What Have You Fettled Today?

[Supersuperleeds]

Gave the commuter a good clean and bodged a little saddle bag into a frame bag on the ice bike so I can quickly switch the front lights between bikes in a morning.

 

[HLaB]

Well it wasn't today but I put a new rear tyre on the Kinesis last night, new tube in the front (my previous patched tube seemed to be loosing pressure over night ) and I lowered the saddle by 5mm after a lbs removes the rounded bolt; a bike fit reccomended 10mm but I didn't want to do it all in one go! And not really fettling but I ordered som new ball bearings for my rear wheel.

 

[derrick]

New shifters changed the bar tape and cables to black, all new cable inners and got it all indexed nicely, need to road test tomorrow evening make sure it's all good for the weekend. it looks a lot more stealthy with all the black on it. and that extra bit of carbon.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-centaur-red-10-spd-powershift-ergo-carbon-levers/

 

[Gravity Aided]

Lost pressure in my rear tire, right in the garage at home, so I changed out tires and tubes on the Electra before Thanks-Giving at relatives, but thinking I will see what white sidewall tires look like tomorrow.

 

[derrick]

Lost pressure in my rear tire, right in the garage at home, so I changed out tires and tubes on the Electra before Thanks-Giving at relatives, but thinking I will see what white sidewall tires look like tomorrow.

Gruby.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I may see how the weather goes, may have to scrub the launch if too cold.

 

[matthat]

Pre fettle post!! Tomorrow I shall be replacing front and back brake blocks and cables, hopefully this will go as easy as my gear cable change last week. I see this as the easier job but I have a feeling it might not go as planned!!!

 

[HLaB]

Pre fettle post!! Tomorrow I shall be replacing front and back brake blocks and cables, hopefully this will go as easy as my gear cable change last week. I see this as the easier job but I have a feeling it might not go as planned!!!

If you've done gears, you'll do brakes no problem. I have to fit new sealed bearings myself and I'm hoping its as easy as fitting open bearings!

 

[derrick]

After changing the bar tape on my bike the other night, the other half liked it so much she asked if i could do her bars, so we both half black bars, used specialized phat bar tape with the gel pads, feels really comfortable, should soften the ride. time for a beer.

 

[rbreid]

Just fitted Backburn lowriders to Mercian 'sans' braze ons.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That is a fine rack design, and you can always add a top rack to that one as well. Thinking about it for a 26" tourer build.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tires changed, as are tubes . Pretty cold doing it as well, 32f or 0c. Black Friday, or I would have bought new tubes to replace the spares I used. Last thing I intend to do is go to a department store today. Mayhem and chaos aplenty. Another nice fight at the Wal*Mart on YouTube this year, becoming a Holiday Tradition.

 

[HLaB]

Road Side Fettled a broken link

 

[jifdave]

swapped 8 speed 2300 shifters for 10 speed 105

swapped 8 speed cassette for 10 spd cassette + new chain.

new cables, bar tape. then a sneaky 20 miles to test.

 

[HLaB]

Been, fixing my chain (cleaned the drivetrain first), new jockeys, new brake pads and tightened my rear hub and changed front wheel. Was originally going to replace my sealed bearings in the rear hub but realised it was loose and the axle wouldn't come out so I sealed it back up

Oh, not exactly fettling but I went for a wee test run on the rollers to check it was OK it seems so fingers crossed.