What Have You Fettled Today?

[smokeysmoo]

Changed the wheels on the old Claud Butler I recently acquired then threw it through the woods at the end of our close

Saddle came loose mid ride, (hence the daft angle in the above pic, and I hadn't taken any tools with me either ), got home, went to tighten it and the bolt sheared

Looking at the seatpost I think it might be better to simply replace the lot TBH as the grooves at the top are worn away which I suspect it why it was coming loose in the first place?

 

[Dan B]

Built (well, laced) my first ever wheel. Rear wheel, but flip flip hub thus no worries about dishing it. Will probably have to stick it into the fork to true it though, don't have a jig

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I did one of my more obsessive* bike cleaning routines yesterday, leaving my commuter bike (Vivente World Randonneur) spotless . Another highlight of my weekend is that I went to a local post office on Saturday, to pick up and take home this:

It's a Park Tool PCS-10 bicycle work stand. The package weight was apparently 8kg, but by the time I got home from the post office, a 2.6km walk, my arms and shoulders felt it . I was much happier after I assembled it, though. Next weekend, I'll be doing a full front & rear derailleur cable replacement and derailleur adjustment, for the first time. Wish me luck.

* Yes, I even pulled a rag through various gaps in my front chain rings and front and rear derailleurs. In other words, if a nook or cranny had dirt in it, I targeted it!

 

[lejogger]

Well this isn't 'what I have fettled today' but more like 'what I have fettled in my free time over the past week or two'!

On the carbon bike I have removed:
Bar tape,
SRAM Rival levers,
all cabling,
SRAM Rival front mech,
headset,
cranks, pedals and chain rings,
and the bottom bracket...

...so apart from the seatpost/saddle, rear brake caliper and rear mech, I don't think there was much other than a frame at one point!

I then fitted:
a new FSA headset,
new SRAM Red shifters,
new Gore ride on Pro cables,
nearly new SRAM Force front mech,
cleaned, regreased and refitted the bottom bracket,
cleaned and refitted chain rings, cranks and pedals,
fitted new SRAM supercork bar tape...

...and then set it all up ready for yesterday's club ride to Llangollen.

All was a success apart from the rear mech cable tension being a bit out and the chain riding the teeth a tad at times, so being bike week in work, I cycled to our offices 5 miles away in my lunch break where the council had arranged for free bike checks and a lovely young lady mechanic twiddled with my barrel adjuster until all was smooth

Apart from the indexing, the only part I sought help with (excluding youtube!) was removing the old crown race from the forks, and installing the new one. That cost me an ice cream each for the guys and gals in the shop.

Really proud to have done it all (mostly) myself and that the bike has survived thus far.

Only problem now is I have a similar job to do on the commuter bike...

...and so it all starts again

 

[Svendo]

Technically yesterday, but serviced and regreased lower cartridge bearing in the headset. Annoyingly the combined top bearing seating ring/cover bit stripped a sliver from its o-ring when I was 'persuading' it back onto the fork steerer. Still tight enough so I doubt it'll make much difference. Also did a nice polish all over, and double coat on the 'wheel spash' areas (under front fork, bottom of rear brake bridge, bottom of down-tube abd back of seat-tube).

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Fitted some Fulcrum Quattros and Vredestein Fortezza Tricomps, to replace the Easton EA30's and Luganos that came as standard on my Cube.

I know I should really go for a ride but at the mo I'm happy just sitting here, cuddling a beer and looking at my new round loveliness

 

[vickster]

I repaired my first ever puncture this evening (well replaced the inner tube)...on the rear wheel

I did have to walk the bike home though from the scene of the crime

 

[HLaB]

Replaced a Pawl Spring on the Bianchi and noisy free hub is back

 

[compo]

Today I fitted new pads in my disc callipers. The callipers are Shimano and call for B01 pads. I fitted Clarkes pads at less than half the price. The pads are fine, but for some reason when I put the brakes on it chewed up the springs. I had to refit the old springs which are working OK but can't see why the Clarkes springs got mashed up. They are identical to the Shimano springs. If it was just one spring I could put it down to a misfit, but not front and back, then the original ones go in with no issues.

 

[Alan Frame]

Today I converted my bike into a 9 speed.

Unfortunately, it's meant to be 27 speed. Wonder if I'll ever master indexing ?

 

[billy1561]

Put the original mtb tyres back on the (wait for it) mtb and then put the hybrid tyres back on the (you guessed it) hybrid
Also indexed the roadie

 

[jazzkat]

New front pads on the tourer.
Fitted a lowrider rack on it earlier in the week too, all ready for a bit of full on touring.

 

[Tommy2]

Raised the saddles and lowered the bars on both my bikes.
Have to wait til Monday to see what it's like

 

[G3CWI]

A whole day of fettling. New bottom bracket bearing, new chain various other tasks. It all took ages due to needing numerous visits to the shop that cannot be named. Sometime my fault, sometimes theirs. Several setbacks along the way but its all done and the creak has gone. Yee-ha.

The commuting bike is back in fine fettle.

 

[compo]

Absolutely nothing fettled.

However, after working on lots of bikes, doing rebuilds and upgrades I have accumulated lots of assorted bicycle parts. These parts are to be found all over the house, tucked away in various cupboards and nooks and crannies much to the chagrin of my long suffering but never complaining wife. Today I bought a big plastic box and surprised her by going all round the house and finding everything bike related and depositing it all in the new box. I found stuff I never knew I had! Now it is all out in my shed and she can have several parts of her bungalow back again.