What Have You Fettled Today?

[Mike_P]

Well of the list of things to do I had forgot the front mudguard on the ebike hybrid had a broken fork leg fixing. So a new fixing made out of a length of a thick metal heavy duty flat strap originally sourced from B&Q, a fair section of it already being on the ebike as a double thick motor mount across the chain stays replacing the original that too easily bent. Coat of Matt black enamel and who can tell the difference...

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Mucking about with the fit of my tourer. (Surly DT) It needed a longer stem and to move the saddle very slightly forward. That was it. It’s a very comfy sofa-tank. And the front hub bearing needed tightening an ickle bit.

Put it on the turbo to hone this all in and get an hour’s work done. I might even take it on a 200km audax this coming weekend.

 

[voyager]

Workshop lights were on todays to do list , 2 sets ( total 4 ) of 72led 12v caravan style strip lamps fed by a 12v car battery that is being recharged by a 100w solar panel .
Job done , sorted

 

[derrick]

Absolutely nothing, Having a lazy day,

 

[Tenkaykev]

A simple job, remove the factory fitted protective tape that goes under the frame hook on my Brompton and had gone manky, and fit a piece of " Helicopter Tape"
How can it take so long to get my fingernail between the backing strip and the tape?
Still, all done now and almost invisible 👍

 

[Elybazza61]

Started re-build of the better-half's brothers Orange he picked up from his local tip;

Cleaned up headset and fitted come Rock Shox forks,single chainring and bash guard.Also SRAM 9-speed shifter and mech.
Need cables needed plus pedals and grips.Also need a seat-post but do have a saddle .

 

[fossyant]

Started re-build of the better-half's brothers Orange he picked up from his local tip;

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Cleaned up headset and fitted come Rock Shox forks,single chainring and bash guard.Also SRAM 9-speed shifter and mech.
Need cables needed plus pedals and grips.Also need a seat-post but do have a saddle .

Someone threw an Orange in the tip.......

 

[Elybazza61]

Someone threw an Orange in the tip.......

It was in that London,,,,,

It's actually in good nick, just a bit scruffy:bb and headset are all good and any bolts I've had to remove have been fine.

 

[fossyant]

It was in that London,,,,,

It's actually in good nick, just a bit scruffy:bb and headset are all good and any bolts I've had to remove have been fine.

Good find though.... crikey....

 

[Dogtrousers]

Rumbling sound? What rumbling sound? 9000+ kilometres excluding turbo work. Word of the day: Brunelling. Anyway new fitting and a jam jar of grease later and we can pretend nothing ever happened. Ok?

Zoinks. I noticed my front wheel was a bit grumbly on Friday night. As I was riding on Sat I just squirted a bit of new grease into it without looking too hard and re-adjusted it so it neither grumbled nor wobbled when clamped in the fork. I really should disassemble it properly and have a proper look

(Is Brunnelling a word? Is it like rumbling brinnelling?)

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Added the new SKS Raceblade Pro XL mudguards time the Fuji today. I was expecting it to take at least an hour based on experience fitting mudguards to bikes before. It took me 5 minutes

The real test is how they perform on the road. We’ll see.

 

[voyager]

With the lamps completed (earlier post) , we turned our attention to an indoor bench , its going to be warmer than using the picnic table that had doubled as a bench through the summer.
Now we have a Calor heater as well as double glazing , we should have a warm workshop for the winter months.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

(Is Brunnelling a word? Is it like rumbling brinnelling?)

I think we should make it a word. It’s better. (Not fed up at all with my phat phingerz. I blame them)

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've been making Christmas decorations out of old bicycle chains. Does that count?

When I work out how to make something from brake cables and wheel spokes I'll be sorted for all my Christmas presents; forever.

 

[voyager]

Nice one Andy