VinSumRox
Senior Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
My gears were sticking - cable frayed at the adjuster, replaced. OHs gears sticking too, cable frayed, need to order more!
What Have You Fettled Today?
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You should change the outers as well, makes a big difference.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Some fettling on my Puch Promenade. It was kindly donated to me a couple of years ago from my brother, and came as a single speed.
It is now a 3 speed, and all the parts were to hand thanks to my hoarding tendency when it comes to bike stuff.
Tricky bit was the cable end clamp that only just fitted in the right place, as it was right up against the mudguard clamp.
I do like those old one piece gear cables from vintage Raleigh Shoppers etc - so much better than the more modern over engineered offering.
It is now a 3 speed, and all the parts were to hand thanks to my hoarding tendency when it comes to bike stuff.
Tricky bit was the cable end clamp that only just fitted in the right place, as it was right up against the mudguard clamp.
I do like those old one piece gear cables from vintage Raleigh Shoppers etc - so much better than the more modern over engineered offering.
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EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Liberated the singlespeed commuter from a Truvativ Rouleur crank set to sell the latter.
The tricky part was to remove the pedals. Despite I used fitting lubricant when I installed them they needed a serious amount of persuasion effort to come off. Surprisingly I managed it without breaking something.
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The tricky part was to remove the pedals. Despite I used fitting lubricant when I installed them they needed a serious amount of persuasion effort to come off. Surprisingly I managed it without breaking something.
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chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
The front tire has not been holding air properly for a while now, going soft after a few days and necessitating pumping it up before every ride. I figured the rim tape was to blame, it is a fair few years old now, so today I finally found some time to replace it. After battling to break the bead on my tires, I ripped the old rim tape out and cleaned the rim thoroughly with Isopropyl alcohol. Strangely the new tape was struggling to stick and also sit down into the well of the rim, so I got the hairdryer out and slowly worked my way round, heating it up and massaging it into the well which worked a treat.
With that done, I got the air blaster out and re-seated the tire, I then left it a while to check for leaks before throwing some fresh sealant in. Should be good for a few more years now.
With that done, I got the air blaster out and re-seated the tire, I then left it a while to check for leaks before throwing some fresh sealant in. Should be good for a few more years now.
Punkawallah
Über Member
Or flush them through with WD40 or similar.
That looks a great job done @chriswoody. Breaking the seal on seated tyres can be problematic. I have recently made the mistake of removing mine to replace the sealant after 6 months of not using them. I’d assumed it would have dried up and had changed sealant type so wanted to remove the old type in case of any incompatibility. They are now refusing to reseat, I think because of residual sealant on the tyres. Shame, as these were running well in tubeless mode and might now have to be retired to tube only duty.
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
Yeah it's a strange one, I've been running tubeless for years now on the mountain bike as well as the gravel bike and I've used tires from Vittoria, Teravail, WTB and Goodyear. Aside from the WTB tires, all the others pop off the rim with the lightest of finger pressure. With the Gravel bike though I have WTB rims along with WTB tires and they grip the bead like nobody's business an absolute arse to remove and when you blow then onto the rim with the airshot, they go on with a hell of a loud crack. There bloomin good tires though and not too badly priced so I'm reluctant to change.
Strange that yours won't reseat. I must admit, aside from cleaning the rim thoroughly for the new tape, I never cleaned the tires and they reseated first time. Maybe go over your beads with isopropyl alcohol and see if that helps?
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Over the last couple of days:
Replaced the shitty cheap rim tape on the nice bike with velox after I got a spoke side puncture a couple of weeks ago.
Swapped new wheel in on MTB due to failed freehub - another roll of velox - and swapped disc rotor, realigned caliper.
Two punctures on ride, one tube and 2nd roadside repair.
Patched three tubes.
Replaced cracked and rattling brifter cover on commuter.
Replaced the shitty cheap rim tape on the nice bike with velox after I got a spoke side puncture a couple of weeks ago.
Swapped new wheel in on MTB due to failed freehub - another roll of velox - and swapped disc rotor, realigned caliper.
Two punctures on ride, one tube and 2nd roadside repair.
Patched three tubes.
Replaced cracked and rattling brifter cover on commuter.
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Feel distinctly 2nd division here.
After a couple of close encounters with passing vehicles I've reinstalled the mirror on my helmet.
Well actually it's a newish helmet and a mirror I found whilst looking for pack of special rubber bands.
Those think ones that hold the rechargeable headlight on.
Now I can see what's going to try and kill me.
The new tyres and the replacement brake handles along with the new brake pads and the bleed all seem very happy together.
After a couple of close encounters with passing vehicles I've reinstalled the mirror on my helmet.
Well actually it's a newish helmet and a mirror I found whilst looking for pack of special rubber bands.
Those think ones that hold the rechargeable headlight on.
Now I can see what's going to try and kill me.
The new tyres and the replacement brake handles along with the new brake pads and the bleed all seem very happy together.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
On arrival at work on Saturday (to collect Beautiful Daughter's new bike) I decided my brakes were a bit iffy, so I put new blocks on the front and re-tensioned the back.
Also, on the way home, I had to do a bit of adjustment on Beautiful Daughter's bike's gears.
Yesterday I replaced the brakes on Middle Son's bike as they were almost down to the metal, and tried to introduce him to the concept of cleaning the bike occasionally.
Also, on the way home, I had to do a bit of adjustment on Beautiful Daughter's bike's gears.
Yesterday I replaced the brakes on Middle Son's bike as they were almost down to the metal, and tried to introduce him to the concept of cleaning the bike occasionally.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
From reading this thread, tubeless tyres seem very complicated.
Until you have a puncture, then it’s a very quick fix
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
There are two types of posts on tubeless tyres.
One about the amount of time and effort you have to spend through to get them working and also then to keep them working.
And the second about how brilliantly they minimise the amount of time and effort you spend fixing punctures.
Confusingly, these are often by the same person.
