What Have You Fettled Today?

[buzz22]

Last day of prep before we head down to the alpine region of NSW for a charity ride.
I'm taking two bikes, a last minute panic to make sure they're both suitable for climbing.
I decided that the gearing on my 1987 Clamont wouldn't be low enough. The small chainring already got swapped from a 42 to a 39 and I decided to go from a 12-28 on the back to an 11-32.
Some turns on the 'b' screw on the rear derailleur and it's shifting nicely.
Almost ready 👍

 

[C R]

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Last day of prep before we head down to the alpine region of NSW for a charity ride.
I'm taking two bikes, a last minute panic to make sure they're both suitable for climbing.
I decided that the gearing on my 1987 Clamont wouldn't be low enough. The small chainring already got swapped from a 42 to a 39 and I decided to go from a 12-28 on the back to an 11-32.
Some turns on the 'b' screw on the rear derailleur and it's shifting nicely.
Almost ready 👍

Looks like you need to be careful with your shifting and stay away from the large sprockets when using the big chainring, a lapse in concentration may be costly.

 

[buzz22]

Looks like you need to be careful with your shifting and stay away from the large sprockets when using the big chainring, a lapse in concentration may be costly.

Definitely- I normally don't use the 2 biggest sprockets with the large ring or the 2 smallest with the small chainring to avoid cross chaining.
The 32 is the absolute limit the short cage rear will take, it should be a good option for the climbs we'll do.

 

[sevenfourate]

I recently picked up a Carrera road bike to use on an indoor trainer. It was a bargain at £50! It's got a basic group set Shimano Tourney but all of it was in really good condition. No worn chainring teeth or wobbles etc.

Before I start training I'm going to give it a full service. Tonight stripped front wheel down, cleaned it all up, checked bearings and regreased etc. It was worth doing as the old grease was past its besst and it runs much smoother now!

Also removed the chain and rear derailleur, think I'll replace the chain just simply so it's fresh but will strip down the derailleur and rebuild it before I move on to the dreaded bottom bracket etc!

What a bargain 😳 Sounds a fun little ‘project’ ! Good luck and post some pics up ! 😎

 

[Andy in Germany]

Quick question:

This bike has "an early carbon frame". Am I right in thinking I can't therefore hang it in a normal repair stand which clamps the seat post?

 

[C R]

Quick question:

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This bike has "an early carbon frame". Am I right in thinking I can't therefore hang it in a normal repair stand which clamps the seat post?

The seat post looks metal, so it should be fine, it is the frame tubes you need to be careful with, as they would be easy to crush.

 

[Sallar55]

Spring time is here, a service on my battered and bruised XTR rear mech . A clutch clean and oil along with a degrease to

clean , some stuff just works in all conditions. Need a lower jockey wheel soon. 😄

 

[Jenkins]

The wheels that were removed from my Sap Elan on Sunday have now been put on the Pickenflick as they run quite a bit smoother. I transferred over the brake disks and tyres from the old wheels on the Pickenflick, taking the opportunity to put the rear tyre on the correct way round with the pointy bit of the light 'V' pattern facing forward. I know it makes no difference to the performance or handling, but it just irked me evry time I looked at it.

 

[sevenfourate]

The wheels that were removed from my Sap Elan on Sunday have now been put on the Pickenflick as they run quite a bit smoother. I transferred over the brake disks and tyres from the old wheels on the Pickenflick, taking the opportunity to put the rear tyre on the correct way round with the pointy bit of the light 'V' pattern facing forward. I know it makes no difference to the performance or handling, but it just irked me evry time I looked at it.

Would have done me too 😎

It’s either right. Or it’s not !!

 

[Dirty Camino]

So this evening I built my turbo trainer, and continued servicing my recently obtained Carrera road bike. First I cleaned the rear derailleur, stripped the rear wheel ( that was a battle until I realised it was a freewheel not a cassette, doh!).

Found that one side was missing a bearing (definitely worth doing the service for things like this!) so replaced that and replaced the tube and tyre with a turbo trainer tyre!

Next stop bottom bracket and front derailleur...

 

[ColinJ]

I picked up a very slow puncture on Saturday's offroad forum ride. I fixed that this evening.

I had a problem with my rear Crudguard on that ride. I couldn't tighten the clamp enough to stop the guard slipping round. I took it off tonight and put a shim round the seatpost. The clamp tightened up properly with that in place.

I did a short singlespeed ride today and discovered that the wheel rims were so grubby that I only had about 50% braking power. (I couldn't lock the wheels on damp roads.) I just scrubbed the rims (and tyres) and a lot of oily grime came off so I think braking will be vastly improved. [PS Yes, brakes much better now.]

While I was working on the singlespeed, I noticed that the chain tensioner's jockey wheel was slightly misaligned so I moved it over about 2 mm. The bike has been slightly noisy recently. That might help, but I think that something else needs attention too. I'll see what it sounds like on my next ride. [PS Yes, the bike is now significantly quieter, but I think that there is still something else ticking away. I'll try to track that down ASAP.]

 

[Sallar55]

I think that some maintenance is required, wobbly back wheel , disc side bearing shot. Question is do i have the bearings? or is it a visit to Wheelcraft.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chain was auto shifting on cassette, later on, on today’s ride. For me there were two suspected causes (as chain less than month old), either lock ring loose or cassette worn out. Checked cassette when back home and it wasn’t loose. Replaced cassette, then decided to lube chain after recent rain. That’s where I discovered a broken quick link. Likely cause of auto gear shifting , but old cassette had good run and cannot be bothered digging it out again, as had planned to replace by June at latest anyway.

Lucky as did a Paris Brest Paris qualifier a couple of weekend’s back and next one not till end of month. I do have spare quick links in my parts box, thus chain back in working order. We shall see tomorrow!

 

[fossyant]

Definitely- I normally don't use the 2 biggest sprockets with the large ring or the 2 smallest with the small chainring to avoid cross chaining.
The 32 is the absolute limit the short cage rear will take, it should be a good option for the climbs we'll do.

I'm running the slightly newer 600 Mech (without the aero cage) so might get away with a 28 or 30 (39x53 front) - currently running a 26T

Edit, to add, some of my fast friends are running compacts and bigger sprockets these days. A 39x26 is not pleasant on anything over 10% these days - I need to spin a bit more.

 

[ColinJ]

Chain was auto shifting on cassette, later on, on today’s ride. For me there were two suspected causes (as chain less than month old), either lock ring loose or cassette worn out. Checked cassette when back home and it wasn’t loose. Replaced cassette, then decided to lube chain after recent rain. That’s where I discovered a broken quick link. Likely cause of auto gear shifting , but old cassette had good run and cannot be bothered digging it out again, as had planned to replace by June at latest anyway.

Lucky as did a Paris Brest Paris qualifier a couple of weekend’s back and next one not till end of month. I do have spare quick links in my parts box, thus chain back in working order. We shall see tomorrow!

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I was thinking the other day that I had never seen a broken quick link, and suddenly one pops up here...

PS I thought MY chains were mucky, but that one sets a new standard!