What Have You Fettled Today?

[ktmbiker58]

Living on the edge of the Cotswolds I have plenty of hills! The Genesis has a 180mm rear disk as it's the smallest you can use with the Rohloff hub, the front is a 160mm and it always felt less powerful than the rear so I decided to upgrade it to 180mm.

New disc, a 180mm flatmount adapter and 10 minutes of spannering and the job is done - definitely feels much better! Going to feel much more confident when the bikes in fully laden touring mode!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

180mm rear disk as it's the smallest you can use with the Rohloff hub

I have a Rohloff with a 160mm disc on one of my bikes.

 

[si_c]

Living on the edge of the Cotswolds I have plenty of hills! The Genesis has a 180mm rear disk as it's the smallest you can use with the Rohloff hub, the front is a 160mm and it always felt less powerful than the rear so I decided to upgrade it to 180mm.

New disc, a 180mm flatmount adapter and 10 minutes of spannering and the job is done - definitely feels much better! Going to feel much more confident when the bikes in fully laden touring mode!

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Nice. Despite being a heavier rider, I've never felt the need for more stopping power than 160s give on the road. A fully loaded touring bike though I guess is something different!

 

[FrankCrank]

Today I are be mostly fettling a derailleur hanger tool. A length of 1" square tubing and an old wheel axle did the trick, as it has the same threads

Here it is in action on my folding bike. Even though fairly new, the hanger needed some adjustment in both planes

I didn't cut the axle down as it gives extra leverage on a steel frame, which needs a fair bit of grunt to get the hanger back in line.
It's a bit crude compared to the Park Tool one, but saves a few quid and gets the job done.
RJ the BikeGuy did something similar on one of his vids, so a shout out to him

 

[Punkawallah]

You’ve got to love that ‘can do’ American.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

Busy day on the Felt, play in the chainring crank arm and 5 snapped spokes. Small piece of metal missing on one of the splines and well worn causing movement on inspection. The spokes well maybe I need to cut back on the calories 😂

 

[sevenfourate]

Yesterdays inaugural ride on my latest BMX build showed up two things:

1. It’s rides sublimely well 👌
2. I can’t handle the cables slapping on the bars…..

So: 3mm self-adhesive foam tape located in the stores. I set about marking up exactly where I wanted it to go for the rear brake / Gyro cables.

And followed up matching the front brake cable side:

And after a particulaly stone infested section yesterday. And the repeated noise of them impacting fresh Powdercoat: I then dug-out some clear Gloss, Helicopter tape from the reserves. And set about using a little 50mm, 40mm and 25mm widths in underside areas as required.

**YES: it’s a rider. And yes it will be ridden. But you can’t blame a man for looking after it. And you can’t have a person leave no stone unturned and be the most particular stickler ever when doing a build. And then suddenly lose that on completion. If you’re that way inclined……it’s not how it works !

Oh. And a may have bought a GT Baseball Cap. That matches. That was lucky 😂

 

[accountantpete]

Fettling for tomorrow.

Spot of coke on the rims to get the chrome back to a sparkling finish.

Wax the chain link

Tighten the spoke and re-true the wheels

And a few minor tweaks to the group set

 

[Punkawallah]

Fettling for tomorrow.

Spot of coke on the rims to get the chrome back to a sparkling finish.

Wax the chain link

Tighten the spoke and re-true the wheels

And a few minor tweaks to the group set

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Wot? No ‘oily rag’?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nothing major, put more air in rear tubeless and replaced worn out front tyre.

Jobs to do this week.

1. Replace disc brake pads as starting to move beyond the pad wear that hydraulics can compensate for.
2. Replace bar tape

 

[iandg]

Got the Cross Check ready for winter. Swapped WTB Byways for Vittoria Randonneur. New dynohub front wheel from Spa Cycles (Sputnik rim on Kasai hub). New nitto bracket arrived so I could position the front light under the front rack. Fitted the Tubus rack and lights that I recently took off the LHT. Swapped pedals and fitted a front Klick Fix so that I can use a small bar bag when not using the rando bag.

 

[Punkawallah]

Bugger all. Came off the bike over a fortnight ago, only just downgrading the results from ‘injured’ to ‘hurt’, might get into the garage at the weekend to do a tyre check etc.

 

[ColinJ]

I cleaned & lubed the chain on my Devon bike. The bike will probably be in need of new transmission parts soon because I have done 30+ weeks of riding on it in the past 4 years and it was a used bike when I got it. I will order spares and then carry on riding the bike as is until I have problems with it. I think that I have the required tools here for that job. I will check next time that I am down.

I had been getting back at dusk on my recent rides and didn't have any lights so I ordered some cheap ones on overnight delivery and fitted them next day. I am pretty impressed with them. They are only 'be seen by' lights but that's all I wanted, and they are very noticeable - I parked my bike at the side of a gloomy lane and walked 100 metres back to take a look. I haven't fully tested the battery life yet but they have lasted 2 hours in slow burst flashing mode so far. In theory, they last 6+ hours like that.

I adjusted the BB7 mechanical disk brakes. They now work well and don't drag. I checked the pads and they had enough life left for this holiday. I will check them again next time.

I finally tracked down a noise that had been annoying me all week. It was caused by some foliage trapped between the cassette and the spokes!

 

[Punkawallah]

Bugger all. Came off the bike over a fortnight ago, only just downgrading the results from ‘injured’ to ‘hurt’, might get into the garage at the weekend to do a tyre check etc.

Self inflicted, no sympathy. Manoeuvring to avoid a car parked on a cycle path, I went on to prove the Hack will not, in fact, get up the edging block to it

 

[VinSumRox]

New chain on the road bike, the weeks tour in the Highlands must have finished the old off!