Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

SimonAH

Annoying creak on the BB30 on the CAADX.

Coupla drops of 3 in 1 oil and it has stopped.

<mops forehead with sleeve exhausted at the sheer physicality of this fettling>

rick_chasey

Dropped my handlebars a bit, and fiddled with my saddle.

Seems I always have to tilt it further back.

asprilla

Tonight's plans:

New saddle, new chain rings, new cassette, new chain, grease bb, new stem.

No rest for the wicked.

Edit; new brake blocks as well. Chain rings, cassette, bb and stem done so far. I know it's all going to go swimmingly and then re-indexing is going to take me until midnight

greg66_tri_v2.0

Bike 2: Full service: cassette off, sprockets cleaned individually; jockey wheels decrusted of oily waxy crap; chainset off and cleaned; chain cleaned and re-oiled; BB bearings regreased; pedal threads regreased; brake blocks and pads kidnapped from bike 1; bar tape replaced; full clean and degrease of frame, fork, callipers, mechs, basically everything; new tyre on the rear (canvas showing - oopps!).

Bike 1 now looking a bit sorry. It needs new chain; new cassette; new brake pads; new bar tape; new cables and outers; saddle adjustment; and full clean and degrease and regrease.

Totalcycling.com just had an order for parts which means they may not feel the need to stay open the full week next week.

asprilla

Last nights fettling appears to have uncovered an issue with my rear mech where the chain is jumping off the lower jockey wheel. Hmmmmm

greg66_tri_v2.0

Asprilla wrote:

Last nights fettling appears to have uncovered an issue with my rear mech where the chain is jumping off the lower jockey wheel. Hmmmmm

You did thread the chain properly didn't you...?

asprilla

Greg66 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Last nights fettling appears to have uncovered an issue with my rear mech where the chain is jumping off the lower jockey wheel. Hmmmmm

You did thread the chain properly didn't you...?

Done that before, but not this time.

The noise has been there for a while but I thought it was worn chain / cassette combo. Turns out its not.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Asprilla wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Last nights fettling appears to have uncovered an issue with my rear mech where the chain is jumping off the lower jockey wheel. Hmmmmm

You did thread the chain properly didn't you...?

Done that before, but not this time.

Ditto. When you realise, after having closed the chain, it is the very definition of feeling like a right Charlie.

Twostage

My commuter had developed a creak from somewhere around the bottom bracket when in the big chainring. Started off as 'creak', then went to 'creaky' and ended up as 'kercreaky' which would stop for a few minutes if I free-wheeled for even a split second. Decided to tighten the crank bolts, one was so loose I thought it was spinning so reached for the new crank bolt wrench to hold the other side. Didn't need it, the bolt was simply that loose.

No 'kercreaky' this morning

UndercoverElephant

Re-set the start fangled nut on the Equilibrium. The LBS had left it a little high so I was having to have a 10 mm spacer on the top otherwise the top cap wouldn't fit. A direct contravention to rule 45. Lowered it down a bit and left the 5mm spacer.

I think I'm getting a bit of OCD, as this minor act has caused me much happiness.

optimisticbiker

Re-fettled my previously fettle-failed headset... after issues with wrong size of balls & cages a pack of 60 1/8" balls arrived yesterday so I whipped out the "wrong size but temporarily fitted" ones and put the new ones in tonight. Normally each caged race takes 22 balls, but I put 30 in each side uncaged and packed it well with white lithium grease. I tightened up the top bolt until moving the bars was feeling a little tight and notchy then backed it off not quite a 1/4 of a turn till it was smooth and no play. Job done. I must be getting good at headsets - took me 20min including getting the workstand out of the garage and setting up and clearing away afterwards. Something satisfying about doing one of the more fiddly jobs on the bike.

iclestu

annoying hint of a gear-out-of-adjustment type clicking noise on way home tonight so good excuse for first clean/lube of drivetrain on dawes. Fettled a little bit with cable tension and lubed everything up. Hopefully that'll sort it before it begins.

Also noticed a little grease leaked from headset (just a fraction). No freeplay or anything and everything seems fine. Is it normal to get a little bit squeezed out on a new bike?

optimisticbiker

iclestu wrote:

annoying hint of a gear-out-of-adjustment type clicking noise on way home tonight so good excuse for first clean/lube of drivetrain on dawes. Fettled a little bit with cable tension and lubed everything up. Hopefully that'll sort it before it begins.

Also noticed a little grease leaked from headset (just a fraction). No freeplay or anything and everything seems fine. Is it normal to get a little bit squeezed out on a new bike?

Depends... if they are sealed cartridge bearings then no I wouldn't. If they are open bearings then possibly, though they should have a seal. There is a possibility that grease weeping out suggests water has got in. What type of headset is it?

iclestu

OptimisticBiker wrote:

iclestu wrote:

annoying hint of a gear-out-of-adjustment type clicking noise on way home tonight so good excuse for first clean/lube of drivetrain on dawes. Fettled a little bit with cable tension and lubed everything up. Hopefully that'll sort it before it begins.

Also noticed a little grease leaked from headset (just a fraction). No freeplay or anything and everything seems fine. Is it normal to get a little bit squeezed out on a new bike?

Depends... if they are sealed cartridge bearings then no I wouldn't. If they are open bearings then possibly, though they should have a seal. There is a possibility that grease weeping out suggests water has got in. What type of headset is it?

a-head threadless i think

it really isnt a lot of grease and seemed 'clean'...

okgo

Fitted my powermeter to my good bike and dropped the stem another half inch on the commuter.

CiB

Had the cogs & chain off for a good clean & tidy up after snagging the wire that runs from the box to the rear mech (Di2), only to then discover that the front changer was struggling to make a clean swap from the small ring to the dinner plate. How neat is this Di2 gubbins? Put it into 5th, press the button for three seconds and then spin the cogs up, and the whole shebang works its way up & down the gears of its own accord and then announces everything's fine now thanks. And it is. Neat or what?

davis

iclestu wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

iclestu wrote:

annoying hint of a gear-out-of-adjustment type clicking noise on way home tonight so good excuse for first clean/lube of drivetrain on dawes. Fettled a little bit with cable tension and lubed everything up. Hopefully that'll sort it before it begins.

Also noticed a little grease leaked from headset (just a fraction). No freeplay or anything and everything seems fine. Is it normal to get a little bit squeezed out on a new bike?

Depends... if they are sealed cartridge bearings then no I wouldn't. If they are open bearings then possibly, though they should have a seal. There is a possibility that grease weeping out suggests water has got in. What type of headset is it?

a-head threadless i think

it really isnt a lot of grease and seemed 'clean'...

I pack cartridge bearings in aheadsets in with grease, and I'm certain it doesn't hurt. I get a little grease squeezed out when I reassemble them too. I think a large proportion of the new bikes I've seen have this too. I wouldn't worry about it at all; just wipe it off the frame and carry on.

davis

CiB wrote:

Had the cogs & chain off for a good clean & tidy up after snagging the wire that runs from the box to the rear mech (Di2), only to then discover that the front changer was struggling to make a clean swap from the small ring to the dinner plate. How neat is this Di2 gubbins? Put it into 5th, press the button for three seconds and then spin the cogs up, and the whole shebang works its way up & down the gears of its own accord and then announces everything's fine now thanks. And it is. Neat or what?

No. Way. It's self-indexing as well as self-trimming?

By Odin's Raven that's cool.

iclestu

davis wrote:

iclestu wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

iclestu wrote:

annoying hint of a gear-out-of-adjustment type clicking noise on way home tonight so good excuse for first clean/lube of drivetrain on dawes. Fettled a little bit with cable tension and lubed everything up. Hopefully that'll sort it before it begins.

Also noticed a little grease leaked from headset (just a fraction). No freeplay or anything and everything seems fine. Is it normal to get a little bit squeezed out on a new bike?

Depends... if they are sealed cartridge bearings then no I wouldn't. If they are open bearings then possibly, though they should have a seal. There is a possibility that grease weeping out suggests water has got in. What type of headset is it?

a-head threadless i think

it really isnt a lot of grease and seemed 'clean'...

I pack cartridge bearings in aheadsets in with grease, and I'm certain it doesn't hurt. I get a little grease squeezed out when I reassemble them too. I think a large proportion of the new bikes I've seen have this too. I wouldn't worry about it at all; just wipe it off the frame and carry on.

Thanks for the reassurance - wasn't overly worried but nice to get the ok

Twostage

Twostage wrote:

My commuter had developed a creak from somewhere around the bottom bracket when in the big chainring. Started off as 'creak', then went to 'creaky' and ended up as 'kercreaky' which would stop for a few minutes if I free-wheeled for even a split second. Decided to tighten the crank bolts, one was so loose I thought it was spinning so reached for the new crank bolt wrench to hold the other side. Didn't need it, the bolt was simply that loose.

No 'kercreaky' this morning

Kercreaky came back on the way home . Oiled the chain (only a few days old) and its silent again.

veronese68

davis wrote:

CiB wrote:

Had the cogs & chain off for a good clean & tidy up after snagging the wire that runs from the box to the rear mech (Di2), only to then discover that the front changer was struggling to make a clean swap from the small ring to the dinner plate. How neat is this Di2 gubbins? Put it into 5th, press the button for three seconds and then spin the cogs up, and the whole shebang works its way up & down the gears of its own accord and then announces everything's fine now thanks. And it is. Neat or what?

No. Way. It's self-indexing as well as self-trimming?

By Odin's Raven that's cool.

Much as I'm tempted to make a Luddite comment about taking the skill out of fettling, I can't. That is cooler than a cool cucumber.

itboffin

Spent the whole day fecking with my perfectly working bikes, now have one that doesnt fit and one i've sort of borked and is currently now not working.



Order the wrong length stem, doh! and I'm not sure the 3t Rotundo pro bars were a good idea :roll: I do like the dura ace shifters, sram cranks and red huds covers.

Also the last 3 cassette sprockets sound terrible - HTF can that happen? :evil:

CiB

Veronese68 wrote:

davis wrote:

CiB wrote:

Had the cogs & chain off for a good clean & tidy up after snagging the wire that runs from the box to the rear mech (Di2), only to then discover that the front changer was struggling to make a clean swap from the small ring to the dinner plate. How neat is this Di2 gubbins? Put it into 5th, press the button for three seconds and then spin the cogs up, and the whole shebang works its way up & down the gears of its own accord and then announces everything's fine now thanks. And it is. Neat or what?

No. Way. It's self-indexing as well as self-trimming?

By Odin's Raven that's cool.

Much as I'm tempted to make a Luddite comment about taking the skill out of fettling, I can't. That is cooler than a cool cucumber.

Tis jolly neat. If you really fancy yourself it's possible to do it on the move, the initial tweak that centres the chain in 5th involves another button bush and fine tuning with the usual change levers, then the sweep up & down trick to settle it into its brain. I can all too easily imagine running head first into the back of a tractor or somebody's bush in their front garden doing it though.

I'll hang on to whatever skills I might have, if for no other than reason than occasionally to save some of the Road Beginners from themselves - see the initial advice in this one: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40020&t=12861554

CiB

iPad fail... Double quote of own post. Kuh.

adam0bmx0

Done some purchasing, now running on Mavic Ksyrium Elites fitted with Michelin Pro 3's and an Ultegra cassette;





And a Specialized Toupe seat;

desweller

Worked out why one of the cantilever brakes on my mate's 15-year-old Raleigh BSO was seized on; turns out Raleigh painted the boss with primer and then forced the brass bush onto it anyway. Nice.

M-A-S

Settled down on Friday to fit a new cassette, chain, brake pads and bar tape, was really looking forward to getting the bike sorted as it's got 8 speed shifters but only a 7 speed cassette meaning that it doesn’t index that well. Bike was a gift from brother-in-law and he got it that way. Bought the tools and everything.

I found out why it's got a 7 speed cassette. It's got a freewheel, not a freehub! The bike is only about 5 years old, I thought they stopped using freewheels in the 90’s! Was so annoyed that I only bothered fitting the brake pads. My own stupid fault for not checking thoroughly before ordering though really.

Now need to convince the budget holder that I need new wheels!

M-A-S

Oh and I also moved my saddle forward slightly.

Only noticing this morning, while riding to work, that I'd left it with a ridiculous slant pointing down.

Double bugger!

UndercoverElephant

M-A-S wrote:

Settled down on Friday to fit a new cassette, chain, brake pads and bar tape, was really looking forward to getting the bike sorted as it's got 8 speed shifters but only a 7 speed cassette meaning that it doesn’t index that well. Bike was a gift from brother-in-law and he got it that way. Bought the tools and everything.

I found out why it's got a 7 speed cassette. It's got a freewheel, not a freehub! The bike is only about 5 years old, I thought they stopped using freewheels in the 90’s! Was so annoyed that I only bothered fitting the brake pads. My own stupid fault for not checking thoroughly before ordering though really.

Now need to convince the budget holder that I need new wheels!

Obviously you *need* new wheels, but you can buy screw-on 8-speed freewheels.

http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-367- ... wheel.aspx

M-A-S

Thanks for that...oh wait...hang on…no, your link doesn’t work for me anymore.

Oh well, with that and my exhaustive (Wiggle, CRC & Ribble) internet search looks like my only option is to get some new wheels!