What Have You Fettled Today?

[doctornige]

Washed the road salt off ... in style

 

[billy1561]

Washed the road salt off ... in style

Jeez, i'd be a dead man walking if i used the bath for that! My other half grumbles with the 2 bikes that are kept in the house as it is

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Cleaned and checked over the knockabout bike. It's white underneath, who'd have thought? The new brake blocks on the rear are already half worn due to the amount of grit picked up on the rims.

Also, swapped back to the TourRide tyres in anticipation of the weather becoming less cold over the weekend.

Edit: I don't like the look of the right hand pedal. There is rust staining round the inboard bearings so that will have to come off and be serviced at some point soon. Although new pedals might be better..

 

[HovR]

Fettled the left hand crank on a friends bike yesterday whilst standing on the grassy verge of a roundabout, as it fell off part way around!

The bike was new and the square taper BB hadn't been tightened up enough at the factory.

 

[Psycolist]

doctornige, you have my respect. Lookin after the bike like this ! The only things missing are the scented candles, rose petals in the water and glass of wine

I however, had to spend an hour and a half in the back garden, freezin my bits off, trying to de-salt my front mech which had frozen in place. Funnily enough, I had been paying great attention to the rear mech, making sure it was washed off and loobed every day, never gave the front one a second thought. I'll know better in future.

 

[HovR]

I however, had to spend an hour and a half in the back garden, freezin my bits off, trying to de-salt my front mech which had frozen in place. Funnily enough, I had been paying great attention to the rear mech, making sure it was washed off and loobed every day, never gave the front one a second thought. I'll know better in future.

I used to have that problem on my every day commuter. My solution was to take off the front mech! Don't need 2 chain rings anyway.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Further to yesterday's fettling, I have stripped, cleaned and regreased the pedals on the knockabout bike. The (non sealed) inboard bearings on both pedals were horrible . What was left of the grease was rust coloured and the ball bearings themselves have gone black. I hate the damage road salt does!

Add pitting into the mix and I think they have pretty much had it. I've got them running smoothly for the time being but I shall have to source some new ones to go on when the weather improves.

 

[Easytigers]

Fitted the Cree light I bought a couple of weeks ago ready for next weeks snow free commute (I hope!!!). Sorted housing for the battery pack...cut out the inner off the nozzle of a High 5 bottle. Battery pack inside the bottle and the socket bit, where the wires fit together, fits snugly into the nozzle (so tight I think it might be water proof!) with enough showing that the other end can be connected, still within the body of the nozzle...sorry said 'nozzle' a lot but couldn't think of the relevant terms. Couldn't believe how well it all fit together! Guess that means that it'll all fall apart on my maiden voyage!
Still enough room in the bottle for repair kit, tube and chain tool!

 

[biggs682]

adjusted saddle position on new commuter for next week Dawes Sardar and finished of fettling an 80's Falcon that has been hanging around for ages , just needs some miles on it now

 

[potsy]

Taken the studded tyres off

 

[snorri]

The spring like weather has encouraged me to get my Trek hybrid back on the road.
Dumped the old suspension seatpost which I never really took to, and disliked even more when it came loose a second time and could not be tightened up. Replaced it with a conventional post.
Fitted a new battery in the computer which needed to be re-calibrated after sitting so long with a flat battery.
Inflated both tyres but no lights on this bike so no time for a test run today.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I had intended to have a ride today but when walking the dog earlier I found that most surfaces that looked wet were actually sheet ice so decided to play it safe and do a bit more fettling instead:

The front reflector on the knockabout bike snapped off in the cold so I've removed the broken bits and replaced it with some reflective tape on the headtube.

The rear brakes weren't returning properly so all the pivots have been cleaned and regreased and I also decided to check the state of the rear wheel bearings, which turned out to be okay but needed adjusting.

On top of that I've fitted new tyres to my brother's bike. Hopefully that will persuade him to do a few more rides this year.

 

[Cubist]

I've sorted out a series of quick release mounts for my GoPro. Helmet and rucksack using some Klickfast kit docks harvested from obsolete uniform

and a chest harness using the display box plate, some pop rivets, a leather backing pad, some old velcro infested webbing and a recycled rucksack strap.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

tried fettl'in but still could not budge the allen key nut over the crank arm (to get at bb) so after my OH failed having obtained some tools from my step-father I rang the Decathlon... has bike had 6 month safety check, no - that could be a problem, the bike is only 5 months old, can I bring it is for one? yes - can you bring it now? yes... come home without a bike - bike is now being fettled by someone else.

last I saw the rear wheel was off, the front & rear derauilers were off, freehub was off, rear hub was out (it is still knocking), there was not a single cable left on the bike and they asked if I could leave it with them til tomorrow - when they get my OH's bike to do the same thing to...

I feel rather lost right now!

 

[Arjimlad]

Stripped down the rear hub (Shimano) and replaced the ball bearings, regreased & reassembled. Coupled with a good clean with hot water and car shampoo, relubing the chain and general sorting out the bike rides like new now !

I'll strip, clean & relube the BB, headset and front hub when winter's out of the way.