What Have You Fettled Today?

[cyberknight]

Im taking a water bottle off one bike and putting it on the commuter for tomorrow as its forecast 32 C for my homeward bound commute .I know its only 10 miles but i would rather have one just in case .

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Did front brake as pad spring was contacting rotor. Just a case of taking pads and spring out, then putting back taking more care spring was properly in place. Peace and quiet again.

 

[HLaB]

Lol, at some point this morning, I woke up and decided to wipe down re drip wax my chain

 

[EckyH]

Did some changes on the footbike: Replaced stem, handlebar (and shortened the handlebar), grips and bell. Regarding to handlebar and stem it didn't bring the expected change (in particular: lower grip position). On the other hand: That alone saved roughly 450g of weight.
Cleaned and lubed the head set.
Swapped the brake pads from standard Shimano to Kool Stop black and salmon. Definitely better.
Swapped tyres and inner tubes. The new Continental Contact Urban with TPU inner tubes are way more supple and faster than the old Schwalbe Marathon Supreme with butyl inner tubes. It's lighter, too - saved another 250g.
To prevent further eye sore I replaced the neon yellow bottle cage with a reserved black one.

Current state:

E.

 

[DCLane]

Prepped the Ridgeback Platinum for tomorrow's Llanfair 400 audax. The fitness and mileage aren't there currently, so I'll be riding steadily hoping for muscle and route memory to get me round.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Prepped the Ridgeback Platinum for tomorrow's Llanfair 400 audax. The fitness and mileage aren't there currently, so I'll be riding steadily hoping for muscle and route memory to get me round.

Have not ridden that for a few years. A good outing with varied terrain and views.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Prepped the Ridgeback Platinum for tomorrow's Llanfair 400 audax. The fitness and mileage aren't there currently, so I'll be riding steadily hoping for muscle and route memory to get me round.

That optional Halkyn Mountain climb area looks interesting, with ~900 feet climb from around Bagillt, much closer to the Dee estruary mouth than I've ridden when visiting family near Prestatyn.

 

[sevenfourate]

Prepped the Ridgeback Platinum for tomorrow's Llanfair 400 audax. The fitness and mileage aren't there currently, so I'll be riding steadily hoping for muscle and route memory to get me round.

Good luck with your ride 🙏

 

[chriswoody]

So I decided to fit the new bottom bracket to the mountain bike today. SRAM Dub cranks are notoriously hard to undo, so with the chain off of the chain set, I wedged the non drive side crank on a crate of beer, then extended the 8mm allen key with an old pipe. Then sat on the back tire to prevent it from lifting, I heaved and pulled like crazy until with a snap it gave way, brutal but effective.

The cups were also a little stubborn to remove, but we got there in the end. After a clean up of all the threads i popped a new DUB bottom bracket in then reassembled the cranks, torquing them back up to 54Nm. Should all be good for a good few thousand kilometres.

 

[Fergs]

So I decided to fit the new bottom bracket to the mountain bike today. SRAM Dub cranks are notoriously hard to undo, so with the chain off of the chain set, I wedged the non drive side crank on a crate of beer, then extended the 8mm allen key with an old pipe. Then sat on the back tire to prevent it from lifting, I heaved and pulled like crazy until with a snap it gave way, brutal but effective.

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The cups were also a little stubborn to remove, but we got there in the end. After a clean up of all the threads i popped a new DUB bottom bracket in then reassembled the cranks, torquing them back up to 54Nm. Should all be good for a good few thousand kilometres.

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Good work!

The important takeaway is that I should have a full crate of beer in my toolkit at all times, right?

 

[chriswoody]

Good work!

The important takeaway is that I should have a full crate of beer in my toolkit at all times, right?

Well a full crate to start is never a bad idea, but if you note, there are a couple of bottles missing, so It's perfectly possible to achieve the same result after having downed a few on the way.