What Have You Fettled Today?
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bikingdad90
Guru
Just swapped my wheels over, rim tape, rotors and inner tube and tyres to my new superstar components wheelset. I’ve saved myself the grand sum of 220g. Not much of a weight saving but got a nice clicky freehub and nice silver spokes.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Unforecast rain on Friday meant I didn't get out for a ride so I decided to service pedals instead. The ones from the Hawk were full of gunk as usual but otherwise straightforward. Turning to the ones from the Raleigh, the clicking that started during the last ride before I put it away for the winter turned out to be because one of the balls had split in half.
I wasn't expecting that.
I wasn't expecting that.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Yesterdays Giant is finished... Bikes aren't selling much which is a good opportunity to build up stock. I tend to do bikes in 'batches' , moving several into a repair bay and working through them.
FIrst two of the next batch during selection.
I'm concentrating on city&/utility bikes as I have several MTB's out at the moment. Currently occupying the stand:
This one will take longer, as well as being a hub gear bike, it's previous owner clearly tried to repair it and generally made the problems worse...
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Most lights I fit are rack lights, they just screw straight on. I have to say though, that's a very neat solution.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I have a couple of old SPD pedals with worn/damaged bearings. I must sort those out ready to use on my MTB once I have finished fettling that.Unforecast rain on Friday meant I didn't get out for a ride so I decided to service pedals instead. The ones from the Hawk were full of gunk as usual but otherwise straightforward. Turning to the ones from the Raleigh, the clicking that started during the last ride before I put it away for the winter turned out to be because one of the balls had split in half.
GeekDadZoid
Ãœber Member
Been a while since any serious fettling has happened, mostly been riding and loving my Super Galaxy I have not had the itch to get any of my other bikes out and on the road.
However, I really want to lose some weight so I want to do some more lunchtime rides on the days I am not commuting and maybe some of my Sunday rides, so I was hankering after something a bit more carefree than the Galaxy. I had been looking on eBay for a frame, but then remembered I had my Dawes Giro 300 still hung up, it has been raided for parts, but all the drivetrain is there, and as I have two new sets of wheels courtesy of superstars sale, I thought I would recommission it.
One of the reasons I stopped riding it after I built my Holdsworth was I could only run 23mm tyres on it and the ride was just not as nice, however why I thought this I am not sure now, maybe it's just because I didn't have any tyres to try. So at lunch today stripped it down, removed the mudguards and tested a 28mm tyre, which went on perfectly on the front. I suspect I could fit a 32, so will try that this evening.
I am tempted to just 1x it, currently it has a 53 / 39 on, but I am not sure I want to spend money yet.
I had put some better brakes on it just before parking it up , so they are ready.
Hopefully will have it on the road by next week.
However, I really want to lose some weight so I want to do some more lunchtime rides on the days I am not commuting and maybe some of my Sunday rides, so I was hankering after something a bit more carefree than the Galaxy. I had been looking on eBay for a frame, but then remembered I had my Dawes Giro 300 still hung up, it has been raided for parts, but all the drivetrain is there, and as I have two new sets of wheels courtesy of superstars sale, I thought I would recommission it.
One of the reasons I stopped riding it after I built my Holdsworth was I could only run 23mm tyres on it and the ride was just not as nice, however why I thought this I am not sure now, maybe it's just because I didn't have any tyres to try. So at lunch today stripped it down, removed the mudguards and tested a 28mm tyre, which went on perfectly on the front. I suspect I could fit a 32, so will try that this evening.
I am tempted to just 1x it, currently it has a 53 / 39 on, but I am not sure I want to spend money yet.
I had put some better brakes on it just before parking it up , so they are ready.
Hopefully will have it on the road by next week.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Computer-based fettling here. New-to-me scanner turned up the other day, so been downloading drivers, checking that things work, learning my way around the scanner and its software etc.
Got it working with the older of my two laptops - which has the bigger screen and runs Photoshop CS2.
Got it working with the older of my two laptops - which has the bigger screen and runs Photoshop CS2.
GeekDadZoid
Ãœber Member
Out of interest what do you use your scanner for? If you don't mind answering. They have gone from being almost ubiquitous to being rare in quite a short space of time.
Guessing the fact you have CS2 might suggest photos.
GeekDadZoid
Ãœber Member
My Wife needed to do some training for her new job tonight so once the youngest was bathed and in bed I did some work out in the office / workshop and the Dawes Giro 300 is ready for a test ride.
I tried 32mm marathons as that's what I had, but they where too big so fitted the 28mm Halfords commuters that I had been using on my Holdsworth onto the new wheels from superstar and a new 11-32 8 speed cassette I had in stock. I must have trapped a section of tyre when fitting the rear as when I pumped it up it went bang.
Haven't been able to get any rim tape so gone for my normal electrical tape fallback.
Refitted the rear derailleur, put on a chain, and setup the indexing.
Greased and refitted the seatpost and saddle.
Fitted some pedals I had in stock, not too convinced with them, but they will be ok for a test.
Refitted and setup the brakes.
Stuck a few stickers on to personalise.
Just need to give it a whirl now plus tidy my workspace.
I tried 32mm marathons as that's what I had, but they where too big so fitted the 28mm Halfords commuters that I had been using on my Holdsworth onto the new wheels from superstar and a new 11-32 8 speed cassette I had in stock. I must have trapped a section of tyre when fitting the rear as when I pumped it up it went bang.
Haven't been able to get any rim tape so gone for my normal electrical tape fallback.
Refitted the rear derailleur, put on a chain, and setup the indexing.
Greased and refitted the seatpost and saddle.
Fitted some pedals I had in stock, not too convinced with them, but they will be ok for a test.
Refitted and setup the brakes.
Stuck a few stickers on to personalise.
Just need to give it a whirl now plus tidy my workspace.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I maintain a motor racing archive relating to the Warwick brothers.
The scanner gets used to copy content out of magazines and publications that are too rare to cut up yet too bulky to file in situ, to continue creating a digital version (that's like painting the Forth Bridge!), and to share information with fellow nerds. 
I've been shooting digital since 2003, but sometimes I acquire photos for the collection that are poor quality or damaged, so they get scanned and run through Photoshop to create a restored version.
GeekDadZoid
Ãœber Member
I maintain a motor racing archive relating to the Warwick brothers.
I've been shooting digital since 2003, but sometimes I acquire photos for the collection that are poor quality or damaged, so they get scanned and run through Photoshop to create a restored version.
That was just the kind of answer I was hoping for. I am always interested when people use non- standard tech at home
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I've always had one scanner or another since about 1997-ish. I guess it's just a tool I use to do what I need to do. Yes, you can reproduce stuff by other means, but either it's not done as well, or it's more faffy.
The one thing I did drop this time around was the lightbox for film and slides. My previous scanner (Epson 2450) had one, but as it was something I very rarely used after switching to digital, I figured I could do without.
Still some fettling with the settings required, as it's not dealing with newsprint-type images quite as well as I'd like.
Jameshow
Veteran
Keep an eye on your forks as they had a recall iirc same as the ones on over thread. Crown corrosion .
FishFright
More wheels than sense
I maintain a motor racing archive relating to the Warwick brothers.
I've been shooting digital since 2003, but sometimes I acquire photos for the collection that are poor quality or damaged, so they get scanned and run through Photoshop to create a restored version.
A little aside this guy does some amazing photo restorations
View: https://twitter.com/StuartHumphryes/status/1575884365136961550
