Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

redvee

msmancunia wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Gears need indexing so I will be fettling this afternoon.

Alright, so my boss will be fettling this afternoon on my behalf because I just can't get the hang of it. I'm his PA and he's my gear sorter-outerer. Good eh?

So he'll turn the barrel adjuster half a turn and look like a hero....

Mate, it's worth me making him a cup of coffee-that-looks-like-gravy every half an hour just for knowing what a barrel adjuster actually is.

Biscuits also work well.

msmancunia

redvee wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Gears need indexing so I will be fettling this afternoon.

Alright, so my boss will be fettling this afternoon on my behalf because I just can't get the hang of it. I'm his PA and he's my gear sorter-outerer. Good eh?

So he'll turn the barrel adjuster half a turn and look like a hero....

Mate, it's worth me making him a cup of coffee-that-looks-like-gravy every half an hour just for knowing what a barrel adjuster actually is.

Biscuits also work well.

I know, but it's Lent, and I'm catholic, so anything resembling biscuits, chocolate, sweets or cake is verboten until Easter Sunday. And I know that theoretically I could get them and give them to him, but practically.... I'd just crack, start crying through sheer deprivation, and eat them. My weekend treat is..... a Powerbar

veronese68

redvee wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Gears need indexing so I will be fettling this afternoon.

Alright, so my boss will be fettling this afternoon on my behalf because I just can't get the hang of it. I'm his PA and he's my gear sorter-outerer. Good eh?

So he'll turn the barrel adjuster half a turn and look like a hero....

Mate, it's worth me making him a cup of coffee-that-looks-like-gravy every half an hour just for knowing what a barrel adjuster actually is.

Biscuits also work well.

Lets be honest just looking a bit helpless and fluttering eyelashes works every time. Assuming it is a person of the female persuasion doing the eyelash fluttering, a bloke doing it just looks pathetic.

asprilla

Veronese68 wrote:

redvee wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Gears need indexing so I will be fettling this afternoon.

Alright, so my boss will be fettling this afternoon on my behalf because I just can't get the hang of it. I'm his PA and he's my gear sorter-outerer. Good eh?

So he'll turn the barrel adjuster half a turn and look like a hero....

Mate, it's worth me making him a cup of coffee-that-looks-like-gravy every half an hour just for knowing what a barrel adjuster actually is.

Biscuits also work well.

Lets be honest just looking a bit helpless and fluttering eyelashes works every time. Assuming it is a person of the female persuasion doing the eyelash fluttering, a bloke doing it just looks pathetic.

Damn.

redvee

msmancunia wrote:

Gears need indexing so I will be fettling this afternoon.

Alright, so my boss will be fettling this afternoon on my behalf because I just can't get the hang of it. I'm his PA and he's my gear sorter-outerer. Good eh?

You'll soon be British Cycling team mechanic, in the meantime have a fettle with one of the track bikes to understand gear indexing

andy9964

Fitted a new chain, I even took some links out all by myself
Debating whether to get a new cassette as well, and some 105 callipers, and a shorter stem...........does it ever end ???

fat_tail

no it never does end.

replaced my Tiagra rear derailleur with a new Ultegra.

new wheels, new cassette, new tyres, new chain, new bar tape, new rear derailleur.
Front chain ring, shifters are still original Tiagra. Everything else is Ultegra.

aberdeen_lune

Just re cabled my CAAD10. I must be out of practice it took me two hours. Those 6700 STIs are tricky. I also fitted new bars and stem 3T Ergonova. Racing season is almost here.

itboffin

Aye that new routing on the Shimano STI is bizarre, I had to actually read the manual which is one step away from asking for directions ....*shudder*

warreng

Sybil is out with friends today so I packed the kids off and washed 3 bikes- hardtail MTB, commuter and Sunday bike. Fitted new bottom bracket to commuter bike and replaced bar tape on the Sunday bike and indexed the gears on the MTB. Now settling down to the Villa/Chelsea match with pork pies and Duvel

veronese68

Replaced the wheels on the EPO's station hack, new tyres as well. It rides quite well now, not bad for a bike that's more than 10 years older than I am.
Then tried the mech alignment tool on the Kinesis. Found it was slightly twisted. Shifting seems improved but I ran out of time so didn't get time for a test ride.

asprilla

Took the Scott off the turbo and removed one of the spacers from below the stem.

Tomorrow looks nice so I think I'll be taking him to Richmond Park tomorrow morning.

willy b

Pedals fitted, bottles cages on. New bike ready for its first proper ride tomorrow. 8)

meanredspider

Swapped my FSA SL-K BB30 for an Ultegra crank (with some pointers from K_B - thx)

Arrow & LH on my FSA crank was confusing - suggesting it was LH thread which it wasn't. But, apart from that, it was very straightforward.

Also fitted a 12-30 cassette to the rear on 10-sp Ultegra Di2 which seems to be fine.

menthel

Got to look at my creaking 00 this morning. Pedals ok, cranks tight enough so went on to remove cranks and look at bb. First thing fixing bolt is sheared in half and a part is now stuck in the crank. Got the crank out and took out the bb. It's filthy. And the plastic sleeve is now stuck in the bike as well as it didn't come out with the cups. Bugger.

So have ordered a new bb and bolt. I am learning rather quickly!

Kieran_Burns

meanredspider wrote:

Swapped my FSA SL-K BB30 for an Ultegra crank (with some pointers from K_B - thx)

Arrow & LH on my FSA crank was confusing - suggesting it was LH thread which it wasn't. But, apart from that, it was very straightforward.

Also fitted a 12-30 cassette to the rear on 10-sp Ultegra Di2 which seems to be fine.

Hope all that went okay, and you got the old brackets out without too much swearing.

meanredspider

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Hope all that went okay, and you got the old brackets out without too much swearing.

Actually it was very easy once I'd undone the crank, thanks. The bearings just tapped out and then the circlips were easy to pop out.

anonymousblackfg

So this is registered somewhere on t'internet

2009ish GT Aggressor XC2 frame take replaceable gear hanger GT MHGT62, the bolt that holds it in is a CHAINRING BOLT.

Said bolt is not supplied mailorder with the hanger from Evans (like in the picture), neither can they identify this when said hanger is presented to them with the question of 'what bolt do I need?'

PerformingMonkey

After first race on updated Allez, I am happy with bars/stem dropped to just a 10mm spacer. Time to cut down the steerer. The stack above the stem must be 60mm plus!

willy b

Replaced my front Campag calliper with a Shimano Sora one, using a Campag shifter. :twisted:

redvee

Washed four inner tubes in the bath...after repairing them. Wanted to make sure I'd repaired them properly.

PerformingMonkey

PerformingMonkey wrote:

After first race on updated Allez, I am happy with bars/stem dropped to just a 10mm spacer. Time to cut down the steerer. The stack above the stem must be 60mm plus!

All sorted, easier than anticipated. Hardest part was probably getting the new star nut in straight and level.



Contemplated removing the steerer below the top of the stem but bottled it a little at the last minute.

6wheels

PerformingMonkey,

What make of stem is that, it looks like a -17 and I need one at a reasonable price?

PerformingMonkey

6wheels wrote:

What make of stem is that, it looks like a -17 and I need one at a reasonable price?

It's the unbranded original alloy one that came with the bike (http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/ ... pact#specs). Sorry I can't be more help.

asprilla

Tightened chainring bolts and BB on the Soloist. No creaking this morning.

smokey_bacon

Added speedplay zeros and tightened the seat post clamp and saddle clamp bolts. Ahhhhh the silence!

6wheels

It's the unbranded original alloy one that came with the bike (http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/ ... pact#specs). Sorry I can't be more help.

No worries, cheers.

veronese68

Think I may have saved my dead Garmin. The computer wouldn't see it at all, did a full reset and it would see it but couldn't read it. Formatted the thing last night and reloaded it and it seems to work, just uploaded the ride in to Strava.

rubertoe

New chainset, after the FSA mega exp BB exploded on thursday.

I hate FSA BB, they are made of cream cheese.

I took the opportunity to put a new chain and cassette on as well, so much better. I also removed the guards and gave the bike a good clean.

I also have my summer lightweight rucksack.
Expect the rains to come.

itboffin

Veronese68 wrote:

Think I may have saved my dead Garmin. The computer wouldn't see it at all, did a full reset and it would see it but couldn't read it. Formatted the thing last night and reloaded it and it seems to work, just uploaded the ride in to Strava.

Formatted! eh?