Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I noticed a floppy chain link so I replaced it with a quick link from a Bell 'chain repair kit' that I bought from Asda about 10 years ago. I knew it would come in handy sometime.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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I think the best description of that is a tangle of b******ds, good luck.
keithmac
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3 hours in, chopped most of it out and traced all the circuits back.
They had the luxury of 3 fused supplies and hung everything off a 10 amp lighting circuit!.
I don't think they understood the concept of shrinkwrap either..
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Well done, how much more is there to do?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Checking my road bike rack on recumbent. To see if it fits and if not what needs changing. Some shorter offset struts and spacers at dropouts to clear disc calliper and it should be a good un.
keithmac
Guru
I'm hoping to have it done in another 2 hours (back in one piece, ready to ride).
Then I've got a few roadtests to do to prove it's fixed properly (don't want any comebacks).
Treated myself to a new multimeter a while back, I do that many wiring repair jobs it was a good investment.
You can link it to your mobile phone via Bluetooth and record/ graph outputs (ideal for testing ignition systems).
The job I am on now would have been quicker if I'd started it from scratch, but what can you do..
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It sounds like it will be a good job well done.
Elybazza61
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Travail Cannonball (light and supple version)700x38
keithmac
Guru
Got my GTO-Twin Turbo running after being stood 2 years (could be 3!).
Drained tank down and purged fuel lines, put some Aspen long life fuel in.
Manually rotated crankshaft 4 times (they have a habbit of jumping cam timing so better safe than sorry!).
Fired up after 10 seconds of cranking, runs like a dream!.
Need to strip brakes next weekend and get it MOT ready hopefully.
View: https://youtu.be/hrC6GTDQUuY
Put some bonnet struts on the family Kuga as well, nice day of tinkering on my own stuff for once!.
Drained tank down and purged fuel lines, put some Aspen long life fuel in.
Manually rotated crankshaft 4 times (they have a habbit of jumping cam timing so better safe than sorry!).
Fired up after 10 seconds of cranking, runs like a dream!.
Need to strip brakes next weekend and get it MOT ready hopefully.
View: https://youtu.be/hrC6GTDQUuY
Put some bonnet struts on the family Kuga as well, nice day of tinkering on my own stuff for once!.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
A number of little, bitty jobs:
- Son's BeOne training bike adjusted after the gear cable stretched
- Tyres onto the carbon wheelset I bought last week, need to find a Junior cassette somewhere
- A rear tyre onto my Holdsworth roi de velo track bike. I'd worn the tread off the current rear tyre completely through use at Quibell Park, Scunthorpe and I'm on the track at Manchester on Thursday, so would have been sliding all over.
- I began work on the NeilPryde Bayamo frameset I bought. It needed carbon paste on the seatpost (had none) and the old, seized grease removing from the headset (
) with the entire headset cleaned and re-greased. It gave me a chance to look inside the frame whilst the forks were out and, apart from being filthy - now clean, it's all OK. Stem on so everything's held in place and it's ready for a groupset and part swap from my Principia at some point, once the remedial paintwork is done later this week.
Photos will appear once the build starts. No-one wants to see a gunk-seized headset.
I also did a bike swap-around with the grasstrack bikes going away for the winter and the Raleigh Pioneer coming out for winter use, having a check-over.
Non-bike related I also prepped the first of two bedrooms I'm painting today, this one being son no. 1's.
- Son's BeOne training bike adjusted after the gear cable stretched
- Tyres onto the carbon wheelset I bought last week, need to find a Junior cassette somewhere
- A rear tyre onto my Holdsworth roi de velo track bike. I'd worn the tread off the current rear tyre completely through use at Quibell Park, Scunthorpe and I'm on the track at Manchester on Thursday, so would have been sliding all over.
- I began work on the NeilPryde Bayamo frameset I bought. It needed carbon paste on the seatpost (had none) and the old, seized grease removing from the headset (
) with the entire headset cleaned and re-greased. It gave me a chance to look inside the frame whilst the forks were out and, apart from being filthy - now clean, it's all OK. Stem on so everything's held in place and it's ready for a groupset and part swap from my Principia at some point, once the remedial paintwork is done later this week.Photos will appear once the build starts. No-one wants to see a gunk-seized headset.
I also did a bike swap-around with the grasstrack bikes going away for the winter and the Raleigh Pioneer coming out for winter use, having a check-over.
Non-bike related I also prepped the first of two bedrooms I'm painting today, this one being son no. 1's.
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bikingdad90
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I did a gunked up headset on my old MTB on Thursday lst week, overdue. IT's an old 1 1/8th Shimano cartridge bearing headset which are rare, so refurbing/cleaning was the only option.
Today, nothing more than a quick wash of the best bike as there was a fair bit of insect kill splattered on it from the incredible speeds it does
Today, nothing more than a quick wash of the best bike as there was a fair bit of insect kill splattered on it from the incredible speeds it does
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
It's decent stuff and they're at many of the youth events. However, they are top-end price wise. Funkier children's clothing is cheaper and probably as good.
What's it you're after from them?
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
I think @bikingdad90 meant for the junior cassette you're wanting
