Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

rubertoe

redvee wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I noticed how badly buckled the rear wheel was. I hadn't noticed any problem due to disc brakes (hallowed by thy name).

My rear wheel was the same, disc brakes and full guards hides a lot of sins. The front was OK but both wheels went down to LBS for a retension after 200 miles.

This is why factory built wheelsets are rubbish for disc bikes.

redvee

rubertoe wrote:

This is why factory built wheelsets are rubbish for disc bikes.

Mine was a set of handbuilts, was planning on having them re-tensioned anyway, faultless since though.

rower63

EKE_38BPM wrote:

...I got busy with the spoke key so its straighter now.

I did something similar to a wheel, straightened some fair-sized buckles out with a spoke key. It was the start of a descending spiral of more buckle, spoke-fails and vibrations for that wheel before I eventually junked it. I looked on the Sheldon Brown site, and I paraphrase it into three rules about using a spoke-spanner for truing a buckle:
1. Don't do it
2. Do it not
3. If, after careful consideration of rules 1 and 2, you're still inclined to use the spoke-key, take the wheel to your local recycling facility, reach back, and hurl the wheel as far into the distance as you can. Buy a new wheel.

His advice is rather to do to the wheel what got it out of true in the first place: bend the rim back to true. It's surprisingly easy to do (lots of advice on net too). Only use a spoke key if you're actually replacing a missing spoke with a new one, and/or if you're a wheel-builder and you really know what you're doing.

sloppyschleckonds

coriordan wrote:

Moved my saddle forwards 5mm.

What make/ model of saddle?

antsmithmk

Swapped the blocks on my standard tiagra rears to Ultegra blocks.... Tiagra blocks were worn down. Then swapped the chain 105 to 105... Laying them side by side to count links its amazing to see how much a chain can stretch.

elbowloh

Don't mean to be pedantic, but chains don't stretch , the pins wear.

From Sheldon Brown:

Chain "Stretch"

Cyclists often speak of chain "stretch", as if the side plates of an old chain were pulled out of shape by the repeated stresses of pedaling. This is not actually how chains elongate. The major cause of chain "stretch" is wearing away of the metal where the link pin rotates inside of the bushing (or the "bushing" part of the inside plate) as the chain links flex and straighten as the chain goes onto and off of the sprockets. If you take apart an old, worn-out chain, you can easily see the little notches worn into the sides of the link pins by the inside edges of the bushings. With bushingless chains, the inside edge of the side plate hole that rubs against the link pin has a smooth radius instead of a sharp corner. This probably contributes to the greater durability of bushingless chains

Kieran_Burns

Spoke!

veronese68

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Spoke!

You're so predictable.

redvee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Spoke!

...too soon?

meanredspider

Fitted a 33T ring to the Volagi to combine with the 30 cassette at the rear all ready for AD6. Tested it on the steepest slope around here - Strava reckons it gets up to 30% in places - it's easily 20% - and I eventually had to stand in the climb not only because of the effort but because I couldn't keep the front wheel on the deck! Anyhow, it passed with flying colours! The RD gets a bit noisy if I end up in the big cogs front and rear but nothing bad happens.

itboffin

33/30 wow :shock:

I know you're doing it six times but even so its never more than 11% ish ....for half the way mind :roll:

CRAZY FOOL

sloppyschleckonds

Just tightened my stem bolts with a torque wrench.

Its a Fizik 110mm R1 stem.

meanredspider

itboffin wrote:

33/30 wow :shock:

I know you're doing it six times but even so its never more than 11% ish ....for half the way mind :roll:

CRAZY FOOL

It will give me that peace of mind that whatever it throws at me I'll be able to spin up. I was discussing it with a friend and we agreed that climb 4 or 5 would be the worst - tired but not the last, balls out*, climb

* a Dutch tradition

asprilla

Took the 18 off the back of the Peregrine and put a 17 on.

Initialised

Repaired 6 inner tubes.

sloppyschleckonds

Just greased my skewers.

They are Lightweights which use a 7075 aluminum with 6/4 titanium levers and weigh in at 34g.

rolf_f

meanredspider wrote:

itboffin wrote:

33/30 wow :shock:

I know you're doing it six times but even so its never more than 11% ish ....for half the way mind :roll:

CRAZY FOOL

It will give me that peace of mind that whatever it throws at me I'll be able to spin up. I was discussing it with a friend and we agreed that climb 4 or 5 would be the worst - tired but not the last, balls out*, climb

* a Dutch tradition

I took 34-29 to France. It got me up the Joux Plane in about 50 minutes with my cadence staying fairly constant all the way. It's all very well MTFUing but as far as I can see, my numbers speak for themselves. You'll either be pleased to maintain a decent cadence or, if fatigue sets in badly, you'll be relieved that you are grinding in 33-30 rather than 34-27 or suchlike!

anonymousblackfg

You mean 39-25?

Anywho, that's the bb regreased, the mtb project has also inched onwards, all I need is to find some more ferrules and swap the headsets and I'm there apart from all the faffy, chain, hose shortening, final cable etc...

redvee

Adjusted the cones in a front wheel I took off my SS bike back in December, when swapping the tyre over I realised that the inflated tyre was hiding a multitude of cuts and nicks that were all too obvious when deflated so it looks like I'm off to Evans in the morning.

Sharkyssurfers

I took my headset apart and regreased the bearings and finally worked out how to fine tune the gears on the CR1, now the headset feels as good as new and my gears shift correctly, also sorted out the brakes, I was a good boy this weekend

redvee

New Conti GP 4Seasons on the front, different colour way to the rear but as it's on the commute bike it won't stay clean for long.

UndercoverElephant

Heat-moulded my new Bont shoes. Popped cleats on them. Removed front light and changed winter/dynamo wheels from the Equilibrium and replaced them with the summer specials.

Hey, anyone notice that the clocks changed?

rubertoe

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Hey, anyone notice that the clocks changed?

I did,

It was dark again when i left the house this morning. Meh.

I fettled 20 million* clocks.



*might be an exageration

greg66_tri_v2.0

Retired a paid of bike shoes. The uppers had come away from the shoes, been reattached with Araldite, then been re-attached again; the cleats were worn to nothing and the bolt heads smeared away.

Managed to get four of the six cleat bolts out and used the cleats themselves to unwind the remaining bolt. Then had to get the four bolts per shows out that held the recessed adapter plates in place.

Hmm. All rusted in. Got 7 out, then sheared the hex bit in two on the last one.

Double hmm. Had to drill the last one out, making a bit of a mess of the plastic adapter plate around it. Repaired that with some hard setting putty; put the plates and cleats on brand new shoes (remembered to grease the threads this time, too).

Shiny shoes. Like.

rower63

Fitted new Chorus cassette and chain to my Titanium Dolan. Tried but failed to fit a replacement outer chainring too: after fitting a brand new big chainring to Storck last week, the intention was to fit the cast-off to the Dolan, whose own one has some very worn teeth.

At this point I discovered that the Storck has a regular road crankset (135 BCD), whereas the Dolan has a Compact 52/36 crankset, i.e. 110 BCD.

Grrrrrrrr.

110 BCD Campag 52t outer rings seem to be impossible to find, so ordered a TA Specialites Nerius 11 one instead.

sloppyschleckonds

Just tightened and adjusted my right cleat.

It's a Shimano SPD-SL Yellow.

rick_chasey

Fitted a 12-30 cassette & new chain (cos riding a standard meant i needed more chain) for ToF

gingaman

Got SPD-SL's fitted, now it appears I need to fettle my right leg as it seems to be twisted slightly

Kieran_Burns

I clicked the outer adjuster on the front BB7 brake clockwise 3 notches.

Who would've thought you can lock up the front wheel when it's wet and NOT fall off?

itboffin

Rick Chasey wrote:

Fitted a 12-30 cassette & new chain (cos riding a standard meant i needed more chain) for ToF

30 ?!? :shock: