What Have You Fettled Today?

[C R]

Put a new chain on the road bike, which made it virtually unridable. Not really unexpected, as this would have been the fifth chain with this cassette at just over 5000 miles. Old chain back to keep riding until I get a new cassette.

 

[Sallar55]

Last nights struggle fitting the new tubeless tyres, back was worn out. Don't like mismatched tyres😅. The black bottle can be pumped up to 11bar for an instant tyre fix, then it checking for a slow deflation if unlucky.

 

[Gunk]

Built a bench today out of two pallets. Mrs Gunk kindly painted it with black Cuprinol, should look OK when covered in cushions.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Built a bench today out of two pallets. Mrs Gunk kindly pained it with black Cuprinol, should look OK when covered in cushions.

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Looks pretty good now, I reckon.

 

[fossyant]

Built a bench today out of two pallets. Mrs Gunk kindly pained it with black Cuprinol, should look OK when covered in cushions.

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Looking good, get the decking oil out though ! 👅

 

[DCLane]

Son no. 2's 'winter' Boardman AirPro got a new chain, was cleaned up after a winter's road use - - and popped onto our smart turbo for the summer. The wheels were cleaned, including the cassette - - but appear to spin perfectly despite a winter's hammering (they're an old Superstar Components set).

That frees up a road bike (a NeilPryde Nazaré) which he took to Belgium last week. We've been finding ourselves a bike short occasionally and it saves me putting the Boardman into the storage unit.

The Boardman cyclocross bike I bought from here received more cleaning, although I need to change a brake cable outer plus the headset is creaking. A little work there although it seems to be a lower headset bearing.

 

[HLaB]

My 3d printed TT elbow cups for my TT bike cracked a few weeks ago so I was forewarned of their up coming catastrophic failure on Sunday. So when it ripped off during an interval I was fortunately knew instantly what it was and controlled it. I ordered new elbow cups on Tuesday from Revolver Wheels. I was wanting like for like but found out they were discontinued but found ones that were similar but three times the price because they were carbon. Given they were three times the price I'd thought I'd get a new bar clamp that would be more supportive of them. I could find one that was in stock though but the Decathlon clip on TT bars looked to have what I wanted. They all came today so I ended up fitting it all together. Unfortunately the Revolver elbow cups came with size 3 hex bolts and the Decathlon clamps took size 5 hex bolts. I used a bodge I have used before which I've found to be reliable of using a long No3 bolt in a No 5 bolt hole and securing it with a nut. The bodge seems good and it has never let me down when I have used it before. The only problem its a bit unsightly if you look at the underside of the TT pad

 

[cyberknight]

ordered a new shifter cover for my tiagra left shifter, it had been rattling for ages and having tightned it a few times the plastic had weakened so a bit fell off ruddy stupid design !

 

[harlechjoe]

Used the chain bath and applied dry lube

 

[fossyant]

Washed the Ribble - got it slightly dusty and mucky today !

 

[Gunk]

Used the chain bath and applied dry lube

OOh er 😲

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Dry lube mid ride to quieten my wife’s squeaky chain. Silence is golden.

 

[Spiderweb]

My oldish Garmin Edge Touring the power button perished / crumbled / collapsed today, looked at various technical ways to fix it, but by using a piece of a cut up /to size 'rubber' (eraser) & some sticky back plastic (well tape) now fixed


View: https://youtu.be/yc0dUVHr6ZI


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Thank you for posting this👍
With the help of a piece of old rubber eraser and insulation tape I now don’t have to use an old pen top to turn on my edge 1000.

 

[fossyant]

Thank you for posting this👍
With the help of a piece of old rubber eraser and insulation tape I now don’t have to use an old pen top to turn on my edge 1000.
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A bit of silicone round the rubber would help

 

[Gunk]

Started on the Colnago build this morning, fist job was to fit the BB