Work have sponsored me in a charity ride this weekend, and the weather seems to have forgotten it's summer. So I've decided to ride my gravel bike, but my road wheels for it needed new rim tape and tubeless valves, which have been sitting unopened for several months now. So I replaced the rim tape, which was easy, got the first tyre on without issue, fought with the second tyre for about 2 hours before it finally seated in the rim, and spent another hour looking for leaks. I'll probably wake up to 2 flat tyres in the morning...
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Took advantage of a warm & sunny afternoon to set the bike stand up in the back garden and slowly work my way through all 8 bikes cleaning & lubing the chains, pumping the tyres up and giving the frames a quick wipe down clean. With the strength of the wind, I did have to hold the carbon bike steady while working on it.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Replaced the diaphragm in the siphon unit of the toilet.
Never say I don't know how to enjoy my weekends.
Never say I don't know how to enjoy my weekends.
You’re living the dream!
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
There's posh, a bike with its own toilet then.
Elybazza61
Guru
Sorting stuff out in the shed and finally deciding what I need to get rid of.
List so far includes;
Dynamo wheelset
Ridley X-TRAIL frame(small)
Wheelsmith carbon wheels
XT Di2 shifter/junction box
possibly Stages/Dura Ace crank arm
Enve all road carbon forks
Sora flat bar shifters
plus various racks, tyres and other accumulated stuff
List so far includes;
Dynamo wheelset
Ridley X-TRAIL frame(small)
Wheelsmith carbon wheels
XT Di2 shifter/junction box
possibly Stages/Dura Ace crank arm
Enve all road carbon forks
Sora flat bar shifters
plus various racks, tyres and other accumulated stuff
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Forgot to include replacing the rear disc brake pads on the Giant. On a quick trip into town yesterday they were a bit graunchy and it turned out that there was about 1mm of pad material on one side and a couple of mm on the other.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yesterday fixed a chain that had failed on the road with my chain tool. First time had to do that in about a decade. It was fine today on a 70km ride.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
This was given to me as a filthy, non working mess. A few hours work has it working well and looking pretty good. Now it just needs a rear tire and a seat ( both mostly bald ) and it’s ready for the local bicycle co-op, they’ll turn it over to someone who needs it.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Good grief a bike being repaired before it's donated? What a concept.
I don't ask about the condition of any bike I'm offered because I know they'll always say the same "it's ridable; you don't need to do anything." and it never is...
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
I know the guy who runs the co-op and don’t like his work. I also attend the church which set this co-op up to help raise funds for it’s food kitchen ( right next door to the bike shop, it’s in a rough area of town ) I kind of half expect to end up working there when I finally retire… again.
Currently I’m working part time as a mechanic at a Trek dealership, so you can assume this bike will be correct before it goes to the co-op. The guys at Trek even allow me discounted parts for the job as well as use of the shop on my own time if needed.
But after 45 years of playing with motorcycles I’m better equipped at home anyway.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Lubed the chain after a hamster 🐹 got trapped in there on today’s ride.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Are you sure is wasn't a young grey squirrel.
I've had a lot of young grey squirrels run into my bike recently.
One missed my front wheel by millimeters this morning.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
