What Have You Fettled Today?

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Gunk

Guru
Location
Oxford
Me too
winter bikes 9spd
Summer bikes 10spd.

I do have bb30 summer bikes and the BB are easier to change than BSA. Funny that no one complains about integrated headsets!

No Di or disc brakes , although discs on next winter bike would make sense.

Me too, both my bikes are Ultegra 10 speed and rim brakes
 

Chislenko

Veteran
I'm repairing the summerhouse, cutting out a load of rot and replacing with new wood. Weather permitting will be ply boarding the roof tomorrow in readiness for new felt the day after.
 

tinywheels

Über Member
Location
South of hades
got the new wheels on,7 mile test ride
All good. The black looks pretty good .
I now have almost enough parts to make another bike.
If any one is trying to rebuild an older brompton I may have the bits they want.
 

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Gunk

Guru
Location
Oxford
Yesterday, I took apart the SA 3 speed hub it’s was seized up with 44 year old grease.
All the parts are soaking in degreaser.

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that was brave
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
that was brave

I was just thinking the same thing, a scary number of complicated looking bits there and unlike in cartoon-land I don't imagine you can just throw them back at the wheel and find they've all gone back in the correct places :laugh:.

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I have all the parts, not necessarily in the right order.
All degreased and clean.
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These pawl springs a fiddly little feckers.
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Start to reassemble, new grease and balls.
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Planetary gears and clutch.
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Spring doodad and puller
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Cone and lock nut in place.
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Non drive side cone and bearings

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Test ride all gears working perfectly. And no parts left over.
 

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
Attempted to add mudgaurds to the winter bike, i have 2 sets in spares so i thought i would have something that would work....
set one was too wide for the forks so they were a non starter
set two fitted but the design of the clips that adjust the fit left much to be desired as they are plastic with a nut and bolt that goes through , i managed to snap 2 trying to tighten it up enough so it didnt rattle :sad: I will be taking them off and snapping them into little bits and then i might stamp on the bits for good measure .
 

Chislenko

Veteran
Attempted to add mudgaurds to the winter bike, i have 2 sets in spares so i thought i would have something that would work....
set one was too wide for the forks so they were a non starter
set two fitted but the design of the clips that adjust the fit left much to be desired as they are plastic with a nut and bolt that goes through , i managed to snap 2 trying to tighten it up enough so it didnt rattle :sad: I will be taking them off and snapping them into little bits and then i might stamp on the bits for good measure .

Sounds like my garage, I appear to have amassed more spare mudguards than you can shake a stick at.

I think I blindly followed the advice "will fit up to 28mm tyre / will fit up to 38mm tyre"

Yes they may be big enough for the tyre but not for very compact caliper brakes as the caliper squeezes the mudguard down on to the tyre!!
 
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