What Have You Fettled Today?

[sevenfourate]

After much anticipation: the new matching: Lever barrel adjusters arrived. And we’re duly fitted promptly today. The relief was instant - and I have no doubt this will be my best nights sleep since discovering this ‘defect’ at the weekend…….😉

 

[Elybazza61]

Ended up a busy day in the end ,decided to strip the di2 kit off the turbo bike and ended up virtually re-building it so CX chainset and 36t chainring on and old Altus rear mech to act as a tensioner; had to rig up an old shifter to hold the mech in place as I couldn't get a decent chainline with the limit screws and the setting on the cog.All ok now though but decided to leave a trial run until it's a bit cooler.

Now have a complete Ultegra Di2 gear set spare although still need to get some old shifters as the Ultegra ones are still on the bike.

Instead I then thought I'd see what the 650 Stayer/Rene Herse wheels would play with the Stayer All-Road; I had run the wheels briefly before but had much knobblier/heavier tyres on. Front was fine but needed some 'persuasion' of the rear mudguard to give enough clearance and not look too weird, sorted now so will give it a spin poss tomorrow morning or evening.

 

[Andy in Germany]

My ever enthusiastic colleague in charge of training grabbed me and one of the apprentices today to show us how to cut a thread in a bottom bracket, and plane it flat...

 

[Punkawallah]

My ever enthusiastic colleague in charge of training grabbed me and one of the apprentices today to show us how to cut a thread in a bottom bracket, and plane it flat...

Why do I have visions of chair legs :-)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 9th

Swapped the rear Marathon for one that l had in the garage
I guess l took the old one off, as being ‘too worn’?
It looks a lot better than the present fitting!

It might be better when the woods are muddy
When it's rained for a while, it can be like this

Then a clean of the cassette/chain/chainrings/derailleurs with diesel

 

[itboffin]

Sonic degreased chain and re drip waxed.
Fitted tubeless tyre to the 2nd mother of all hard fitting Elite carbon wheels, I’ve fitted hundreds of tyres over the years but these wheels are almost impossible, finally managed by using two levers and a tyre glider.

Now have no skin on both thumbs.

 

[sevenfourate]

Full drivetrain deep clean; and removal of old wheels:

Swapped over Cassette onto new wheels:

Thoroughly cleaned and lubricated the old wheels; and hung up for Winter use (🤷‍♂️) if required…..

 

[itboffin]

Sonic degreased chain and re drip waxed.
Fitted tubeless tyre to the 2nd mother of all hard fitting Elite carbon wheels, I’ve fitted hundreds of tyres over the years but these wheels are almost impossible, finally managed by using two levers and a tyre glider.

Now have no skin on both thumbs.

I should have added the 1st wheel took 2.5 hours to get the tyre on the rim, then it wouldn’t seal so I had to take the tyre off, might have been 2 more hours, I remember at one point thinking well I’m gonna have to cut this new tyre to get it off.