No fettling today. But there's been a fair amount of recent fettling.
MTB I bought from a forummer turned into a winter bike - I had it ready just after the last frost.
Before:
After:
One of the seat-stay rack bosses was well stripped, so that's been bodged with some epoxy. I ran a few errands bedding in the studded tyres with various loads and it seems secure enough.
The Trek District 4 had a rear tyre / mudguard interface issue.
Turns out the wheel had moved forward in the drop out, so easily resolved. Noticed in the process, the rear tyre is shaped like it isn't seated properly, but the bead is right where it should be. May swap that back tyre out when the hub gear needs its next service.
The gravel-cum-winter-road bike got a kick stand cut to size and fitted, to make trailer towing duty a bit easier:
And the £50 project folding bike (Carerra Intercity) got a good clean, a couple of new cables, new chain and a new cassette. The only thing left to do is adjust the headset. Turns out there's a threaded steerer hiding under the seat tube, so I need to acquire the appropriate sized headset spanners, after which it will be good and serviceable:
I'm really pleased with the way that folder cleaned up - it was utterly filthy when I bought it. The brakes were completely non-functional too. Quite scarey how people ride their bikes without fettling them or getting them serviced.
