What Have You Fettled Today?

[wisdom]

blimey you defo got your moneys worth out off them

I think I did.

 

[nellsbellzz]

fitted new wheels to my trek

 

[howdenbiker]

My Rossin was mostly Campag except the brakes and the rear cassette was 11-21 which combined with 52-42 at the front made hills a distant hope (at my age and fitness level!) Have put on a new 13-26 Campag rear cassette and some used Chorus brakes, much better on a brief road test.

 

[Psycolist]

Had what I thought was a little tickle on fleabay and picked up a pair of the old Rockshox Psylo forks. Spent Friday eve fitting them, Saturday trying them out and Saturday evening re-fitting my existing forks. I used to really rate the Duke and Psylo range............how things have moved on ! Its made me realise how good my current forks are though.

 

[Kevoffthetee]

New un55 bottom bracket fitted, Claris long cage rear mech, 11-32 cassette and new gear cable. Shame it's raining otherwise I'd go test it

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Gave the MTB chain a wash today and I'm glad that I did, as I found this...

I've no idea how long it's a been like that, but I'm sure glad it held out long enough to be discovered at home.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

The garden.

Will be checking Brompton over later ready for my first commute for a few weeks now I'm better again.

 

[Twotter]

In my never ending quest to avoid tearing my soft pink parts to shreds I've spent this morning swapping saddles (again). So my Cube now 'sports' a Brooks Team Professional of leathery goodness, and my Charge Spoon has been banished to the knife and fork drawer. Savlon permitting we may see a test ride later this week!

 

[anothersam]

Changed tyre (Conti GP4000s) due to old one having innertube struggling to emerge through slit in sidewall. Was almost as perturbed by typographic change on new tyre as I was by the hole.

 

[wintergreen]

New tyres. marathon plus tour 700x40, new Chromoplastic mudguards to cover them and a new rear rack.
Followed by a couple of hours out in the sun with my co-pilot.

 

[fossyant]

Forks out of the commuter. Getting a little clicking when climbing out of the saddle. As ever, the compression ring for the headset had blackened where it contacts the alloy steerer and left a ring of blackened alloy on the steerer. 10 minutes with a little sand paper to remove the deposits, regreased and reassembled.

Find I need to do this once in a while (6 monthly).

 

[HLaB]

Put new brake pads in and added a 25mm tyre instead of the 23mm; that and the general cleaning and lubing for a long ride.

 

[swee'pea99]

Was planning to fit a new chain and replace bearings in left pedal, but something came up so I settled for shifting the rear wheel to take up some slack in the chain, and pulling through some cable to tighten up the brake. Surprising what a difference even five minutes can make...

 

[Racing roadkill]

I got one of these.

I've been checking the tension of everything that will fit between the wheels .

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Swapped the tyres on the Raleigh. Having now done a couple of hundred miles on the Vittoria Voyager Hypers I find that although I like them, my average speed seems much the same as on the Marathons fitted previously.

I've changed back to the Marathons to test this and also because the forum ride at the weekend may involve sand covered paths so I thought a treaded tyre may help.

On a short test ride I can feel the extra weight but rolling resistance seems less when up to speed. A few rides will show up the differences.