What Have You Fettled Today?
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derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Ooooh nice colour! Did it need repainting due to some accident etc or was this a labour of love / desire?
or is it a halfords special you've dressed up as a cervelo
Just fed up with the colour. Was a bit bland.
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bikingdad90
Guru
Had a few hours to play in the garage as wife was out;
- Bodged some clip on lifeline 700c mudguards onto a 24” kids bike, looks ok!
- refitted full mudguards to the Wiggins Rouen that originally had the lifeline mudguards on.
- replaced the chain on the Wiggins Rouen that had seized solid after I put it away wet, I forgot to clean and lubricate the chain.
. I managed to lose a set of quick links in the magic land of the garage floor in the process. A new chain and link now on order.
- Bodged some clip on lifeline 700c mudguards onto a 24” kids bike, looks ok!
- refitted full mudguards to the Wiggins Rouen that originally had the lifeline mudguards on.
- replaced the chain on the Wiggins Rouen that had seized solid after I put it away wet, I forgot to clean and lubricate the chain.
. I managed to lose a set of quick links in the magic land of the garage floor in the process. A new chain and link now on order.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
In the bike shop, I had to fix/replace an elderly Altus 7 speed trigger shifter. Plan was to start with the easy solution of spraying with WD40 and letting any hardened grease soften and see of that did the job.
No WD40 though, and the only person who knows how to make an order is on holiday and promised to show me the procedure next week.
I decided to find a replacement, dug out the shifters box.
80% of the shifters were broken beyond repair or at least saleability so they went in the scrap bin. The others were not 7 speed, or they were non-indexed, or Sram... you get the idea.
I know there's a 3/7 speed shifter set in the other workshop and I need to go there next week, so I tidied one end of the workshop, which involved throwing out a large box of unsorted washers, screws and other bits, two broken radio controlled cars, and a dinosaur missing one leg, and cleaned the window.
On the way I found a 3/8 speed shifter pair under a pile of rags, so that was a bonus...
No WD40 though, and the only person who knows how to make an order is on holiday and promised to show me the procedure next week.
I decided to find a replacement, dug out the shifters box.
80% of the shifters were broken beyond repair or at least saleability so they went in the scrap bin. The others were not 7 speed, or they were non-indexed, or Sram... you get the idea.
I know there's a 3/7 speed shifter set in the other workshop and I need to go there next week, so I tidied one end of the workshop, which involved throwing out a large box of unsorted washers, screws and other bits, two broken radio controlled cars, and a dinosaur missing one leg, and cleaned the window.
On the way I found a 3/8 speed shifter pair under a pile of rags, so that was a bonus...
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
So after the saga of the back brake, I couldn't we'll leave my bike with mismatched brakes, especially as the Hope one is so much more powerful than the SRAM brake. So I've had a new Hope caliper sat on the shelf waiting for me to pluck up the courage to fit it to the front.
A quick test fit of the caliper threw up the first unexpected problem, the piston bore fouled the mounting plate. I checked and rechecked everything, including checking the Hope website. The calipers are definitely front brake, post mount and for 160 rotors. The only way to fix it,was to throw a couple of washers under there, this meant the top millimetre of the pads no longer contacted the disc, but given the greater surface area of the pads over the old ones, I'm still winning.
So with the caliper mounted it was a simple matter of putting the fittings onto the end of the hose, clamping it all up and bleeding it.
Actually, who am I kidding, it's a Hope caliper. It put up a hell of a fight, but we got there in the end and now we have matching calipers that work.
A quick test fit of the caliper threw up the first unexpected problem, the piston bore fouled the mounting plate. I checked and rechecked everything, including checking the Hope website. The calipers are definitely front brake, post mount and for 160 rotors. The only way to fix it,was to throw a couple of washers under there, this meant the top millimetre of the pads no longer contacted the disc, but given the greater surface area of the pads over the old ones, I'm still winning.
So with the caliper mounted it was a simple matter of putting the fittings onto the end of the hose, clamping it all up and bleeding it.
Actually, who am I kidding, it's a Hope caliper. It put up a hell of a fight, but we got there in the end and now we have matching calipers that work.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
it'll rain for weeks now, just you wait and see...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Replaced the orange retro reflective tape on my cranks as it was showing it’s age,
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
🤔 I do clean my trainers , but I’ve never thought of oiling them.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I’ve managed to lose ... a 4 litre container of degreaser recently.
I managed to lose about 0.5 litre of citrus degreaser from the 3.5 litres left in a 5 litre container recently... without losing the container!
I was doing my washing up and realised that the lemon-scented washing up liquid didn't smell quite right. After some detective work I discovered that a degreaser container in the corner of the kitchen had spontaneously cracked and was dribbling degreaser onto the floor. I picked it up and looked at the bottom of the container. There was a small crack, which suddenly opened up and degreaser started gushing out! I quickly inverted the container to stem the flow then decanted what was left into 4 plastic Coke bottles which I had kept in case a large container of degreaser ever burst in the house...
I have no idea why a container that I had not touched for about 9 months should suddenly crack, but thankfully I was there when it did so I didn't completely degrease the kitchen...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Today I adjusted various brake and gear systems, repositioned brake blocks so they acted on the rims, not the tyres of bikes, and failed to sort out a front mech which is refusing to drop the chain in the smaller front gear despite the stopper screws being out and the tension removed.
I also inspected and shortly after rejected several other bikes which I couldn't fix because I didn't have enough tools for everything.
Oh, and I pumped up a lot of tyres.
Still, it's all practice.
I also inspected and shortly after rejected several other bikes which I couldn't fix because I didn't have enough tools for everything.
Oh, and I pumped up a lot of tyres.
Still, it's all practice.
Pretty much stripped my new Gary Fisher down apart from the BB. Both hubs were in a sad state, headset was OK. Fitted a quill adapter. Salvaged and fitted rear shifter, front V - brake, rear mech and cables inners from a donor bike, avoided splitting the chain while I swapped parts over.
Race face stem and platform pedals from the spares bin fitted. General clean up and regreassing. Sadly, didn't get to go for a test ride but it's not far off from rideable.
Race face stem and platform pedals from the spares bin fitted. General clean up and regreassing. Sadly, didn't get to go for a test ride but it's not far off from rideable.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had that once. I think I had fitted a slightly too-long bottom bracket to the bike.
I managed to get it to work by bending the outside face of the derailleur cage inwards by a couple of mm.
