Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

essex-commuter

spasypaddy wrote:

its now looking very clean and tidy!

my mechanic is amazing.

Have you tried it though? He's probably just cut the cables off.

spasypaddy

i watched him do it

pitchshifter

spasypaddy wrote:

i watched him do it

Ya got any pics of his work?

spasypaddy

not right now but will get some tomorrow

Drew123

Enforced fettling planned for tomorrow. Freehub has locked up and my plan to get the LBS to fix it turned out to be a non-starter when they suggested pencilling it in for 6th June... So I emerged with a cassette lockring remover, a chain whip and a sense of foreboding.

While i'm happy enough with basic brake and gear adjusting, this is a new one to me so i've spent the evening googling for advice. Watch out for flying pawls/bearings seems to be the main tip. That, along with making sure everything goes back in the same order.

I'll report back after...

As

itboffin

Tyre swapping

Conti GP on both commuters and 4000s on the Cervelo, centered the rear brake blocked AGAIN

and who knew my rear mech on the winter commuter was actually silver, i'd assume its was black :oops:

lube many chains and dropped tyre pressure to 90 psi for tomorrow

pangolin

Cleaned bike. Properly cleaned chainset. New chain. New cassette (now 28 max instead of 23). New jockey wheels. New Swisstop green pads. Bar phat tape.

Think it is about as ready as it can be for 600km audax next weekend. Not sure if I am.

menthel

Cleaned 2 bikes, including a good scrub of the whole drive sections. I then moved my seat up about a centimeter and shifted it forward slightly after my experience being fitted for my Condor last week. Lets see how it rides tomorrow!

bushu

Fettled controls of the road bike prior to the morning ride, then gave her a good scrub with the xc bike afterwards.. I'll sleep tonight! :shock: Knackered! slow commute on the unclean ss steed with its untamed noises.. :roll:

Drew123

Update on last night's pre-fettle post...

Removed cassette and freehub to find the thread securing the freehub assembly to the body had corroded and sheered off inside the body. No riding for me for a few days until On-One can ship me a replacement.

15 months and 1,800 or so miles doesn't seem like particularly long life to me, even after the winter we've had, so maybe On-One will do the decent thing?

On the plus side the cassette is now gleaming after a thorough degrease and clean...

t4tomo

New Cassette and chain - both Ultegra to match everything else they were on offer so minimal cost over 105 anyway. Oddly the new cassette came with a much thinner inner (nearest the hub) spacer than what was on. so when all tightened up, the cassette rattled - so i stuck teh old space on and its all peachy - minor tweak to tension the cable slightly and it changing like a dream.

Drew123

So On One reckon 6 months is a fair life for a freehub given the winter we've had.

Ho hum, wait for the replacement to arrive, fit it and move on I guess...

rubertoe

Clean and lube of the chain last night after it was making some horrible noises last night and was dryer than a nuns nu-nu.

SOOOOOO much better this morning. I must do it more often.

aberdeen_lune

My frame has been creaking a bit recently when putting down the power mainly out the saddle. I though a new BB was needed so ordered one from Ribble on Thursday night it arrived this morning Saturday. Stripped off the crankset to find one of the crank arm bolts missing. Changed the BB anyway and fitted a replacement bolt on the crank arm. Test ride tomorrow hopefully no creaks.

redvee

After putting 185 miles into Kiwi, things have settled in and a creak had developed as I pedalled. It wasn't the pedals as I've checked those so the next step was the chainring bolts and each of them needed 1/4 turn do hopefully that has cured the annoying noise.

itboffin

Oh lordy lord that was a long afternoon of fettling

I'm loaning my CX bike to a non cycling friend so i thought I should give it a good service and boy did it need it after this winter, I noticed that the chain work stick and go slack when back pedalling, took the rear wheel off and found that the freehub was almost seized solid, after closer inspection all the bearings have rusted :shock:

It took about an hour to clean and re adjust the cup and cones, such a lame bearing system anyway I put the bike back together and decided to give my friend an easier start into cycling by taking off the standard double chainset and fitting a triple

Afterwards I removed and refitted the commuter BB that was also gathering a fair bit of rust, finally reset the front mech height on a couple of bikes and reindex.

Quite a tiring afternoon

spasypaddy

well that was 90mins wasted.

bought a '10 speed' chain today. got home, broke old chain one link from the quick link, wrapped new chain around cassette and chainring.

put in new quick link.

connect up, it didnt bite. thought i'd apply a bit of pressure on the pedals. quick link flew out.

tried again.

and again.

and again. (repeat for 88mins).

give up, put back on old chain, using quick link in around 90seconds. spent 30 seconds looking at the new '10 speed chain' its a fucking single speed chain.

so angry.

sketchley

spasypaddy wrote:

well that was 90mins wasted.

bought a '10 speed' chain today. got home, broke old chain one link from the quick link, wrapped new chain around cassette and chainring.

put in new quick link.

connect up, it didnt bite. thought i'd apply a bit of pressure on the pedals. quick link flew out.

tried again.

and again.

and again. (repeat for 88mins).

give up, put back on old chain, using quick link in around 90seconds. spent 30 seconds looking at the new '10 speed chain' its a ******* single speed chain.

so angry.

Sounds strangely familiar.....

veronese68

Sketchley wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

well that was 90mins wasted.

bought a '10 speed' chain today. got home, broke old chain one link from the quick link, wrapped new chain around cassette and chainring.

put in new quick link.

connect up, it didnt bite. thought i'd apply a bit of pressure on the pedals. quick link flew out.

tried again.

and again.

and again. (repeat for 88mins).

give up, put back on old chain, using quick link in around 90seconds. spent 30 seconds looking at the new '10 speed chain' its a ******* single speed chain.

so angry.

Sounds strangely familiar.....

:oops: I blame Wiggle.

rubertoe

Adjusted the brake cables to allow for stretch, Adjusted the pads to allow for wear.

Need new front pads...

rolf_f

Front caliper (Campag Centaur Skeleton) started sticking on the club ride yesterday. So, got home and sprayed GT85 all over it. Nothing. Took it off and dunked it in an ultrasonic cleaner full of degreaser for 8 minutes. Very shiny but still sticking. Looked on net, loosened one of the pivot bolts a couple of degrees - silky smooth again!

BigLee1

I spent yesterday afternoon putting fresh grease into my 4 superstar nano pedals, what a satisfying feeling seeing the old grease come oozing out of the other side of the pedal as I tightened the cup down pressing the new grease in mmmmm

jockywilson

Gave the fixed gear commuter the first proper clean of the year - fully degreased chainring and cog then fitted a shiny new chain. A silent drivetrain at long last.

Oh, and fitted a new saddle (Charge Spoon) to the road bike.

redvee

redvee wrote:

After putting 185 miles into Kiwi, things have settled in and a creak had developed as I pedalled. It wasn't the pedals as I've checked those so the next step was the chainring bolts and each of them needed 1/4 turn do hopefully that has cured the annoying noise.

No more noises from the transmission but I've discovered the creaking was covering a rubbing rotor

Drew123

Drew123 wrote:

So On One reckon 6 months is a fair life for a freehub given the winter we've had.

Ho hum, wait for the replacement to arrive, fit it and move on I guess...

Received new freehub fitted it, removed and cleaned chain, refitted it. Stripped down rear BB7 brake calliper, cleaned and reassembled it.

Rode in today for the first time in two weeks and it was like I'd just got a new bike.

itboffin

I may have fitted the wrong chain (too short) during this weekends crankset swap over, rear mech was practically horizontal I wondered why it was making a very odd noise.

take note people, noises are your bikes way of telling you something is wrong :roll:

asprilla

Rolf F wrote:

Took it off and dunked it in an ultrasonic cleaner full of degreaser for 8 minutes.

Clearly this is something I need in my life.

rolf_f

Asprilla wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Took it off and dunked it in an ultrasonic cleaner full of degreaser for 8 minutes.

Clearly this is something I need in my life.

You haven't got one already? Tut tut! Think of all the oily bike bits, old cds, glasses and general small things you need to clean. Please note, ultrasonic cleaners don't work for cleaning under your fingernails. I tried!

davis

Rolf F wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Took it off and dunked it in an ultrasonic cleaner full of degreaser for 8 minutes.

Clearly this is something I need in my life.

You haven't got one already? Tut tut! Think of all the oily bike bits, old cds, glasses and general small things you need to clean. Please note, ultrasonic cleaners don't work for cleaning under your fingernails. I tried!

I'm seriously considering building this now....

Ben6899

Disassembled the stem/handlebar interface, cleaned the mating surfaces and bolts, re-assembled. Hopefully that will cease the creaking.

There was some paint loss on the bars, but no cracking. I guess either the stem or the bars (probably the bars) are slightly out of tolerance, if this doesn't cure it.

(aluminium Ritchey WCS stem, aluminium Felt stock bars)