What Have You Fettled Today?

[Ian H]

Took the Continental Terraspeeds off the Black Hallett and replaced them with Panaracer semi-slicks. I re-used the sealant and just topped it up a bit. The Panaracers needed 170psi to seat; I run them at 50. The Terraspeeds are hung up ready to go back on at some point. Also replaced cassette and chain, and gave everything a good clean. All ready for the weekend 600. I'll ride it to the pub tomorrow just to check everything works.

 

[bikingdad90]

Curious @Ian H if you had a failure that couldn’t be fixed at the road side by the sealant, do you still need silly 170psi to seat the tyre if a tube was used?

 

[itboffin]

wow 170psi i'm not sure my old weedy cyclist arms could even pump that high. I'm running the G-ones at 30psi and they feel rock solid, might go to 25/20 and see how that works.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Waxed the chain on my recumbent

 

[Ian H]

Curious @Ian H if you had a failure that couldn’t be fixed at the road side by the sealant, do you still need silly 170psi to seat the tyre if a tube was used?

No.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Final test setup for Friday plus gave the drive train a fellow a check over.

 

[Illaveago]

I've been working on my neighbours bikes. One of them I could hardly push as the brakes were seized on.
I haven't worked on disc brakes much , but I was surprised to discover what was causing them to stay on . I soon found out when I removed the pads.
Rust!
The corrosion had swollen forcing the pads against the disc.

 

[bikingdad90]

New caliper and pads I would think! What a bad state the bike isn’t have been in!!

 

[Illaveago]

New caliper and pads I would think! What a bad state the bike isn’t have been in!!

The rear set I managed to clean with rust remover. The front pads were replaced as one of the pads was concave! The pad must have jammed but the piston continued to bend the pad . The calipers cleaned up .

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've been working on my neighbours bikes. One of them I could hardly push as the brakes were seized on.
I haven't worked on disc brakes much , but I was surprised to discover what was causing them to stay on . I soon found out when I removed the pads.
Rust!
The corrosion had swollen forcing the pads against the disc.

Not a frequently used bike then.

 

[Illaveago]

Not a frequently used bike then.

Left out in the rain as well !

 

[si_c]

For some reason I haven't worked out yet the cable for the rear derailleur slipped off the guide and got stuck in the shifter, so I couldn't change gear. Unfortunately that left me with the rear on an 11t sprocket and just the two gears from changing at the front, so 89" and 129", at the bottom of a fairly steep hill. My planned route was somewhat longer but I went home the way requiring the least number of gear changes!

Since I knew what the problem was it didn't take me too long to fix it today, released the rear derailleur then used an angled awl to unstick the cable once the tension had gone and got the cable end back into the guide. Then I just had to reindex the gears at the back.

Not the first time it's happened to me, first in a while, hopefully the shifters not goosed.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

hmmmm not a good day today, had the closest close pass I have ever had with an artic this morning, followed by a argument because i was out of order for shouting at him as he gave me "2ft of space"

Then my lunch time test ride ended abruptly as my chain slipped off the middle ring when pulling away from the lights, this is what I had experienced yesterday and previously as one offs, but I have managed to narrow it down now to when I am starting off in the middle ring and putting a decent amount of power down. Most of the time it ill just roll over as it slips but sometimes it drops completely.
Middle ring looks fine and not worn, cassette is fine I can replicate it on two different wheels with two separate cassettes, I have removed the BB and cranks and refitted to make sure all is tight, rear derailleur looks in order.

I am using friction shifting, so I can hear when I am slightly out of adjustment and I adjust for silence.

At a bit of a loss really.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

hmmmm not a good day today, had the closest close pass I have ever had with an artic this morning, followed by a argument because i was out of order for shouting at him as he gave me "2ft of space"

Then my lunch time test ride ended abruptly as my chain slipped off the middle ring when pulling away from the lights, this is what I had experienced yesterday and previously as one offs, but I have managed to narrow it down now to when I am starting off in the middle ring and putting a decent amount of power down. Most of the time it ill just roll over as it slips but sometimes it drops completely.
Middle ring looks fine and not worn, cassette is fine I can replicate it on two different wheels with two separate cassettes, I have removed the BB and cranks and refitted to make sure all is tight, rear derailleur looks in order.

I am using friction shifting, so I can hear when I am slightly out of adjustment and I adjust for silence.

At a bit of a loss really.

Edit:--- Just read someone suggesting online the b-screw adjustment may effect this due to insufficent chain wrap in middle/middle config which is where I get the issue. I have just given that a try and I cannot force it to happen as I could before. Test ride later to confirm.
Rechecked the middle ring too and its probably more worn than I thought, but its not that old, but is a low end shimano one. I might use this as an excuse to get a Spa touring one.

 

[Andy in Germany]

b-screw adjustment

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