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  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    MatHammond wrote:
    Interested in buying some Miche Performance calipers? Took them off my bike when I got it so never been used, Miche are down with the fixie / single speed kids aren't they?! :P

    I'm not sure they'd fit my canti bosses :)
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Salsarider wrote - "Well, mine was a simple full strip down, clean and rebuild. I'm a bike shop mechanic which helps. I found out what had been dogging my front shifter, which now works like a dream."

    OK so what was stopping it working like a dream? We need to know!!
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Roastie wrote:
    Dude, I once did this very thing. I was in the biggest amount of trouble it is possible to be in with a woman who isn't a) SWMBO or b) your mother.

    The bathroom is now spankingly clean and my gears and drivetrain are spangly in their cleanliness. I do hope I've got rid of that click. Absolutely no idea how many of those little stones end up in and around my bike bits, crazy number from just my rear cassette...

    Lubing in few after its dried off.
    Ah yes, cleaning up after is good. When I did it my other housemate (male) suggested we go for a beer just as I was about to clean up...
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    Why does a 10 minute job always seem to turn into hours and hours!

    At the weekend my rear gear cable snapped on my super Galaxy 26 miles from home....on a hilly road. So cycled home in 9th and 18th which was, erm, fun, bought some new cables ready to fit.

    It had snapped at the Shifter end and become lodged in the mechanism of the shifter, so had to take the shifter off, look on the web to see that apart from the basic shimano diagram of bits you can take off, its seems everyone says you cant take them apart.
    So took them apart as much as I could, used a bit of brute force and some good old fashioned hammering and proding with a screw driver and managed to get them apart enough to get the offending bit of cable out.......and then try and get them all back together.

    Somehow it all worked and even had no bits left over which was a surprise, photos below of my specialist tools!

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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Got my gears working again :D

    The rear hanger was bent a bit after my problems re-installing the rear wheel on Tuesday so I bent it back (hope that's OK to do :wink:) and made a few adjustments to get the indexing working correctly.
    Whippet
  • moonio
    moonio Posts: 802
    Finally cleaned my drivetrain, it was carnage in there and soap wouldnt shift it, but a thorough soaking in GT has left it sparking, now to buy more lube.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Spent yesterday afternoon stripping the BB, chain and chainset from a mates bike. Managed to 'split' the chain without the correct tool, a quick twist from two jussies and it came apart.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Faffed around with my front mudguard which had begun to rub on the tyre (only when out of the saddle though so it took ages to get right).
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Eek :shock:

    Before yesterday's ride, my chain was looking clean and running smoothly, but I gave it another quick clean and lube just to be sure.

    Had about three hours in the Welsh drizzle yesterday and a bit damp to and from work today. Just had a look at it and the chain's orange with rust. Gave it an emergency clean and re-lube again and it's still rattling like, I dunno, something that rattles a lot :?

    Sod ironing shirts for work tomorrow evening. My bike needs urgent TLC.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Chain is now in a serious but stable condition as they say.

    Also adjusted the front brakes because they've been squealing like stuck pigs since the first steep descent of Sunday's ride. Argh the noise.
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    shimano rs10 wheelset fitted to the commuter Kona Jake. About 40 mins to whip off old wheels and tyres and remove cassette, weigh the new wheels and put it all back together with new cassette. Felt good today, nice to have a solid feeling braking surface and also they don't squeal like my old ones had started to. Rear wheel no lighter than the old Tiagra/Alex 450 but front is 55g lighter. Have also fettled my route, which is far more significant (see thread "I love my commute again")
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    I forgot to clean both my CX & SS before leaving, I recon i'm gonna need 2 new bikes by the time I get home :wink:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Not really fettling, but straight after the race on Sunday, I took the bike over to the car wash and got them to blast all the mud off it with the pressure washer thingie. It may not be the best thing for some oily bits (though the dude was careful with the jet), but certainly helps with domestic harmony given the bikes live in the hallway.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    Roastie wrote:
    Not really fettling, but straight after the race on Sunday, I took the bike over to the car wash and got them to blast all the mud off it with the pressure washer thingie. It may not be the best thing for some oily bits (though the dude was careful with the jet), but certainly helps with domestic harmony given the bikes live in the hallway.

    the problem is blasting water into bearings. As long as you have the jet at an angle and don't aim straight at bearings, its generally fine. Not as good as a sponge, a bottle of Hope Sh1t Shifter and bit of elbow grease though (garden being a requirement for that technique though)
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Spoke snapped on my fixie. It's always on the sprocket side :evil:
    Having said that it is a really satisfying job to do, I love the way the wheel responds when you start truing it.
  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    Roastie wrote:
    Not really fettling, but straight after the race on Sunday, I took the bike over to the car wash and got them to blast all the mud off it with the pressure washer thingie. It may not be the best thing for some oily bits (though the dude was careful with the jet), but certainly helps with domestic harmony given the bikes live in the hallway.
    You need one of these bad boys, lower pressure than the jet wash but really effective - keeps domestic harmony in the OSK household :-) I've got the 12V version.
    http://www.dirtworker.co.uk/
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Needed a new chain for a while but was holding off as a new chain slipped on my block an the old chain didn't.

    Plus was also holding off until the crippling grit on the road has finished for the year (hopefully) so as not to ruin my nice new but straight replacement kit.

    I now have a shiny new XT 11-32 and a nice new solid PC-991 Chain.

    Gears are now just that little bit more smooth, with crisp as you like changes.

    Good price too, £39.55 for the XT block. Going to now run 3 chains (£56 for 3 PC-991), changing at 400 mile intervals on rotation. Must remeber to label them too :?
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Fixed up my younger bro's old rigid MTB - cost about £70 in bits. He's a runner and just wants it for extra training down farm tracks and canals - no road work or serious off road. He's not ridden it in over 10 years. Fortunately it's got idiot proof grip shifters.
  • GamingAddict
    GamingAddict Posts: 26
    Evening spent Fettling and cleaning, I really shouldn't have let it get to such a state but I've been knackered recently.

    Fully cleaned the chain (learnt that baby wipes are great for this, thanks to previous poster who suggested this).
    Cleaned whole drive train, wiped down rims, checked brake pads and adjusted the rear canti.
    Gave the bike a general once over getting the recent mud off the bike, checked the mudguards and rack for grime and crap.
    Reinflated the tyres, which were down to a shocking 40 PSI :shock:

    Not a bad evening, forgot how much I enjoy tinkering,

    GA
    New to the Game

    FCN 8
    SP Tricross, Mudguards, Rack, SPD's and Baggies, Panniers.
    May have to grow a beard to make up for my lack of fitness.
  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    Mucked about with the saddle height and angle, also getting the chain tension right with the SS, tomorrow I shall have to fiddle about with the chainring to get the high/low spots out.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Put new brake blocks all round on my mates bike build and will do the same on the rear of mine in a mo.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Paddy O Dawes
    Paddy O Dawes Posts: 52
    Took my rear hub apart to checkout some odd and unidentified irregular clunking noises...found some seriously pitted bearings,almost dry, and pretty horrible cones. No replacements to hand so I just slathered it up with grease, put new bearings in and put it all back together again. Tomorrow I find out if that's cured the problem....
    "If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink."
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Had a good afternoon cleaning one of my bikes. The jockey wheels seem shot which may explain the poor shifting recently. Brake pads wearing quickly. The rear rim is quite pitted aswell. I've begun to think cleaning it was a bad idea, it could end up costing a fortune!!
  • Paddy O Dawes
    Paddy O Dawes Posts: 52
    Worked a treat. What a difference. So smooth. Amazing what a difference an hour and a bit of grease can make. Oh, and a few bearings.
    "If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink."
  • Retch
    Retch Posts: 78
    Great morning!

    Full clean and lube. Bike was filthy. One downside of being a one-bike family is that it gets a caning throughout the week. All the filth is gone, but my hands need swarfega in large quantities.

    New bar tape, shiny white loveliness. Won't stay that way long though.

    Started again on the positioning, following the golden rules at http://www.andoverwheelers.com/Document ... ctions.htm

    Suspicion that the bike's actually a touch big partly confirmed. Think a shorter stem will be on the shopping list, 90mm to swap for the 110mm version on there.

    Right: now to get rid of the various oily fingerprints around the house...
    FCN 5ish. Unless hungover.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Rim tape on a new rear wheel and in the middle of cleaning the bike. So far, I've only ripped the skin off one knuckle taking the chainset off, so I'm ahead of the game so far...
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Replaced my rear brake pads this morning, gave the chain a blast out with WD40 and put some fresh oil on, and that side of it's running nice and free again. But now the hub/freehub is making a racket. Bah :evil:
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Cleaned the bike, replaced the chainset (from Race Face to the previous Ultegra one), new brake pads front and back.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,862
    Swapped my dented WH-R560s (see endless whinging over various threads last week :oops: ) for a pair of hardly used WH-R550s courtesy of Il Principe (thanks again for helping out). A little bit of a fiddle getting the spacer rings right for the 7-speed cassette on the freehub, but all good practice taking it all apart and putting it together several times. Mrs RJS very kindly let me use the kitchen floor instead of freezing my fingers off outside :D.

    The bike is off to Pearson (first try out since moving to Carshalton) for a service tomorrow, so might have a chat with them about a different selection of gears. Currently have 11-13-15-18-21-24-28 with 52-42 up front, which is a good spread for commuting and trips into the North Downs, but it is a bit gappy.
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  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    Shame on us all, this was down to page 5!! Come on get fettling!!

    My son complained his brakes were binding. Thought it would be the cable guides/tubes needing a bit of lubrication (it was this) and I had some spare cables, so I cut off the old cable, gave everything a good lubrication, then found I had six gear cables and no brake cables :evil:

    Still this means more fettling tomorrow evening to finish the job !! :lol:

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