Very, very nice
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Very, very nice
Fredo76
Über Member
- Location
- Española, NM
Changed the Kinekt spring seatpost I had on Bella to a standard silver brand-X post to get rid of the bouncies, and swapped out the Large Selle SMP TRK saddle for a Medium, with the Large going on Clem, my upright bike. With Bella as my clipless-pedaled bike, I want a higher cadence capability. May part with the Kinekt post now, or more likely put it on my Jamis "comfort"/guest bike, not sure yet.
Rode the new clincher rear wheel today, and the new Shimano 14-28 7-speed freewheel on it shifts better than the Sachs freewheel on the sew-up rear wheel. The MicroNew brifters finally shift like they're supposed to. Getting closer to being sorted.
Rode the new clincher rear wheel today, and the new Shimano 14-28 7-speed freewheel on it shifts better than the Sachs freewheel on the sew-up rear wheel. The MicroNew brifters finally shift like they're supposed to. Getting closer to being sorted.
Not looking bad is it for a 12 year old bike with ten's of thousands of miles under it's belt.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
After walking a mile or so back to the flat I had to fettle this:
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Whats been rubbing?
Lee_M
Guru
Reindexing after changng a cassette should not take 4 hours!
Yes, I do know what I'm doing (been doing them for years), but I'm not convinced my bike knows.
Just going for a shakedown ride. h
Hopefully it's sorted, otherwise I'm chucking the whole bike into a skip, which tbh I should have done years ago, it's always been a problematic bike (trek domane) starting with the chocolate BB
Yes, I do know what I'm doing (been doing them for years), but I'm not convinced my bike knows.
Just going for a shakedown ride. h
Hopefully it's sorted, otherwise I'm chucking the whole bike into a skip, which tbh I should have done years ago, it's always been a problematic bike (trek domane) starting with the chocolate BB
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Still can't work it out. Something was rubbing but not slowing me down on the way to the station. I was going to fix it on the train, then bang! I was walking down the footpath to the Station, still with the intention to fix it on the train. Then I looked at it. How on earth did it feel stable when it blew 🤯
Walked home and swapped in at first my good bike's wheel; just as I thought there wasn't enough clearance under the fork and mudguards. So I fitted a old but barely used wired 23mm on a spare wheel. I had bought the wired 23mm from Hellfrauds the last time I had a tyre blow (about 6 years 80,000 miles ago) as a get me home tyre that day.
The spare wheel and tyres was a bit un-reasuringly skiffy under breaking but everything is running smoothly the brakes are fine and there was no problem with the 12miles to work or the 21miles home. Its maybe the tyre mould nodules hitting the caliper or the brake pads got contaminated in the explosion. I'll have to put it up in the rack when I get home 🤔
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My bike got a bit mucky on Saturday's forum ride to Glasson Dock so I gave it a good clean today, especially the wheel rims which were pretty greasy, leading to some very squealy braking. I scrubbed them with citrus degreaser.
While doing all that I noticed something that would explain the occasional clunky gear shift that I suffered on the ride - the freehub could move in and out by several mm meaning that the cassette could move with it while I was changing gear; a moving target for the chain!
I was a little stumped until I remembered a major problem with the freehub on a ride last year - a sealed bearing had disintegrated. I then looked at several of my old freehubs to see if any of them might be a suitable replacement, but I think that I ended up putting a new bearing in instead. It turns out that I must have got my spacers mixed up! There is one that goes between the nut on the drive side and the outer bearing on the freehub. When I looked today I discovered that the spacer was a few mm too short. I had a hunt around and found what was probably the correct spacer. It all tightened up nicely once I used that instead of the short one. I was surprised that I hadn't noticed the problem when I first fixed the freehub. Still, it seems good now.
Oh, and I decided that using grease on the freehub pawls had not been a good idea. The freehub moving in and out had sometimes left a gap through which detritus could get in so the inner mechanism was a mess. I am amazed that the pawls had still managed to engage when pedalling. I cleaned everything and used a light oil as a lube instead.
I like to have the nose of my saddle pointing slightly down to prevent 'undercarriage erosion' on longer rides. Unfortunately, my saddle had been a bit too level for me on Saturday so I am now suffering the 'rubbed raw perineum from hell'! I have now altered its angle...
I will go for a short test ride on the bike tomorrow. Standing up!
While doing all that I noticed something that would explain the occasional clunky gear shift that I suffered on the ride - the freehub could move in and out by several mm meaning that the cassette could move with it while I was changing gear; a moving target for the chain!
I was a little stumped until I remembered a major problem with the freehub on a ride last year - a sealed bearing had disintegrated. I then looked at several of my old freehubs to see if any of them might be a suitable replacement, but I think that I ended up putting a new bearing in instead. It turns out that I must have got my spacers mixed up! There is one that goes between the nut on the drive side and the outer bearing on the freehub. When I looked today I discovered that the spacer was a few mm too short. I had a hunt around and found what was probably the correct spacer. It all tightened up nicely once I used that instead of the short one. I was surprised that I hadn't noticed the problem when I first fixed the freehub. Still, it seems good now.
Oh, and I decided that using grease on the freehub pawls had not been a good idea. The freehub moving in and out had sometimes left a gap through which detritus could get in so the inner mechanism was a mess. I am amazed that the pawls had still managed to engage when pedalling. I cleaned everything and used a light oil as a lube instead.
I like to have the nose of my saddle pointing slightly down to prevent 'undercarriage erosion' on longer rides. Unfortunately, my saddle had been a bit too level for me on Saturday so I am now suffering the 'rubbed raw perineum from hell'! I have now altered its angle...
I will go for a short test ride on the bike tomorrow. Standing up!
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Jameshow
Guru
I could chuck it out the window as I drive past!🤣🤣🤣
The bike is with its new owner, sold it in under an hour!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Today and yesterday's fettle. I finally got round at 11pm after watching the Tour de Suiss relive to looking at those brakes. I determined that the pads were just worn enough to allow the pad holder to skiff the rim occasionally so I decided to change the pads. Lol, the retaining screws are jammed solid after a while of trying to get them unjammed I gave up. Maybe the GT85 will soak in overnight. But then I remembered I've the identical set of pads on an old frame and they turned out to be brand new, so I whipped them off and fitted them to the commuter pulled and held the brake to get them to align right allowing me to fettle their position and tighten. The whole transfer of brake pads and holders only took minutes, why didn't I think of that before 😂
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Some surface rust removed, chain stay back to bare metal, then 3 coats of primer / rust inhibitor sprayed on. Give it 24 hours to fully cure, then I’ll add another 3 layers of the frame colour paint.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Fitted a new bathroom cistern without gaining a surprise new water feature downstairs.
*glees*
Not to brag, but I did a better job than the bathroom fitters who did the original. Mine doesn't rely on a shedload of silicon to try and fix a leak caused by the loo and cistern being 1/4 inch out of line with each other.
*glees*
Not to brag, but I did a better job than the bathroom fitters who did the original. Mine doesn't rely on a shedload of silicon to try and fix a leak caused by the loo and cistern being 1/4 inch out of line with each other.
Well done, I seem to specialise in added water features with any apparently dead simple plumbing matter. The worse was fitting a new kitchen sink which had sharp edges underneath such that when I come to tighten things up I could not grip fully due to amount of cut fingers. Rang a plumber up who panicked at the background noise and demanded I switched the water off. Was confused as the water was off then realised he could hear the freezer, sure it would have won a worlds loudest freezer competition.
