuck, so that was cut off and a new one's being put together. Front wheel has had the bearings re-greased and a spare used front tyre.

I really don't need a 3rd Kingpin; I've a good one, a TT/racing project one, and wouldn't mind a folding version. But this one's spare for the moment: it'll head off to my storage unit once I get access again to it in a couple of weeks' time.

I hope you pulled those weeds up at the same time!

 

[DCLane]

I hope you pulled those weeds up at the same time!

Not my weeds but the seller's. There were far more in their front garden

 

[rogerzilla]

Tried to true the wheels on the s/h Ridgeback MTB we bought for a niece, found the whole lot was rusted solid after 25 years ("rustless spokes", my arse) so chopped the whole lot out and ordered 64 DT Competition in the same lengths.