What Have You Fettled Today?

[Punkawallah]

Some very nice rim braked bikes out there at the moment. I have my eye on a Willier Cento Uno with super record, £1k.

The XT SPD's I won on ebay finally turned up after two weeks (combination of seller being on holiday and Evri). First job, pop the axels out, wipe, squirt fresh grease into the body, then put the axels back in. Done. Old grease just get's evacuated as you screw the axel in (old grease was still clear). They were going on the CX bike, but the existing M520's don't seem to want to come off - can't quite get enough leverage, so that's a job for another time.

“You can only do what you can do”.

 

[HLaB]

Cleaned my bike yesterday and let the chain dry out over night before reapplying the drip wax. That chain has done over 3,200 miles now and still isn't 0.5% stretched. Whilst I was at it I stuck another 30ml of sealant in either tyre.

 

[geocycle]

Cleaned my bike yesterday and let the chain dry out over night before reapplying the drip wax. That chain has done over 3,200 miles now and still isn't 0.5% stretched. Whilst I was at it I stuck another 30ml of sealant in either tyre.

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That’s about my level of floor protection! Good use of junk mail though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

but the existing M520's don't seem to want to come off

Did you grease threads when you fitted and when you last remove and regrease?