What Have You Fettled Today?

[cyberknight]

Hope the mower was plugged into an RCD somewhere along the circuit.

Yup.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Added my usual paraphernalia to my rejuvenated Birdy, sorted the hub gear indexing out and took it for a test ride.

Found that I've managed to shred the pedal thread in the LH crank with my last change of pedals. Bum!

 

[jayonabike]

Gave the work bike a 'deep' clean. Cassette, chain off and cleaned with white spirit. Crank off and cleaned. Bottom bracket re-greased. Polished the frame, cleaned the wheels and spokes. Gave it a right going over

 

[youngoldbloke]

Gave the work bike a 'deep' clean. Cassette, chain off and cleaned with white spirit. Crank off and cleaned. Bottom bracket re-greased. Polished the frame, cleaned the wheels and spokes. Gave it a right going over

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Hope that wasn't a nice white rug before you started!

 

[PeteXXX]

Hope that wasn't a nice white rug before you started!

Or the settee.....

 

[PeteXXX]

Today I started to fit the SKS mudguards to the Canyon but gave up. Maybe they should have packed the instructions in the enormous box they sent it in.
Phone call to the UK office is planned for tomorrow morning.

 

[Gravity Aided]

You got a box? Mine were just mounted to a cardboard sheet with instructions in some language I don't understand. Nice deal at the LBS, though. The Schwinn is complete, except for when I go to the roundabout Thursday evening on my commute to get free front and rear lights from the transit system. That'll make it easier for the Express bus to see me when he cuts me off whilst going into the transit station.

 

[Tin Pot]

Faffed about with the brakes on my Trax TFS.1, tightened the tension on the rear but no bloomin idea why the front brake squeals like a pig.

 

[andytheflyer]

Faffed about with the brakes on my Trax TFS.1, tightened the tension on the rear but no bloomin idea why the front brake squeals like a pig.

Toe in - plenty of advice on here - try a search. (assuming not disc brakes!)

 

[PeteXXX]

You got a box? Mine were just mounted to a cardboard sheet with instructions in some language I don't understand. Nice deal at the LBS, though. The Schwinn is complete, except for when I go to the roundabout Thursday evening on my commute to get free front and rear lights from the transit system. That'll make it easier for the Express bus to see me when he cuts me off whilst going into the transit station.

That was the box they came in!

 

[Tin Pot]

Toe in - plenty of advice on here - try a search. (assuming not disc brakes!)

Yeah, that's what all the advice says but I can't see evidence of it, nor a way to correct it.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You got a box? Mine were just mounted to a cardboard sheet with instructions in some language I don't understand...

English?

 

[Gravity Aided]

English?

No, Flemish or the sort. Fender application was pretty straightforward, and instructions in the hardware packet were in proper English. I don't put the black plastic ends on the fenders for this bicycle, and that's always the fiddly bit for me, so all went swimmingly.

 

[Gravity Aided]

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That was the box they came in!

That's a pretty Canyon, BTW, @PeteXXX .

 

[PeteXXX]

That's a pretty Canyon, BTW, @PeteXXX .

Thank you. It's the Inflite 8.

I phoned Canyon UK this morning to be told there are downloadable instructions on their site. I told him I had looked and couldn't find any. He checked and could not find them either but sent me a link to an Evans vid I'd already seen. Oh, the joy of a 30 minute phone call to find out absolutely nothing useful...