Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

davet2

Randonneur Cross Pro fitted to the rear of the day 01 to replace the prematurely departed Hutchinson POS

itboffin

Greg T wrote:

So . . .

New SKS mud guards, intent was to swap the crud race guards on the Fixed onto the CAAD9 and fit the SKS to the fixed.

Snapped the fecking lug bolt off in situ, feck feck feck

Trying to drill it out - I'm wasting my time

Feck feck feck

You'll be wanted a set like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/screw-extractor-set/18643 I did the same a couple of months ago, swearing helped for a bit.

Kieran_Burns

I'm feeling quite smug.

I had an old set of SKS raceblades (which never really kept the road water off my feet)



and a new set of SKS chromoplastics...

I was able to mount the rear chromo mudguard as the bike had the mounts etc (plus judicious use of a cable tie or two) and used the strap mounts from the raceblades to fit the front mudguard in place of p-clips, as the carbon forks are too big. I basically hooked the mounts over the 'guards and positioned them so they were parallel to the forks; then used a bolt in the fork crown hole to secure everything very tightly.

It actually all works and sits in place really rather well. I'm going to cut off the mounts for the proper stays once I've commuted a few times and am happy but all in all, not a bad bodge.

redvee

Replaced the tube that I've pumped up 3 times in the last two days purely cause I was too lazy/tired to do it earlier and in doing so managed to strip the thread on one of the tracknut so a quick visit ensued to get a replacement.

Wrath Rob

Upgraded the Comtat to 10 speed, i.e. fitted a new 10 speed Tiagra shifter to properly use the 10-speed drive train I installed a while ago. Didn't ride today but it seems to be shifting well across the whole of the cassette now, rather then fine for the first few cogs and then a double jump higher up the cassette.

Just in time to put it on the market.

Paul E

Fitted 23c pro4 endurances, not much change in ride quality compared to 25c Krylions and seem to be a bit grippier

UndercoverElephant

Well, after a whole week of trying, I've finally managed to remove the rusted bottom-bracket from the Day One. It may have caused the death of a both a torque wrench and a 600mm breaker-bar, but it's finally free. I recommend the Halfords Professional breaker-bar, that's a tough little cookie - used it with the leg of my lathe as an extension.

The shell looks in good order, and I've waxolyled all the internals of the frame, as I'm fairly sure that the shop I bought it from hadn't bothered. Will fit the new bottom bracket when it's dry.

UndercoverElephant

Bottom bracket fitted too. Shimano UN-55, makes such a difference from the rusty POC that came with the bike. Everything is so much smoother now.

itboffin

Useful simple wheel truing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YqpZg_ ... ata_player

willy b

Fitted a bodged mudguard extention, well an innertube, and it actually works well. I'm going to get an old Mtb tube and use that as I think it would be better though.
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Need to replace the BB on the winter bike, it is seriously wobbly now!

itboffin

I had to swap tyres on the turbo set up I just couldn't bring myself to continue burning a gp4000s and whilst I was at I guilt made me do a baby wipe light clean up.

Also added a second front and rear light to the commuter.

UndercoverElephant

Oh, and I built a dynamo wheel for a mate, Shimano 3N80 hub and Rigida DP18 rim. Made a bit of a cock up by using a new online spoke calculator that claimed to know both parts. Spokes came out a bit too short, remedied it by going to the LBS and asking the pretty lady behind the counter if she had 16mm nipples.

She did. Wheel built up perfectly, really pleased with it. Nice bottle of Rioja as payment.

rubertoe

Made a hash of repairing some tubes - they are now in the bin and a visit to the LBS beckons tomorrow. will need a selection of 23/28 and 35 tubes for various size tyres that I have.

So will be on the Carrera tomorrow instead of the Focus.

cyclingprop

UndercoverElephant wrote:

.. remedied it by going to the LBS and asking the pretty lady behind the counter if she had 16mm nipples.

She did.

Pictures?

Paul E

cyclingprop wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

.. remedied it by going to the LBS and asking the pretty lady behind the counter if she had 16mm nipples.

She did.

Pictures?

Somewhere to hang your jacket I suppose

UndercoverElephant

She had 32 of them!

flimflam_machine

Fitted my hybrid/shopping bike/pootly commuter with mudguards. Now all ready for the winter.

Interestingly (or perhaps not) the 700c version of SKS chromoplastics (P45) will fit neatly round a 26" wheel. You just have to put a bit more bend in them, but that means they wrap round a bit further which gives even better protection. I found this quite pleasing since it means you don't have to have goofy-looking 60mm wide mudguards on 26" wheels with narrow slicks.

cyclingprop

Spare cassette and turbo tyre on old wheel. Inflated. Pop. Grrr.

meanredspider

cyclingprop wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

.. remedied it by going to the LBS and asking the pretty lady behind the counter if she had 16mm nipples.

She did.

Pictures?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehalley ... otostream/

Scammel wheel nuts?

Paul E

Refitted my pannier rack to see if I can get used to a pannier again to try and balance out being cool on my front and too hot on the back with a rucksack or warm on the front and boiling on the back.

CiB

New frame arrived on Friday (warranty replacement) so the Heroes chocolate tub that contained the bike in component form made a welcome reappearance. Spent a pleasant Friday evening with the house to myself and Five Live as accompaniment building it up from scratch; forks, BB, everything. All the bits were already clean and ready to go on so it's not much more than a glorified spanner job to put everything back where it should be, and it was an opportunity to run the gear wires in a neater way.

End result by the time I'd retuned to The World Tonight at 10 and had a nice glass of red in my hand it was all but done. Bit of fine tuning & final checks on Saturday morning before a shakedown tootle round the block, then off up t'farm to see Ma & Pa - see Ride Reports if you want.

Have to say the new frame & everything properly fitted makes it feel like a new bike. Lovely.

daxplusplus

New winter wheels (Shimano R501s) fitted - pretty impressed with the ride comfort compared to the elites that I took off (I know they are harsh so not too surprised). It's a great feeling to brake now and not worry about the effect all the grit and mud is having on the wheel rims :-)

Speed down a tad but seems to have also conicided with the odometer starting to read lower too .. strange. So measured the actual tyre circumference and setting up the computer with that.

Aero bars removed as back killing me and although these clip ons actualy feel lovely to ride on I'm suspicious that they have aggrevated what is my weakness when cycling. Nice to have the cockpit back to normal and not all cluttered up with the clip ons.

While I was doing that I also lobbed all of the spacers back in under the normal bars .. a bit of wanting to give my back a rest and actually, now that it's properly dark, a rather vague hope that a more upright position will mean I'll slow down a bit. We will see.

roger_merriman

New brake pads fitted, nothing flash but should work better than the cheap pads the track bike came with. should find out tomorrow i guess!

beams87

willy b wrote:

Fitted a bodged mudguard extention, well an innertube, and it actually works well. I'm going to get an old Mtb tube and use that as I think it would be better though.
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Need to replace the BB on the winter bike, it is seriously wobbly now!

Re replacing your BB, I gave mine (one & only)
a full service yesterday as it was wobbly (only slightly) and it was full of crap, muck and god knows... Runs like a dream now, no need for a replacement to my delight.

rubertoe

I tightened the cleat on my right shoe; that is one of the annoying clicks gone, now just need to locate and fix the other ones that drive me insane.

I will service the pedals, (or I may just get some new ones and go SPD instead of SL and also get some new shoes), BB will be coming off and checked, although I can't say there is any play.

Then it will be just a case of retightening everything and hoping for the best.

SimonAH

Depite the Koolstop Salmons on the CX bike being a huge improvement over the OEM pads the Tectro Cantis are still pants compared to the DuraAce on the fixie and the Ultegra on the L3 so on Saturday evening I hung the CX from the stand and went to town on the brakes.

Total strip down. Pivot stubs greased, cable lenghts adjusted, arm angles tweaked, pads perfectly aligned, rims cleaned. Put it all back together and tested. All good.

This morning I break out the bike (pishing down anabolic stair rods outside) and waterproofed up like a seal with reflective piping off I shoot into the deluge.

My route is pretty clear with only one set of lights near the end of the ride (everything else is roundabouts).

It's a good thing I gave myself lots of stopping distance (wet leaves) because I think that the bike actually accelerated when I pulled the levers. Absolutely no effect whatsoever for at least twenty yards until the the pads wiped the rim and bit - at which point (because that cross roads was coming up awful fast and there were popping noises coming from my knuckles due to the death grip on the levers) both wheels locked spectacularly and I came up to the line sideways in an Evil Kenevil power slide.

Stayed on somehow, and unclipped in time to avoid toppling gently over.

Right, so that will be me shopping for a disc compatible front wheel and forks then. Fecking cantis.

meanredspider

SimonAH wrote:

Right, so that will be me shopping for a disc compatible front wheel and forks then. Fecking cantis.

Right answer.

It's been a while since I tried rim brakes but was out on my Focus Cayo recently in the wet and just couldn't believe how bad the brakes are (it's fitted with Salmons too on 105 calipers) - I overshot my turn by about 10 metres....

Paul E

I brake all the time in the wet as I hate the pull the lever and nothing happen situation. It's not like I have cr@p kit on it either DA brakes and salmons. I wish they would hurry up with hyraulic brakes and sti's as I can't do flat bars anymore, they hurt my wrists.

flimflam_machine

I gave up on cantis a while ago. Can you fit V-brakes or minis? You might need a problem solvers travel agent to get enough pull from drop-style levers that are designed for cantis. This would also have the advantage that you can fit V-type pads. I've always got decent service out of the Kool-stop dual compound v-type cartridges.

flimflam_machine

I built myself a chain-retention device for my 1x9 commuter based on this. Seems to work fairly well so far, I'll have to hop it of a few more kerbs to check. Only 63 grams too.