Punkawallah
Veteran
Cleaned and re-greased the wheels off the Hack, then performed the ‘Dance of the Two Spanners’ to set the cup and cones. It was a particularly.moving performance, that brought the audience to a standing ovation.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Washed the commuter last night and wiped the chain and cassette. Will need doing again tonight after the biblical rain. Might oil the chain too.
A whole 5 minutes to do the lot.
A whole 5 minutes to do the lot.
Found some NOS Campagnolo white hood rubbers so they are now on the bars for the Holdsworth. Those, however, then made the 'bar-tape appear very grubby in comparison but a little water, washing up liquid and some elbow grease worked wonders.
The last purchase, made on-line on Tuesday, before starting the reassembly of the bike was a 30ml bottle of touch-up paint and that has just arrived. A quick search on the www suggested that Porsche's (very 1970's!) 'Signal Orange' would be an excellent match and having just had a quick look it really does look exactly the right hue.
That will be a job for tomorrow.
Philip.
The last purchase, made on-line on Tuesday, before starting the reassembly of the bike was a 30ml bottle of touch-up paint and that has just arrived. A quick search on the www suggested that Porsche's (very 1970's!) 'Signal Orange' would be an excellent match and having just had a quick look it really does look exactly the right hue.
That will be a job for tomorrow.
Philip.
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Cleaned the 5 speed freewheel & then the hub, fresh grease to the bearings & reset the preload - cup & cone meant 3rd time happy.
Added a washer to the axle as it was approx 118mm - now as the 120mm dropouts intended.
Quite a rare hub: stamped 9/77 - Sunshine Professional. Was NOS, spins beautifully and built up well with ACI Alpina spokes & the Kinlin MLD. (At the time, I had to move the axle across as the hub was set for single speed.)
Cleaned the drive train, polished the frame. All ok.
Have also been working on an old egg beater drill - simple tear down & back together again. A Metabo 0129 - even the washer reads 'Made in Western Germany.'
Added a washer to the axle as it was approx 118mm - now as the 120mm dropouts intended.
Quite a rare hub: stamped 9/77 - Sunshine Professional. Was NOS, spins beautifully and built up well with ACI Alpina spokes & the Kinlin MLD. (At the time, I had to move the axle across as the hub was set for single speed.)
Cleaned the drive train, polished the frame. All ok.
Spent half the day fishing out shifter Di2 cable from seat tube with bent wire hangar. In the end the cable was too short to take out fully, so had to remove BB and feed shifter cable up through the seat tube and continue fishing out from top....all in the name of changing the seatpost!. Was a bit of a mission, but satisfied I got it completed and working
Had a rearrange of the rear rack so I can mount my towing hitch more securely and prevent it from gradually drooping when the trailer is fully loaded. I still need to drill some new fixing holes in the rack for the hitch's new position but that can wait until later on as I suppose my neighbours might not appreciate me firing up a drill at 3am lol
While the bike is on the stand and the rear wheel is off, I might as well give that all a clean and re-lube if needed.
While the bike is on the stand and the rear wheel is off, I might as well give that all a clean and re-lube if needed.
Elybazza61
Legendary Member
Spent all afternoon cleaning the Stayer Al Road as it was much grubbier than I thought, had to take off the rear mech and get the jockey wheels out to give it a proper clean ;all back together though and lubed and oiled.
