EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Cut the steer tube on the Eckylibrium to length and inserted the star nut.
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What Have You Fettled Today?
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Gillstay
Veteran
I realise its a detergent, but most detergents don't foam like that so I always wonder what it is and if its a problem in our water ways.
It dissolves really quickly
newts
Veteran
- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
Your normally putting 75-100ml of foam detergent into 900ml of water in a foam lance. By the time it goes through a pressure washer it's diluted through another 6-7 litres of water to produce foam. Followed by a rinse of 12-16 litres of water the original detergent is very diluted.
PedallingNowhereSlowly
Über Member
Mounted tyres (Continental Contact Urban) and tubes on the Hunt 4 Season Superdura wheels that were delivred earlier in the week.
The front went on fairly easy. The rear was a bit of a fight and I must have nicked the tube in the process of mounting the tyre. Somewhat easier second time around.
The tyres do look like a good compromise between something like a Schwalbe Marathon and a regular road tyre. Looking forward to trying them out when the bike arrives.
The front went on fairly easy. The rear was a bit of a fight and I must have nicked the tube in the process of mounting the tyre. Somewhat easier second time around.
The tyres do look like a good compromise between something like a Schwalbe Marathon and a regular road tyre. Looking forward to trying them out when the bike arrives.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Fitted new front tyres on the VTX. a pair of Schwalbe One's in 28mm. I took one of them down to the carcass so a rather overdue fettle
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sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Collected the beater from the LBS today. What they’d done was in essence ‘ok’ - but they just don’t quite have the attention to detail to tick all my boxes…..
So upon getting home I: straightened l/h lock on grip, got both brake levers at the exact same angle, straightened up a bar end, centred the stem cap, tightened the front brake cable, checked and adjusted tyre pressures and raised the seat by the merest smidgeon.
**Not all were their ‘issues’ after working on the bike - but if nothing else it gave me the chance of a good all-over check before tomorrows ride 👍
So upon getting home I: straightened l/h lock on grip, got both brake levers at the exact same angle, straightened up a bar end, centred the stem cap, tightened the front brake cable, checked and adjusted tyre pressures and raised the seat by the merest smidgeon.
**Not all were their ‘issues’ after working on the bike - but if nothing else it gave me the chance of a good all-over check before tomorrows ride 👍
EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Attached the brake and derailleur cables, adjusted roughly the derailleurs, attached pedals and bar tape and put enough air into the tubes to go on a test ride with the Eckylibrium.
Edit: less distracted image from today's lunch break:
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Edit: less distracted image from today's lunch break:
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Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Love the bike stand frame 'hanger', I'd never thought of using handlebars for that, but if you don't need the bike clamped then that's an ideal solution.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Test fitted the pannier rack and checked for heal catch on panniers. KAW from Friday. Used longer bolts to help squeeze the p clips together then replaced with shorter ones. Doubled up on the 'nuts' and am carrying spares. Top attached to an old bike light mount on the seat post. Works a treat.
Just need to adjust the pannier clips once this week's commutes are over (I commute on a different bike)
Just need to adjust the pannier clips once this week's commutes are over (I commute on a different bike)
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PedallingNowhereSlowly
Über Member
@EckyH That Genesis looks well smart.
Not sure I've ever seen a pannier rack on a Colnago. Noice!
I fettled my cycling repair toolkit. Took out all the spare parts piled up in it and put those away separately. Took out some junk tools - in fact I binned them. Cheap headset spanners that were losing their plating and bent up because they appear to be be made from cheese, and the like.
I marvelled at how the decent tools have stood up well to the test of time and put those back.
Sort of contemplating a Park Tool toolkit - even though I have a few of the pieces already, I think it could work out cheaper in the long run. I need to work out what I actually need/could do with and tot it up.
What I do know is that I'm done with cheap tools. They are false economy.
Not sure I've ever seen a pannier rack on a Colnago. Noice!
I fettled my cycling repair toolkit. Took out all the spare parts piled up in it and put those away separately. Took out some junk tools - in fact I binned them. Cheap headset spanners that were losing their plating and bent up because they appear to be be made from cheese, and the like.
I marvelled at how the decent tools have stood up well to the test of time and put those back.
Sort of contemplating a Park Tool toolkit - even though I have a few of the pieces already, I think it could work out cheaper in the long run. I need to work out what I actually need/could do with and tot it up.
What I do know is that I'm done with cheap tools. They are false economy.
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- Location
- Inside my skull
Added some reinforcing webbing to the mesh seat on my recumbent
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
Fixed a strange noise from the front end and dialed in the front derailleur a bit to improve the shifting. The old second hand lump is running pretty sweetly now..
