What Have You Fettled Today?

[Shearwater Missile]

Whenever I try, I somehow end up with a spring, 2 washers, and a strange little metal plate that I forgot to put back in!

I am always amazed at programs like The Repair Shop when they take things apart, ie clocks. If I did that and then put it back together, even if it did work I`am sure the clock would go backwards. But then there is nothing like going back in time !

 

[EckyH]

Unraveled the mystery of the TPU leakage.
Turns out that I've had overseen a second puncture and applied the patch so that the second puncture was very near to the edge of the patch. With little pressure the adhesive power was strong enough to keep the patch and the inner tube together and therefore I couldn't find the leakage. But with high pressure within the tyre the pressure from the inside was stronger than the adhesive power and the air creeped out.
Unfortunately I couldn't remove the adhesive from the first patch completely, so the subsequent attempts to patch it were unsuccessful.

On the plus side: Now I know that TPU inner tubes can handle a bit more pressure than anticipated to locate the punctures and the many tyre-off-tyre-on-tyre-off-tyre-on in the last two days were good practise for changing tyres.

E.

 

[EckyH]

Uninstalled the Shimano Tiagra brifters and hydraulical disc brakes from the Van Rysel NCR AF and shortened it's steer tube.

E.

 

[Ian H]

I decided the Black Hallett could do with a bit of tlc, bring now nearly seven years old. So a new chainset seemed in order. I had to do a bit of research to find the right middle ring - it comes with a 36 but I wanted a 38.

 

[Ian H]

I also fashioned a lightweight saddlebag support for the fixed.

 

[fossyant]

Ebay Mavic Cosmic Elite wheels arrived - sold with seized rear hub. Basically these wheels hadn't been used in over 10 years and the grease/oil in the Mavic FTS-L hub had gone sticky. Really easy job to strip. Then checked hub bearings, and the grease was totally clean.

Zero wear on the braking surface - the original milling hasn't worn off. Did order £40 of bearings to fix, but not needed. They will go into stock.