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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Serviced the Keos, replaced the chain and jockey wheels on the Equilibrium. Bike felt super-smooth this morning with just the pedals done, the rest arrived at work today so I fitted them during lunch. Tailwind on the way home too, I'm expecting to glide all the way back. :D
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Removed a 3 mm thorn from rear tyre and patched the already twice patched tube. Forgotten how much of a pita not having track pump is... My zefal x3 hp did work well though.
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  • Tony-J
    Tony-J Posts: 53
    Got sick of the duff Sora brake lever gear shifters on my work bike, they've been acting up and I cycled home with two gears the other night, you can't fix them by the side of the road at night so....gone analogue. Put on some old frame shifters ( none SIS) instead so now it should be bullet proof, and shift better funny enough, I'm calling it an upgrade.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Sparkling white bar Fizik bar tape wrapped onto the weekend bike. Will be dull mud and oil coloured by Monday :roll:
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Tony-J wrote:
    Got sick of the duff Sora brake lever gear shifters on my work bike, they've been acting up and I cycled home with two gears the other night, you can't fix them by the side of the road at night so....gone analogue. Put on some old frame shifters ( none SIS) instead so now it should be bullet proof, and shift better funny enough, I'm calling it an upgrade.
    I love the downtube shifters on my Raleigh Pro Race 'hack' bike, they're smooth, quick and simple. Only having 6 gears in the width of a cassette rather than 10 probably helps to make it easier to find the gears.
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  • Tony-J
    Tony-J Posts: 53
    Got an 87 Raleigh 531 handbuilt with a six speed on the back as well, love it. I do like the snazzy new changers and have them on a couple of machines but love the simple reliability of frame shifters.
    Glen (work colleague) 'So Tony, those stars in the sky..they're not really small...they're really far away?'
    Glen:'so the Scottish, the Welch and the Irish all have their own languages..so why don't the English have their own language?'
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Serviced the Keos, replaced the chain and jockey wheels on the Equilibrium. Bike felt super-smooth this morning with just the pedals done, the rest arrived at work today so I fitted them during lunch. Tailwind on the way home too, I'm expecting to glide all the way back. :D

    Well, it didn't work out quite how I'd hoped on the way home - cassette too worn so the new chain was skipping in all gears but the very extremes, made for an interesting ride home, I can tell you. Have ordered a new cassette.
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  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    Spent a small fortune on Park Tool CBP-3 and 5 to service my Campag Power Torque BB.

    First time I tried to used the black plastic bit that sits behind the crank arm for the crank puller arms to grip onto it broke into 3 pieces!!! :(
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    FoldingJoe wrote:
    Spent a small fortune on Park Tool CBP-3 and 5 to service my Campag Power Torque BB.

    First time I tried to used the black plastic bit that sits behind the crank arm for the crank puller arms to grip onto it broke into 3 pieces!!! :(

    Might just be me but i've found park tools to be fragile these days i avoid the brand.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    m-kay ......

    Replaced rear wheel on the old steel with my new handbuild mavic askuim sporting a MASSHOOF 12-29 cassette
    Replaced chain with KMC X10 and re-indexed rear mech
    Replaced my wornout 16T single speed cogs with a new one (hard to get off)
    Replaced old shimano M315 pedals on the MTB with crank bros eggbeaters
    Adjusted saddle fore/aft on carbon Ribble
    Adjusted saddle fore/aft on old steel

    ...
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    I am not cut out to be a fettler :(

    I noticed this week that my brake levers were pulling way way too much so figured a quick adjustment was in order - although since I've never really done any adjustment before, there was no way it was quick. Every time I got the brake lever to where I wanted it to be, I'd spin the wheel and it would either not spin or rub annoyingly at one spot. Fixing those would take the brake lever too loose again. Arrgghghghghghgh! Still - I think it's now OK... the test will be whether I go whizzing through the lights tomorrow morning at VB while desperately squeezing non-responsive brakes.

    This is a downside of being single. It would be so much better to hand over to a bloke who likes getting oily hands and mucking about with bits of bikes - and actually knows what they're doing.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    You might need to rotate the whole caliper round a bit. Depending on how tight the nut fixing the brake onto the bike is, you might be able to do this by grasping both pieces of the caliper and carefully twisting them round.

    Alternatively, if they're dual pivots (i.e. modern road bike caliper brakes), you can adjust the centering of the brake with the adjustment screw on the top of one of the caliper arms.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Applespider wrote:
    I am not cut out to be a fettler :(

    I noticed this week that my brake levers were pulling way way too much so figured a quick adjustment was in order - although since I've never really done any adjustment before, there was no way it was quick. Every time I got the brake lever to where I wanted it to be, I'd spin the wheel and it would either not spin or rub annoyingly at one spot. Fixing those would take the brake lever too loose again. Arrgghghghghghgh! Still - I think it's now OK... the test will be whether I go whizzing through the lights tomorrow morning at VB while desperately squeezing non-responsive brakes.

    This is a downside of being single. It would be so much better to hand over to a bloke who likes getting oily hands and mucking about with bits of bikes - and actually knows what they're doing.

    Yeh but now i have the usual black stuff around my nails which looks horrible and doesnt seem to come out, not cool when i have a busy week of meetings.
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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.
  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Better a busy week of meetings than a week of actual work, eh Boff?!
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    cyclingprop wrote:
    Better a busy week of meetings than a week of actual work, eh Boff?!

    Some of us are so AWESOME we can do BOTH <insert anger smiley>
    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.
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    I've just fettled a beater of a MTB (trek 800) I picked up for nowt back to life
    . Cleaned, de-spidered, lubed, new (cheapo) cables & chain, indexed the gears, swapped the canti brakes for V's & rerouted the cable round the seatpost to make them work properly. I'm stuck on the pedals as they're rusted in solidly but am going to get the heatgun on them tomorrow night.
  • corshamjim
    corshamjim Posts: 234
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    ... swapped the canti brakes for V's ...

    That's a good idea. :D The cantis on the old Raleigh I picked up earlier in the year are pretty rubbish thanks to the (no doubt innovative at the time the bike was new) in-frame cable routing. V's would doubtless work better.
  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    itboffin wrote:
    cyclingprop wrote:
    Better a busy week of meetings than a week of actual work, eh Boff?!

    Some of us are so AWESOME we can do BOTH <insert anger smiley>
    :twisted:
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    cyclingprop wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    cyclingprop wrote:
    Better a busy week of meetings than a week of actual work, eh Boff?!

    Some of us are so AWESOME we can do BOTH <insert anger smiley>
    :twisted:

    :twisted:
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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.
  • Yukirin
    Yukirin Posts: 231
    fitted itm aero bars, new cables and tape. Decided I didnt like the size of the middle aero bars so untaped, hacksaw off a few inches, taped back up.
    Fixed the slight wobble in the front wheel. So, spokes are threaded backwards? I just got one of those multi key spoke nipple tools and started twisting...initially not the desired effect. Still, wheel perfect now.
    Family of mice moving in on my chain, chased off with some lube.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    So, spokes are threaded backwards?
    nope.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    After 3 very busy weekends my bikes were suffering with a bit of neglect. So, I gave them some love from a bottle of lube. The front mech on the Jake wasn't quite right. As I'd had to move it when freplacing my chainrings I thought I'd undo everything and start from scratch. Adjusted the position of it so it was just right, re-attached the cable and got it all working absolutely perfectly on the stand.
    Rode it in today and it won't go onto the big ring, not even close. How is it you can get them working perfectly on the stand, but with the extra pressure of actual use it's not quite right? I know I should have checked it whilst fettling, but there was a hot cup of tea and slice of cake my daughter had made calling me.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Veronese68 wrote:
    After 3 very busy weekends my bikes were suffering with a bit of neglect. So, I gave them some love from a bottle of lube. The front mech on the Jake wasn't quite right. As I'd had to move it when freplacing my chainrings I thought I'd undo everything and start from scratch. Adjusted the position of it so it was just right, re-attached the cable and got it all working absolutely perfectly on the stand.
    Rode it in today and it won't go onto the big ring, not even close. How is it you can get them working perfectly on the stand, but with the extra pressure of actual use it's not quite right? I know I should have checked it whilst fettling, but there was a hot cup of tea and slice of cake my daughter had made calling me.

    I've only got one thing to say....

    Di2 :wink:

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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Veronese68 wrote:
    After 3 very busy weekends my bikes were suffering with a bit of neglect. So, I gave them some love from a bottle of lube. The front mech on the Jake wasn't quite right. As I'd had to move it when freplacing my chainrings I thought I'd undo everything and start from scratch. Adjusted the position of it so it was just right, re-attached the cable and got it all working absolutely perfectly on the stand.
    Rode it in today and it won't go onto the big ring, not even close. How is it you can get them working perfectly on the stand, but with the extra pressure of actual use it's not quite right? I know I should have checked it whilst fettling, but there was a hot cup of tea and slice of cake my daughter had made calling me.

    The cable slipped.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Gave my bike a much needed clean and regrease over the weekend. Was getting starting to get embarrassing when people remarked on the winter grime at traffic lights...
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  • aeon
    aeon Posts: 167
    cleaned the drivetrain this weekend (think the sunny sunday was extra motivation to get degreasing in the communal gardens) for the first time since i started commuting six weeks ago. the state of it... felt like a proper neglectful parent.

    sadly the nearest jetwash was shut. and neither of the other two sodding garages nearby had decent water either, so the bike itself is still icky... but the chain and gearz are funky fresh.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Faffed about.

    The cable slipped.

    I think this is the answer, sorted it at lunchtime and fitted my new saddle. I'm ignoring the other fella from north of the wall. ;-)
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Noticed at the weekend that there was a load of sidewards play in one of my SPD's (M520's). Now they're only £20 a pair of so but I thought I'd take one part and see what I could do.

    Piece of cake - stripped it down, cleaned everything (f*ck me those 24 ball bearings in each pedal are small!), re-assembled with plenty of grease and adjusted. Now they are perfect again. Might look at sourcing some 3/32" bearings from somewhere and replacing them next time.


    Ooh, just found a site that sells the bearings for £11 plus vat and delivery...for 500! Anybody want to buy in with me?
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    my mate just angle ground my old freehub off the old axle so i could get one piece off it (it then slipped the opposite direction). and then I built a fulcrum racing 3 rear hub from bits scattered around into a working wheel.

    first time ive ever done something mechanically and it went well.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    I messed about with my son's old bike so his mate can use it. They're doing Bikeability 3 at school tomorrow but his mate got his bike nicked, so got my boys old bike going for his mate to use.
    My back brake was maikng a horrible noise, I knew I was going to need pads soon so thought I may have worn down to the cartridge holder. Upon inspection I hadn't, but there was a 3mm chunk of ali from the rim stuck in the brake pad material. Made a horrible noise.
    A neighbour asked if I'd look over his (grown) son's old bike for him. It's a Giant CFR, old composite thing. Seems to be carbon fibre tubes bonded into ali lugs as far as I can tell. Fixed a puncture and gave it a general check over. Gear shift seemed a bit stiff, a bit a spray grease seemed to fix that. The group set is Sachs, New Success I think. It's got Camapag wheels and chainrings. It's far too small for me, but I rode it aroud the block a couple of times until I'd got it all working properly. It's a lot lighter than my Kona.
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