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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Adjusted the rear mech as shifting between3 and 4 at the back was a little clunky. I love the fact that SRAM have indexed the barrel adjuster. No longer do I have to do the special voodoo dance whilst wearing the entrails of a chicken to get it to work; two clicks clockwise and it gets worse, three clicks anti-clockwise and it's fixed.

    Really liking SRAM.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Asprilla wrote:
    Really liking SRAM.

    +1
    FCN 4 PX SL Pro SRAM Red
    FCN 8 Scott Sportster '05
  • CRAIGO5000
    CRAIGO5000 Posts: 697
    Fixed an annoying clicking that I thought was coming from the stem, it was indeed the saddle. A smidge of LM grease on the rails and around the post and it's cured.
    Ribble Stealth/SRAM Force
    2007 Specialized Allez (Double) FCN - 3
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Adjusted the low screw on the front derailleur which seems to have fixed the problem of me not being able to change to the smallest chainring.

    And I can still get the largest ring although it isn't the smoothest change in the world.
    Whippet
  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    My local Asda is selling chains for £4, so I bought one yesterday and replaced the original today. Surprisingly painless to do, and it all shifts fine with no skipping (was worried the rest of the drivetrain would need changing).
  • Libraio
    Libraio Posts: 181
    Adjusted the headset on the Trek and gave it a wash and a polish. It rained the day after... At least there is no more play in the headset.
    The Commuter: 2009 Trek District
    The John Deere: 2011 Van Dessel WTF
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Finally cleaned the Vitamin after its sterling service through the snow.

    Attempted to remove the worn out 18T freewheel and made a complete pigs ear of it. Tiny little ball bearings all over the floor and rolling into the grass. I think I've only lost 7 (out of 108 I think), but as I plan to replace the freewheel with a 16T one (to up the gearing a touch) I'm not that bothered by the loss. On the major downside though I can't get the f*cking thing off.

    None of the tools I have move it a bit and I am baffled. I'm even considering taking it to Halfrauds to let one of their monkeys have a go at it (oh the shame).

    Cleaned the fixie to remove about 50 miles of canal tow-path dust, lubed the chain and took a picture.

    Now that the mixte is complete I took some OCP pictures of it. If my cousin keeps faffing around I'll sell it and now I have the pictures I'll need.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Equalised the tension on the SPDs on the SS, a job I've been meaning to do since the beginnig of the month :oops: Both pedals and both sides are now the same tension.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Put the pedals on new Isla Bike CNOC 16 which arrived this morning, just in time for the nipper's 4th birthday party at the weekend :D
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Replaced the brakes and levers on my 5 year-olds bike. The ones that came with the bike were the cheapest, plastic crap which even I couldn't actually pull hard enough to stop the wheels fully. No matter what I did, I could never make them any better.

    Bought some cheap adults Tektro RM4 levers and v-brakes off the 'bay for the grand price of £14 and the difference is amazing. Levers are adjustable for small hands, and the stoppiness is astounding.

    She'll probably hate them, because they aren't pink.
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • ThatBikeGuy
    ThatBikeGuy Posts: 394
    Flipped the stem, straightened the saddle, re-greased the pedals (i think that's the cause of the clicking). Ready for the sunday morning ride, no doubt i will need to fettle some more when i get back :?
    Cannondale SS Evo Team
    Kona Jake CX
    Cervelo P5
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Removed BB clean everything then applied lots of copper slip paste and greased the axle which is starting to look worn, everything back together for a shake down ride during which I couldnt here any clicks or squeaks because of the 40 mph wind :evil:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    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.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Gussio wrote:
    Put the pedals on new Isla Bike CNOC 16 which arrived this morning, just in time for the nipper's 4th birthday party at the weekend :D

    What did you go for - spd or sl?
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Tweaked the front mech. The granny ring is back in action.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Fixed a colleagues bike in the office on Friday - absolutely shocking BSO from Halfords (which he knows, but his wife bought it for his birthday so he has no choice). Unbelievable build! Spacers on the pads the wrong way round on the brakes so that they, in fact, didn't. One pad half an inch below the other on the front cantis so that half the pad was below the rim. Front mech out of index so you couldn't select the big ring.

    Anyway, got it sorted. The embarrasing thing though is that the chap in question is the Service Manager for our firm working on robots and plasma systems........if he failed to notice (and fix) these defects over six weeks of using the bike I'm worrying about the standard of his field work. :shock:

    Also found and fixed a creak on the Trek. It was driving me mad but turned out to be the rails on the Brooks! Two drops of oil and we're back to silent running. 8)
    FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Stripped and rebuilt on of the SPDs, when I say stripped I mean down to a box of bits. Re-assembled with none left over.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    SimonAH wrote:
    Fixed a colleagues bike in the office on Friday - absolutely shocking BSO from Halfords (which he knows, but his wife bought it for his birthday so he has no choice).

    Also found and fixed a creak on the Trek. It was driving me mad but turned out to be the rails on the Brooks! Two drops of oil and we're back to silent running. 8)

    A mate was telling me how his son's halfords bike handlebars came off when he went over a bump. I should offer to check the whole thing out for him really.

    My alu road bike creaks quite a lot when I'm out of the seat. Must get round to fixing it but I know i'll go through frustration so I'm putting it off.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    Just stripped the CX down to the frame, in anticipation of the new frame; a bit sad to see it stripped down to a handful of bits.
    Winter Hack
    Everyday Commuter
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Gave the Tricross some attention this afternoon. Stripped, cleanded and greased the headset and reassmebled it, then dissambled and reassmebled it when I couldn't get the tension set without the steering locking. Second time around with the bearings sat correctly after an hour of fettling the aheadset was sorted. This was after adjusting the Roadracer guards to stop the front rubbing on top of the wheel and before I pulled the rear wheel back slighty to sort the chain tension out.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    The Headset Hokey Cokey.

    Old one off; new one on. Crown race slightly loose on the fork crown seat, so had to shim it with some thin plastic (one of those little flower pots that seedlings come in, cut in to strips). Then, I found that the stack height was1mm too short even with extra washer, new one off again, old one back on. 5 hours wasted, 2 of which in the drizzle, but did manage to get the old headset running more smoothly.

    Morals: 1. headset stack height is not just important, but critical. 2. I need a set of callipers.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Pumped up my tyres and oiled my chain this morning
    Performance did not improve.
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    will3 wrote:
    Pumped up my tyres and oiled my chain this morning
    Performance did not improve.

    slacker, mtfu!

    :D
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Twostage wrote:
    My alu road bike creaks quite a lot when I'm out of the seat. Must get round to fixing it but I know i'll go through frustration so I'm putting it off.

    If you're in spd's don't be surprised if its from cleat-pedal interactions and just sounds like a frame creak . Took me ruddy ages to find it. Now I just grease the pedals once/twice a month where they rub.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    pumped tyres also and did notice an improvement but then I have been riding the MTB & CX for the last 3 weeks :wink:

    Also managed to increase my no handed riding to over 1 mile :lol: now to practice my victory salute eh Greg66 :twisted:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    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.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Working from home today so took the opportunity of the VPN being down to change pedals and bar tape.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • Libraio
    Libraio Posts: 181
    Just fitted a riser bar to the GF's Trek Soho, now she is a bit more upright and a lot happier. Switched the front and rear brake handles at the same time, and adjusted the reach and position of the levers at the same time. Mentioned changes to the GF before I send her on a test ride to prevent nasty accidents...
    Half an our later I got something done on a Sunday afternoon and scored a lot of brownie points 8) .
    As an aside: her 10 year old cousin came in 4rth today at the Junior Dutch Road cycling championship. He won both the Junior Cyclocross and the Junior Mountainbike champoinship this year. Congrats Luke!!!
    The Commuter: 2009 Trek District
    The John Deere: 2011 Van Dessel WTF
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Put a new chain on - one of the cheap but well reviewed Mavic 10 speed ones. When I put it on it was slack, almost as if it was too long - Turns out that it was 5 links longer than the Ultegra chain that it was replacing. Had to remove the extra links. Weird. Seems fine though.
    FCN 2 to 8
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Put a new chain on - one of the cheap but well reviewed Mavic 10 speed ones. When I put it on it was slack, almost as if it was too long - Turns out that it was 5 links longer than the Ultegra chain that it was replacing. Had to remove the extra links. Weird. Seems fine though.

    New chains always need shortening, otherwise they would not fit bikes with longer chainstays.

    See here for more information on setting chain length.
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    DesWeller wrote:
    Mr Plum wrote:
    Put a new chain on - one of the cheap but well reviewed Mavic 10 speed ones. When I put it on it was slack, almost as if it was too long - Turns out that it was 5 links longer than the Ultegra chain that it was replacing. Had to remove the extra links. Weird. Seems fine though.

    New chains always need shortening, otherwise they would not fit bikes with longer chainstays.

    See here for more information on setting chain length.

    Ah that explains it. Cheers :)
    FCN 2 to 8
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    fitted a new tyre to the rear of road bike #1
    replaced a spoke in the front wheel of my cx.

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