What Have You Fettled Today?

[Andy in Germany]

We like to keep it simple:
1 - Is the stem free?
2 - Is the seat post free?
3 - Is the bottom bracket free? (Or at least not ‘rocking’)
The rest of the bike you can replace from stores, but those are the ‘time sinks’; what moves a bike from the ‘’possible’ to the ‘unlikely’ pile.

This is some of our "Triage" list, which decides if a bike is going on the scrap/dealer pile or if we'll take it for repair; today I was working on the full checklist for the clients to follow.

Our main triage criteria is to measure the chain, because the shop policy is a full replacement of the whole system if the chain is stretched, and we have to assume this will cost at least 150€.

We also check wheels and spoke tension, but I have to admit forgot about the Stem and seat post. I'll now add that, many thanks for the reminder.

 

[Gillstay]

Finished my mudguard with some plastic p clips so as to avoid needing mudguard stays in an area already a bit busy.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Replaced ancient one piece pads on littlest Tuesday's bike with cartridge ones and set them up.

Tried but failed to source and solve the rattle coming from front wheel.

Fitted wahoo fixing to top cap of commuter.

On the tandem: Rotated the bars a bit for comfort (PITA job because it necessitated removing the ortlieb accessory bars), tensioned timing chain, changed temporary front tyre for pukka GP5000, lubed and cleaned transmission.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

It raining today, a good day for tinkering in the sheltered area in front of the garage so a few grotty drivetrains got cleaned and oiled.

 

[sevenfourate]

Rancid outside today = no riding of any sort for me thank you ☹️

So I Paint-filled the logos on the front brake calliper, crank arms and even the underside of the stem on the bike of the moment. Just to have them ‘pop’ a little more.

2 coats of paint went on today (Hammerite Smooth is perfect for this) - a couple of hours apart. And a quick clean up / polish in the Morning will see those lettering / logo edges clean and sharpen up a treat…. 👌

 

[sevenfourate]

^^^^Cleaned up the Paint-fill of yesterday. Polished. And then polished a bit more…..

Kerching my Bling ! **Now not just the oldest BMX’er in Town. But the shiniest too 😁

 

[geocycle]

Finally won the battle with remounting my tubeless tyres. We did a deal that if I changed the rim tape they would jump up on to the beads. phew!

 

[EckyH]

(Hopefully) Fixed a pinch flat on a TPU tube for the Brother Allday. The tube manufacturer provides two patches with every tube. With these patches it was much easier than repairing a butyl tube.
The reason for the pinch flat was my fault: I've overseen an edge on the road. No one else is to blame that I'm still too fat and no one forced me to choose tyres which allow a maximum pressure of 5bar.
Therefore I try to be more vigilant in the future, take more care of my diet and already changed the tyres of the Allday - the new ones allow 6.5bar maximum pressure.

E.

 

[Andy in Germany]

^^^^Cleaned up the Paint-fill of yesterday. Polished. And then polished a bit more…..

Kerching my Bling ! **Now not just the oldest BMX’er in Town. But the shiniest too 😁

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So much bling it's probably visible from space there, and the work on the detailing is fantastic; thanks for sharing pictures.

 

[sevenfourate]

So much bling it's probably visible from space there, and the work on the detaining is fantastic; thanks for sharing it pictures.

Compliments accepted !! Cheers Andy 😁

I’m well aware my OCD isn’t for everyone. But variety is what makes the World go around hey…….😉

 

[buzz22]

I picked up this 1988 Repco Olympic 12 a few days ago, it was in very original condition except for a 7 speed cassette instead of the original 6 speed.
Also original was the marginal braking I remember from the 80's, as well as suffering a broken spoke in the rear wheel on it's first decent ride.
These bikes were made by Giant and rebadged, this was before Giant were making bikes under their own name.

The wheels that came on it were 36 spoke, an Araya on the back and a Weinmann on the front.

New cartridge brake blocks went on in an effort to help the braking but didn't make much difference.

With the broken spoke occurring on the rear wheel I swapped the set out for some Araya wheels from the mid 90's that I had spare and the difference was obvious- it pulled up quickly and smoothly.
I suspect the construction of the wheels helped, with less flex in the brake track. Maybe there was also more friction on the brake track.
Either way, the bike went from white knuckles under braking to confidence.

 

[T4tomo]

Added a bit of bling!

also replaced rear tyre as discovered a sidewall cut / scuff / dodgy bit and I quite like my teeth.

 

[Gwylan]

A now ridable bike.
Fettled the rear wheel bearings and reasoned with the brakes.

Can a fix and adjust your Shimano thing on YouTube help complete the project?
Or is it the LBS?

 

[VinSumRox]

New bars installed, gear inner and outer cables replaced (with a bit of fiddling...) bars wrapped. Screw in bar ends fitted as keep losing the push in ones! Looks fine from a distance!

 

[DCLane]

I've started dismantling the 13 Intuition Beta that I picked up yesterday and have offered the frameset for free on here.

The crankset is off, after a quite a bit of protestation, as are the derailleurs and front brake. The rear brake, for all it's uselessness, put up a big fight. Shifters also are off, leaving just the stem.