Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

itboffin

Maint. I did not do i.e. cleaning after last Sat. wet club ride became very evident with minutes of my evening "WFH" 1st lap, chain had formed squares and the indexing wasnt going to play ball in that state.

Also not checking tyre pressure for about a month I'm guessing had something to do with the very grippy soft feeling, not a bad thing with all the snow melt run off and slush.

tgotb

itboffin wrote:

Maint. I did not do i.e. cleaning after last Sat. wet club ride became very evident with minutes of my evening "WFH" 1st lap, chain had formed squares and the indexing wasnt going to play ball in that state.

Trashing too many CX chains has taught me to give them a quick spray of GT-85 after every wet ride.

itboffin

I thought i'd clean and then fix my indexing, nope! nothing i did would make clean shifting work.

Now i'm no team mechanic but I have been building and fixing my own bikes for 12 years, annnnyway not wanting to get into a full gear cabling swap out I checked the rear mech hanger alignment and to my surprise it was out at the 12 oclock but +3cm !?!?!

How is that possible? its a steel frame bike and to my knowledge never crashed, bashed or dropped since i fitted the groupset.

I wonder if the built-in hanger is failing slowly

timothyw

Did you check the alignment when it was new? I've certainly had frames that arrived with alignment well out new.

Probably started a little bit out, maybe picked up a knock that you didn't notice at the time, fresh groupsets tend to be more tolerant of that sort of thing anyway, now that things are a bit worn it's more sensitive to alignment.

timothyw

Although yeah, the hanger is under load from the spring tension and chain, so it isn't inconceivable that it could gradually bend over years of usage.

tgotb

I have a hanger on one particular pair of frames which has a very narrow bit of metal on one side of a screw hole, that slowly elongates over the course of time. Running a single chainring and clutch mech exacerbates the problem, because chain tension is higher. I eventually solved the problem by finding an otherwise identical hanger, that is missing that particular hole.

itboffin

the bike is +40 years old, i had it maybe 10 of those, anyhoo hanger re-aligned and a new cable and its back to beautiful shifting.

rhodrich

Replaced front wheel rim. Old one was looking alarmingly concave.....

itboffin

nah loads of life left in that :roll:

london-red

Fitted a spacer on my headset stack to fix a loose fork that’s been driving me nuts for months; I bought two, so my next job is to do the same thing with loose fork on the bike that’s been driving me nuts for years :roll:

itboffin

London-Red wrote:

Fitted a spacer on my headset stack to fix a loose fork that’s been driving me nuts for months; I bought two, so my next job is to do the same thing with loose fork on the bike that’s been driving me nuts for years :roll:

No sense rushing these things

timothyw

Stripped my latest bike build back down to parts, after about 5 months riding. Weld failed where the top tube meets the seat tube :-(

Going back to the shop tomorrow. Fingers crossed for a good result....

N0bodyOfTheGoat

London-Red wrote:

Fitted a spacer on my headset stack to fix a loose fork that’s been driving me nuts for months; I bought two, so my next job is to do the same thing with loose fork on the bike that’s been driving me nuts for years :roll:

Might be silly question, but you have checked the fork bung is secure and not being pulled up the steerer?

london-red

NitrousOxide wrote:

London-Red wrote:

Fitted a spacer on my headset stack to fix a loose fork that’s been driving me nuts for months; I bought two, so my next job is to do the same thing with loose fork on the bike that’s been driving me nuts for years :roll:

Might be silly question, but you have checked the fork bung is secure and not being pulled up the steerer?

That is not a silly question at all, and no I hadn't checked. Will probably do so now you mention it, because I noticed a slight movement again this morning. I'll get round to it in early 2020, I imagine

keef66

itboffin wrote:

Maint. I did not do i.e. cleaning after last Sat. wet club ride became very evident with minutes of my evening "WFH" 1st lap, chain had formed squares and the indexing wasnt going to play ball in that state.

Also not checking tyre pressure for about a month I'm guessing had something to do with the very grippy soft feeling, not a bad thing with all the snow melt run off and slush.

Hmmm. My last ride was a bit of a wet one, and the bike was just dumped in the garage afterwards. Might give it a bit of TLC tonight...

rhodrich

Completed the rim swap to replace my temporary wheel...

New rim placed next to old rim, and spokes moved over 1 by one:


Then with the new rim on, re-tension and true:


Old rim was looking pretty filthy. Not surprising though, as it's from my 'poor weather' bike. 6000 miles use, solely for commuting in the rain. Can't really complain that it's worn out, especially as the rims only cost £20 the pair, second hand to start with.

New rims are Wolber GTX2, again bought second hand, but with virtually no wear to the brake track. These were only £15 for the pair, hand delivered to my office.

Will do the rear wheel in the next few days. Also need to clean and re-grease the hub bearings.

gbsahne001

changed the wet weather bike from 700x35 to 700x25, as the weather looked as though it was improving; apologies in advance for the shoot weather we're now bound to get.....although the difference in speed was well worth it, the slight twitchiness round the corners was unappreciated though; almost lost the back and then having recovered, the front but still managed to stay upright.

ryan_w-2

Just fitted to my Ibis Ripmo:

Eagle XX1 groupset
SRAM Code RSC brakes
SRAM Centreline 200mm front rotor & 20mm adaptor
Invisiframed the frame and fork
Renthal Fatbar Carbon 35 Stealth - 800mm
Renthal Apex 35 stem - 33mm
WolfTooth ReMote MMX dropper lever
Maxxis Minion DHRII DD 2.3" rear tyre

Off to Coed-y-Brenin on Thursday for a long weekend with mates. Looking forward to testing the new rig!

keef66

keef66 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Maint. I did not do i.e. cleaning after last Sat. wet club ride became very evident with minutes of my evening "WFH" 1st lap, chain had formed squares and the indexing wasnt going to play ball in that state.

Hmmm. My last ride was a bit of a wet one, and the bike was just dumped in the garage afterwards. Might give it a bit of TLC tonight...

But of course I didn't, and the next ride was over 4 hours, three of which were accompanied by an embarrassing cacophony from the drivetrain :roll:

All lubed and silent again now...

rhodrich

Replaced spoke in back wheel that failed yesterday. That's 4 that have gone in that wheel so far. Then when I was stress relieving after truing it, another one popped. Replaced that one too, but it's definitely on borrowed time! New spokes purchased. The hub is fine, and the rim has never seen brakes, as it's a rear wheel on a fixed gear bike with no rear brake, so it's only the spokes that will need replacing.

keef66

You must be pretty good at this spoke replacement malarkey by now!

wolfsbane2k

Took the MTB to the local volunteer cycle station for a bit of moral support in bleeding the brakes properly.
Doing it at a time other than late at night made it a lot easier... How I screwed it up last time I've no idea.

And the 2 month old bike got a new front Derailleur from Shimano, thanks to the LBS.

thistle_

Rhodrich wrote:

Replaced spoke in back wheel that failed yesterday. That's 4 that have gone in that wheel so far. Then when I was stress relieving after truing it, another one popped. Replaced that one too, but it's definitely on borrowed time! New spokes purchased. The hub is fine, and the rim has never seen brakes, as it's a rear wheel on a fixed gear bike with no rear brake, so it's only the spokes that will need replacing.

How old is it and how much use has it had?
Asking because I had a puncture in the rear wheel of my commuter bike not long ago. Took the rim tape off to give it a wipe and there was a nice crack all the way around between the spoke holes :roll:
Spokes and hub were ok, so swapped the rim.

itboffin

tried to do the least amount of work to sort out my rear indexing, well that didnt work at all

Turning barrel adjuster = FAIL
Straightening rear mech = FAIL
Re-tension cable = FAIL
Reset H/L screws = FAIL
Replace inners & outers = FAIL
Start all over again = FAIL

Give up = WIN

The rear mech, cassette and chain are all fine, the rear wheel is a tiny bit out of true

greenamex2

After 2 weeks of blaming the front pad and caliper position for my rubbish front brake (lever back to the handlebar) gave up and bled the system.

Now perfect.

Will do the rear at the weekend.

Suspect the caliper will still need replacing, that is next paydays problem.

keef66

itboffin wrote:

tried to do the least amount of work to sort out my rear indexing, well that didnt work at all

Turning barrel adjuster = FAIL
Straightening rear mech = FAIL
Re-tension cable = FAIL
Reset H/L screws = FAIL
Replace inners & outers = FAIL
Start all over again = FAIL

Give up = WIN

The rear mech, cassette and chain are all fine, the rear wheel is a tiny bit out of true

Is this a transmission which used to work but now doesn't? Or is it a collection of parts you're trying to get to work together?

And when you say you straightened the rear mech, do you mean the hanger, and did you use an alignment tool?

Tashman

Gear change was a little sluggish changing up, coming down was OK. Cleaned the cable run under the BB and it seemed to be OK for a 40 miler. Next 10 mile run I did was like only having the fronth ring available and something was digging in to the fleshy bit of my right hand. Peeled the cover back as what looked like a metal splinter went right through the rubber lever cover. A right old spaghetti mess of frayed cable greeted me. A slow limp home hoping it wouldn't give out. LBM ((Local Bike Mechanic) he's closed his shop) took it off my hands to sort as I'm mechanically incompetant. Said he'd never seen such a mess :shock: :? and the rear hanger was bent too. No idea how that happened.
Should be waiting when I get home and all running smoothly.

itboffin

keef66 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

tried to do the least amount of work to sort out my rear indexing, well that didnt work at all

Turning barrel adjuster = FAIL
Straightening rear mech = FAIL
Re-tension cable = FAIL
Reset H/L screws = FAIL
Replace inners & outers = FAIL
Start all over again = FAIL

Give up = WIN

The rear mech, cassette and chain are all fine, the rear wheel is a tiny bit out of true

Is this a transmission which used to work but now doesn't? Or is it a collection of parts you're trying to get to work together?

And when you say you straightened the rear mech, do you mean the hanger, and did you use an alignment tool?

Full groupset from new with the Scott and mech upgraded to Ultegra 1-2 years ago, yes i used a hanger straightening tool, this bike has/does travel abroad a lot so gets checked after each trip.

luv2ride

Fitted some new Cero AR24 Evo wheels to the CK7 on loan to my son. Nice wheels with slightly wider inner width, so 25mm Michelin Pro4 Endurance come up at 28mm. Rear wasn't entirely true, and as these were 11speed (10sp originals), needed to fiddle with the RD limit screws to replicate the faultless shifting he had before. All done now, and shifts are sweet. Also measured the thickness of the rim/brake track on the concave Ksyrium Equipes that the Cero's have replaced at just 0.5mm in places :shock: Good job i nagged him to get some new wheels I think!

mtb-idle

I picked up n+1 last week from Dizzy Dane.

A riding friend of hers had moved abroad and left a circa 10 year old Specialized Langster outside a block of flats in SW London for a few months. The biggest surprise is that it was still there when she contacted him to see if he wanted anything done with it. Nah, just get rid was the answer.

I wasn't the first it was offered to but a Langster with flip-flop hub and bull bars for nowt? Yessirreebob, I'm in and i was around to collect it within 24 hours before anyone changed their minds.

I'm off work for three days this week so while my wife was busy in the garden I gave it a bit of TLC:

- new matching rubber front & rear
- fixed a broken spoke and trued the rear wheel
- raised the saddle to suit a 6+ footer (that's me)
- gave it a good clean
- tweaked the brakes to stop me properly
- lubed the chain
- put some SPuD's on
- replaced the white bottle cage with a black one for the more stealth look

Just need a black saddle now and she's good to go for the commute.

I did have a great pic of how it looks now but somehow managed to lose it off my phone