Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done
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Fettled the brakes and fitted a new chain to the commuter. I may also have cleaned it, causing this morning's rain shower. Sorry.FCN3: Titanium Qoroz.0
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Built the new commuter/winter bike on Friday. Very nice to ride and 48:18 is a much better gear for setting off from junctions and hills, although top end is down a little. Just need to get the rear mudguard back on.0
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redvee wrote:A pair of these are now on Kiwi.
Do you think you could have gotten a longer valve?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.0 -
I thought the long valve was to help find the label on the tyre.0
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Fitted Lithion2's, tubes n spd's to the new road bike was also needing fresh brake blocks but too eager to take her for a spin
this may end badly.. 0 -
Repaired the zip on my Gore windstopper jacket after breaking the pull tab mid commute when I stopped at an ATM, managed to locate a key ring in work which done the job. Question is do I buy another Gore jacket?I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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The old bottom bracket creak started again last night, figured it had been a while since i had stripped and cleaned the drivetrain. Couldn't believe the amount of muck that came off the chain and derailleur pulleys! :shock:
Must start cleaning the bike more often i think... :roll:Cannondale SS Evo Team
Kona Jake CX
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redvee wrote:Repaired the zip on my Gore windstopper jacket after breaking the pull tab mid commute when I stopped at an ATM, managed to locate a key ring in work which done the job. Question is do I buy another Gore jacket?
How old is it? My experience of Gore (the company) has been excellent (none better, in fact) and I think (unless it's ancient) you'd get a very sympathetic hearing from them if you gave their customer services a call.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
meanredspider wrote:redvee wrote:Repaired the zip on my Gore windstopper jacket after breaking the pull tab mid commute when I stopped at an ATM, managed to locate a key ring in work which done the job. Question is do I buy another Gore jacket?
How old is it? My experience of Gore (the company) has been excellent (none better, in fact) and I think (unless it's ancient) you'd get a very sympathetic hearing from them if you gave their customer services a call.
I think nearly 2 years old now, already had the jacket replaced once cause the zip wouldn't mesh up correctly after 4 months.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Forecast to stay above freezing for the next week, so I've taken the spiked tyres off my MTB. They've been on for 1600 miles at an average speed of 13mph
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Pulled this out of my tyre at 8 miles tonight. The tyre is still fully inflated
I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Ignore, numpty posted in wrong thread.RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
Replaced Exage brake cable inners and shortened the housing for the rear a little
feels alot sharper with those lifeline cheapo inners, but they are replacing 20 year old ones 0 -
Just removed a chain that is now soaking in degreaser!
Man it is filthy."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills0 -
Not quite fettling but after my first 40 miles on the road bike i had a sudden urge to empty two toolboxes into one and claim one for all my bike tools i've accumulated, must be all the fresh air...
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Full on wheels out clean in the sunshine, and a strip and regrease on the headset. The equilibrium has suffered over winter with all the grit, and the wheels are wearing fast.....might need some velocity a23s for the summer.
*ETA* Also changed my rear tyre after some 5,000 miles with one vist, but now very square! Another 25c Rubino Pro 2 - no reason to try anything else with that performance!AKA Captain Blackbeard
Going Top to Bottom - E2E for Everyman and Headway - Spet 20130 -
Santa cruzing wrote:Full on wheels out clean in the sunshine, and a strip and regrease on the headset. The equilibrium has suffered over winter with all the grit, and the wheels are wearing fast.....might need some velocity a23s for the summer.
I can imagine there were bikes doing this all over the country today! "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills0 -
Complete stripdown and rebuild of the bike after a solid soaking in 100 miles of biblical downpour yesterday. Probably the reason the sun for the week has just changed to rain.
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well wish you guys had warned me you were fettling away this weekend, i would have gone on holiday
tbh didnt really catch me i made it home just in time for the sky dropping its load though thought something was up when it the winds finally dropped and i had a moment of confidence doing 40mph on the new road bike, had to be a bad news flip side.. :roll:0 -
Made a couple of minor adjustments to the Kinesis. Gave the old Marin a good clean and lube. Checked over the boys road bike so that's all good for him to ride to school in the morning. Fettling in a tshirt rather than shivering in multiple layers was an absolute joy.0
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Moved the discs over to the new Mavics with Hope Pro2 hubs
Ditto tyres and tubes
Ditto rear cassette which was soaked in thinner and is now all shiny again
Stripped crank and cleaned BB out, lubed everything in sight. BB30 cranks are stupidly easy to maintain. Pity I haven't got the tools for the bearing sets themselves, but it's all running very smoothly now.
Stripped front mech and cleaned everything. Made the startling discovery that the angle of the cable for the front mech makes a HUGE difference to how easy it is to change gear (cable it to the inside so it tightens the cable on as you tighten the nut)
Stripped rear derailleur after finding one of the jockey wheels was actually seized. Cleaned and fixed but got replacements on order.
Powerlink on my SRAM 1051 chain is buggered, and the chain felt RAF so I've got a 1091r inbound as a replacement
Stripped and cleaned the BB5s (ish) basically the adjusters were siezed so they got stripped out, cleaned and lubed.
That was a rough Winter.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Another little fettle tonight, correction of pothole modified shifter positioning, rewrap of the tape pending replacement. And fitted my new 105 pedals, because they are shiny.AKA Captain Blackbeard
Going Top to Bottom - E2E for Everyman and Headway - Spet 20130 -
building up the trek mtb project renewing cables, taking my mind off the ex..
installed new brake/gear cables - not indexed yet and half setup the brake pads0 -
After having put 150 miles into Kiwi I adjusted the gear and brake cables and tightened the LH crank as it was making funny noises as I pedaled along. Till I ride it again I won't know wether or not I've cured the noise.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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I've been commuting this week on my MTB fitted with 700c wheels n tyres.
It's noticeably slower than my road bikes, both of which are out of action with rear wheel issues.
But what I couldn't understand was why other MTB riders were passing me. I'm not too bad at the old SCR action now after five years practice.
I felt the rear wheel was a bit 'draggy' but had put that down to the 28c tyre on there compared to the 23c I usually ride on my road bikes. But no, I noticed this morning that when I spin the wheel it rotates half a wheel's circumference and then stops on the disc brakes. Damn!
Was too late to do anything about it this morning so have just been down to the work car park and re-shimmed the disc brakes to free up the wheel (luckily I keep a selection of spare shims on the 'other' end of the disc brake bolts).
Looking forward to the commute home now!FCN = 40 -
MTB-Idle wrote:Was too late to do anything about it this morning so have just been down to the work car park and re-shimmed the disc brakes to free up the wheel (luckily I keep a selection of spare shims on the 'other' end of the disc brake bolts).
Do you not do the "loosen caliper bolts, apply brakes, tighten caliper bolts, release brakes" method to get everything aligned? Takes seconds. Or are the discs a bit knackered?!Faster than a tent.......0 -
Rolf F wrote:
Do you not do the "loosen caliper bolts, apply brakes, tighten caliper bolts, release brakes" method to get everything aligned? Takes seconds. Or are the discs a bit knackered?!
That only works for post mount. IS mounts require shims to align the caliper to the disk.
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wot Mike said!
But I now buy post mount brakes for my other MTB's cos as you say, this is by far the easiest method.FCN = 40
