What Have You Fettled Today?

[Tom B]

Started to get around to putting the wheel I posted about back together.

Managed to put the replacement spokes in luckily without destroying the velox rim tape.

Cleaned up the cups and freewheel body mount and had a faff about with the other bits that come away incl the disk adaptor etc. Resolved to put them through the dishwasher as the 20month old kept running away with the bits.

I've put both the new freewheel body and the old in the freezer to see if it is the grease that gets too thick in the cold. Both seem equally sluggish at -20 but still work and the older seems freer.

Then put some new brake pads in the bike and give it a quick mickle. Noticed I'd lost 3 spikes from the ice spike tyres I've been using while this wheel is off the road. Spent 20mins looking for the jar of spare spikes.

 

[DCLane]

Cleaned the Avanti Circa 1 cross-commuter which looked . It'll need a chain and new front brake pads very shortly, which will be next weekend's job.

My LBS worked their usual magic on son no. 2's pain-in-the-rear Argon E-116 TT bike, fitting new arm-rest brackets for him and new cables plus new bar tape. The clamps weren't suitable which I'd got so ended up sourcing a used set of bars just for the replacement better type clamp and arm rest. That's been an expensive fix!

 

[bikingdad90]

My shed door hinges; hammer came out to hammer them flat and then lifted the door and reattached the hinges, now opens and closes nicely without any scratching or catching.
Ideally need to replace the hinges with some thicker ones that will not bend but that can wait for another day.

 

[HLaB]

A quick lunchtime fettle from me. For last week's commute in -7deg I took the gravel bike with SPD pedals and I quite liked the ease of walking around in mtb shoes and they did a great job of keeping my feetthe right temperature. I was going to keep the new mtb shoes clean until spring but I decided to swap the spd-sl's on the road bike for spd's and use them.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

New gear cable. Adjusted front derailleur limit screw.

 

[JhnBssll]

Stripped and cleaned the hardtail ready for a 100km off road sportive on Sunday. Topped up the tyre sealant. Still need to replace the battery in the power meter and charge the Di2 but otherwise its ready to get dirty again!

 

[Jenkins]

Chain cleaning & lubing day plus a quick clean of the frames & wheels.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Chain cleaning & lubing day plus a quick clean of the frames & wheels.
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I have to say I'm impressed by the limited colour palette.

 

[Jenkins]

I have to say I'm impressed by the limited colour palette.

Other than the bronze ribble, I prefer the restrained look of light grey, dark grey and 2 x titanium
I don't do flashy colours - of the other 3 bikes not needing work today, 2 are also plain titanium and the other is a matt black carbon weave.

 

[Reynard]

Other than the bronze ribble, I prefer the restrained look of light grey, dark grey and 2 x titanium
I don't do flashy colours - of the other 3 bikes not needing work today, 2 are also plain titanium and the other is a matt black carbon weave.

Oh dear, not sure you'd cope being in close proximity of all my red ones then

 

[Mike_P]

New 105 7000 rear caliper fitted to the road bike and existing cable seems fine so that saved some time, just the need to remove a now unneeded end cap from the outer.

At the same time refitted the mounts for the quick release Flinger Race Pro mudguards using four keyring store cards trapped between them and the tyre to ensure clearance whilst the main caliper bolt was tightened.

Managed it outdoors but thats likely to be the extent of a bike being in the open today as the wind is noticeably gusting; at least the washing should dry today.

 

[Gunk]

New 105 7000 rear caliper fitted to the road bike

what made you replace a complete caliper, these are definitely rebuildable.

 

[Mike_P]

what made you replace a complete caliper, these are definitely rebuildable.

Was stiff needing cleaning / spring derusting or replacing and the secondary fixing bolt allen key hole went round so I could not get it apart. Was a Textro so the 105 7000 should be an improvement.

 

[fossyant]

The commuter MTB has gone skinny. Pair of 1.75 road tyres have gone on. Ice tyres off. Watch it snow on Monday. Looking forward to the instant speed increase.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The commuter MTB has gone skinny. Pair of 1.75 road tyres have gone on. Ice tyres off. Whatch it snow on Monday. Looking forward to the instant speed increase.

Always a good moment.