Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I squirted WD40 on my kickstand so it wouldn't squeak.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Try, again, to get the gears on the Scott working acceptably. Sora GS mech and Wolftooth removed, old Altus mech from turn of the century installed. Better already, even at the front. Adjusted front mech for minimum noise rather than shifting. It'll do.
For the Tenner Trek, new rear brake blocks. And I'll have to bite the bullet and get all new gear cables. This will be my first attempt at replacing internally routed cables...
For the Tenner Trek, new rear brake blocks. And I'll have to bite the bullet and get all new gear cables. This will be my first attempt at replacing internally routed cables...
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Got the bike out the shed to go for a bimble and thought, whats that noise? Front hub sounded like a bag of nails, strange it was smooth and quiet when I last rode it, a quick strip clean and grease had it back in stealth mode again, one side was the same as it was when the wheel was last stripped cleaned and greased in the spring, the other side appeared to have some water in it and black grease. I got out for my bimble half an hour late.
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
The chain broke today on the new groupsets maiden voyage which is incredibly annoying and doesn't inspire me with confidence for SRAM quality. More annoyingly I don't have any 12 speed quick links yet and my chain breaker was at home.
5 mile walk to Halfords mid ride to have them fettle an 11 speed chain to the 12 speed bike.
Couldn't get a 12 speed chain or link anywhere, aint technological advancements grand eh.
£40 lighter but mate said he'd have it for one of his so not too unhappy on the wallet
5 mile walk to Halfords mid ride to have them fettle an 11 speed chain to the 12 speed bike.
Couldn't get a 12 speed chain or link anywhere, aint technological advancements grand eh.
£40 lighter but mate said he'd have it for one of his so not too unhappy on the wallet
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Got the Giant out of the shed to go shopping and noticed this on the sidewall...
It's been loosing threads for quite a long time and you can see the age by the amount of cracking on the tread so I wasn't surprised it needed replacing - only to find out when I took the tyre off that at some point in the past I'd fitted a tyre boot to the inside at that place so it was old damage 
. I really must take more notice and care of the hack bike!
. I really must take more notice and care of the hack bike!
I managed to have a shakedown on the Ribble this morning, just a few tweaks, raised the brake shoes and dropped the saddle slightly but the drivetrain is superb. Campagnolo stuff just works so nicely.
I was going to flip it but I’ll keep it a while. I like it, it’s modern but slightly old school.
I was going to flip it but I’ll keep it a while. I like it, it’s modern but slightly old school.
bikingdad90
Guru
My bike carrier now has “wrong way round” connectors for the indicator lights so that left is left and right is right!! Took the 7pin make connector apart and flipped 1 & 4 positions around to fix.
Need to ring the towbar fitter to come and check the wiring relay on Monday as think it’s wired backwards. Got me out of a sticky wicket as need to tow tomorrow.
Need to ring the towbar fitter to come and check the wiring relay on Monday as think it’s wired backwards. Got me out of a sticky wicket as need to tow tomorrow.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
half the cassette on the old boardman was loose and when you changed gears it rattled , turns out i had the wrong size spacer on the hub so a quick swap for a spare was all it took and a quick re index of the gears .Oddly the gears that wobbled were the ones that are joined together and not the loose ones as i would have thought they would all have been a bit loose 
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
I can just about forgive you for using Campagnolo, but those pedals are an absolute abomination!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Not touched the commuter MTB for a few weeks - hols, knackered knee, hospital with MIL, etc. Decided it needed a clean and lube.
Noticed drive side mudguard/pannier bolt was loose again. Hmm. On investigation, the thread into the dropout had slowly stripped. It will still screw in OK, but works loose with the weight and vibration. Flat head bolt from cassette side was the way forward, with two nuts to lock it off.
Used the Muc Off chain cleaner doo-dah - much as I have never used one before, and not keen, I was given one as part of a Muc Off cleaning kit for Christmas. It's actually very good at cleaning MTB chains - I'd never bother with the road bikes - but just removes all the accumulated gunk/mud, quick hose off, and re-lube. My commuter get's either covered in mud or thick dust on the canal route. Use it once every couple of months.
Noticed drive side mudguard/pannier bolt was loose again. Hmm. On investigation, the thread into the dropout had slowly stripped. It will still screw in OK, but works loose with the weight and vibration. Flat head bolt from cassette side was the way forward, with two nuts to lock it off.
Used the Muc Off chain cleaner doo-dah - much as I have never used one before, and not keen, I was given one as part of a Muc Off cleaning kit for Christmas. It's actually very good at cleaning MTB chains - I'd never bother with the road bikes - but just removes all the accumulated gunk/mud, quick hose off, and re-lube. My commuter get's either covered in mud or thick dust on the canal route. Use it once every couple of months.
Elybazza61
Guru
Re done the front hose on the new Stayer as couldn't get it to stop leaking; test ride tomorrow to see if it's worked; too busy doing gardening stuff and errands to get out today.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I wouldn't call it a fettle tonight really more of an emergency bodge. I only commute on the bike once a week now an the bike has been in a friends garage for 3 years. When I got it back every thing seemed to be working OK. But the last commute it seemed to be skipping in the high gears so I went to fit a new chain & sprocket tonight. It wasn't the chain/cassette though, it was the rear derailleur not springing back. So I cleaned and lubed it up. But doh it seemed stiff to hand still so I cleaned and lubed it a bit more and shifted a few times to get it moving. Double Doh, shifting it up whilst still a wee bit stiff caused the gear outer to fail. So it's got a lot of a electrical tape wrapped round it. It's now shifting perfectly and the derailleur is springing back but only in the top 7 gears. I need to order some new bar tape and recable which weren't immediately to hand so I'll source it and tackle it later. The electrical tape will have to do just now (who needs the bottom 3 gears anyway 😱). Actually I probably could tighten the cable to get an extra gear.
I can just about forgive you for using Campagnolo, but those pedals are an absolute abomination!
They are just what I had in the garage so i could test ride it in trainers. They are actually very good quality, more suited to a vintage bike.
