What Have You Fettled Today?

[JhnBssll]

I decided since my Kona Caldera is getting almost no use as a mountain bike I would try and make a few changes so it can potentially be used as an alternative commuter. As such I've ordered mudguards, rack and lights and will swap some SPDs on in place of the flats.

First parcel arrived today containing the rack so I got that fitted, added a saddle bag I had in the spares cupboard and swapped the pedals over this afternoon.

There was a little play in the front end so I checked and tightened all the fork crown bolts. They were all slightly loose so I torqued them all up and it's feeling much better now

Mudguards should be here tomorrow There's only one set of mounting holes on the back which I've used for the rack so I'll either have to reuse them for the rear guard or work out where else I can fix them. I'm not sure how I'm going to attach the front guard stays to the fork legs yet either but I'll make a couple of brackets up somehow. One way or another there's more fettling to come over the weekend

 

[Salty seadog]

I decided since my Kona Caldera is getting almost no use as a mountain bike I would try and make a few changes so it can potentially be used as an alternative commuter. As such I've ordered mudguards, rack and lights and will swap some SPDs on in place of the flats.

First parcel arrived today containing the rack so I got that fitted, added a saddle bag I had in the spares cupboard and swapped the pedals over this afternoon.

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There was a little play in the front end so I checked and tightened all the fork crown bolts. They were all slightly loose so I torqued them all up and it's feeling much better now

Mudguards should be here tomorrow There's only one set of mounting holes on the back which I've used for the rack so I'll either have to reuse them for the rear guard or work out where else I can fix them. I'm not sure how I'm going to attach the front guard stays to the fork legs yet either but I'll make a couple of brackets up somehow. One way or another there's more fettling to come over the weekend

Get some slicks on it. My old mtb has now got hack duties so I chucked some Shwalbe Kojak 1.9" on it and it is a much better town bike etc...

 

[JhnBssll]

Get some slicks on it. My old mtb has now got hack duties so I chucked some Shwalbe Kojak 1.9" on it and it is a much better town bike etc...

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I've got some 26x2.0 Schwalbe Marathon Mondials on the way

 

[derrick]

New aero bars on the other halves bike. Mine all cleaned and ready for the Weekend rides.

 

[Elybazza61]

Decided the Helium needed a new headset as it was still on the original.

Old one wasn't too bad so will keep hold of them for emergency spares.

New Deda one popped in nicely and all moving nice and smoothly.

Also swapped the stem out for a slightly longer one.

Not slammed but low enough for an old bloke

Cockpit view with colour matching (bottle) top cap

 

[Fiona R]

Blinded @Cranky Knee Girl on a recent, wet 200 Audax (Raglan Castle) with my impressive rooster tail. So I fitted these on my lunch break. Club colours an’ all. Smart eh?

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I think a test audax is required, although I'd rather not repeat the weather of Raglan again!

Do you get that "wabber wabber" noise you get in a car when someone has a back window down and the front ones are closed at moderate speed?

 

[Fiona R]

Blinded @Cranky Knee Girl on a recent, wet 200 Audax (Raglan Castle) with my impressive rooster tail. So I fitted these on my lunch break. Club colours an’ all. Smart eh?

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"FOUL!" @Heltor Chasca
You tricked me into contributing to a thread about "fettling"

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

[NorthernDave]

Fitted new SPD-SL cleats to my cycling shoes after absolutely knackering the previous set to the point I thought I wasn't going to be able to remove them as I'd worn the top off one of the bolts..

Lesson learned.

 

[Fiona R]

Fitted new SPD-SL cleats to my cycling shoes after absolutely knackering the previous set to the point I thought I wasn't going to be able to remove them as I'd worn the top off one of the bolts..

Lesson learned.

OMG did I fettle? I put the cleats on my new spds this week

 

[JhnBssll]

OMG did I fettle? I put the cleats on my new spds this week

Definitely some fettling there

I've just ordered some SKS stay clamps for the forks - I didn't realise you could buy specific clamps for the job I'm not sure what I'll do with the now redundant bag of P-Clips I ordered earlier when they turn up on Wednesday

 

[HLaB]

My other bike was pressed into action today but half way on the ride the gear cable snapped so I adjusted the limit screws as a bodge. So I changed the cable when I got home but had to take the side plate of the sti to get at the old cable end. I noticed the inside of the chain was less than perfect so I gave it a good clean. At the same time I notice a large gouge exposing the tube in the front tyre so changed that. Now I know why I found a new tyre the other month, I'd bought it to cover for the tyre if the nick (which was quite small at the time) got any worse, it never did on gentle commutes so I forgot about it. But on today's hard ride it did get a lot worse.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I sorted bike parts at the bike co-op for an hour or two, and bought an old 24" wheeled Mongoose Switchback for a mini-velo type conversion, as a folding bike might fold too much, were I to be on it. Much fettling and refurbishment will be required.

 

[pjd57]

New tube on the back of the hybrid.
Tyre was a bugger to get off and on.
Noticed the brakes were looking iffy, so new blocks on as well.
Replacements ordered.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Our lass asked me to fit her front light back on her bike. She only had half the bracket and that was broken so I couldn't do it, £11 for a new one

5 cable ties later the old one was fitted to the handlebars

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Also cleaned two bikes yesterday