What Have You Fettled Today?

[ColinJ]

I fettled my phone case today. At the start of the year I bought a cheap plastic case for my Pixel 5 but I didn't really like it so a couple of weeks later I splashed out £24 on a good quality leather one. (They have gone up nearly 25% since then!)

It is a really nice vertical flip case...

The problem was that the little hook clasp at the top of the screen cover never gripped the top of the phone tightly enough to stop the cover moving about or even falling open. I have put up with it for over 9 months but finally decided to sort it out today.

You can't see them in that photo, but there are 2 little leather flap hinges attaching the screen cover to the phone case. The problem was that they had been cut ever so slightly too long, which left the cover loose.

I had a flash of inspiration... I have some long adhesive strips of black Velcro 'hooks' and felt 'eyes'. I cut 2 very small strips of the adhesive felt and stuck them inside the leather flaps. Now when I close the cover the felt strips lever the cover down enough for the clasp to grip the phone properly. The cover is in the right place and not moving unless I want it to. Super!

I have a concern that the slight extra stress put on the flaps will eventually cause them to fail, but if the cover is ok for another 2 or 3 years I would be happy with that.

 

[HLaB]

Mudguard fettling again. The bolt from last week's train fettle perhaps wasn't 100% tight. I loosened it more before shifting the guard up and the retightened. I'll maybe have to buy a cheap hairdryer and do the hairdryer trick. My old sks guards twisted like this but the MPart ones are a bit longer making them more susceptible to a twisted front guard.

 

[pawl]

Intended fettle.Put gaurds on my Giant

 

[CXRAndy]

Finished cutting door opening. Absolutely bugger, with 6 re- inforced rods . Needed a bigger cutter to reach the rods.

 

[TK421]

A work colleague (5'6") decided to sell his cycle which is/was too big for him to another work colleague (6'1") in need of a cycle after remodelling the nose of his BMW on the back of a 4x4. So I was called upon to adjust the seat.

Had to raise the height and move the seat back on the rails.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not on the bike exactly, but I've just partially dismantled my wheel jig and packed it to take back to Freiburg by bike/train; thank goodness for long tail cargo bikes...

 

[theloafer]

done oil change on my Rohloff e-14 hub on my supercharger e-bike

 

[Andy in Germany]

Bike stand made it to Freiburg, so today's fettling involved fitting it to the workbench...

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Yesterday saw the weather forecast for the week.

Fitted the ice spiker tyres to the mountain bike - and without drawing blood, for a change.

 

[Sallar55]

New battery in cadence unit, kept on loosing connection at cafe stops

 

[biggs682]

Quick non drive side crank arm swap over

 

[HLaB]

Fitted a tubeless tyre tonight. At first it wouldn't seat but then I realised that the rim tape I was using was too wide and stopping the tyre seating. So I trimmed it back and the tyre seated dry first time so I let the air out , put new sealant in. The tyre now seats with a track pump 🤞it still up when I wake.

 

[Vantage]

Upon discovering ice on the road outside, I decided it was time to put the studded tyres on. It only took nearly an hour

 

[Andy in Germany]

Upon discovering ice on the road outside, I decided it was time to put the studded tyres on. It only took nearly an hour

Been there, done that... eventually; after much swearing.

 

[theloafer]

just refitted my bell as the band part on it snapped .. new one arrived