What Have You Fettled Today?

[GrumpyGregry]

Y'day...

Adjusted the rear mech on the black bike

Turning my attention to TheFixedPlug I

Added a rear brake and brake lever
Changed the rear wheel bearings
Fitted two pairs of PoS Elite strap on bottle cage mounts (not a patch on zefal gizmo's) and an Elite side entry cage.
Swapped a KMC singlespeed quick link for an old school reusable joining link.

 

[Andrew Brown]

Trying out this mickle thing since my new Sram 10 speed chain doesn't have the old type link to make and break over and over, so far so good, 3rd mickle this eve and didn't take long

 

[derrick]

Put away all my winter cycling gear

I think you might be jumping the gun

 

[Cubist]

I refitted and adjusted a mate's front mech the other day. He reported that the cable had slipped out of the clamp yesterday, and he'd refitted it, but now the mech jumped from outer to granny missing the middle out. He concluded, as he'd gone through all the possible connotations, that the shifter was knacked, so he bought some new cables and a spare shifter out of his parts box up to my house. We got the bike up in the workstand and I noted there was a lot of tension in the cable. A few turns of the barrel adjuster and it was working perfectly again. Wish they were all that easy!

 

[Mallory]

Washed bike 1. Today and binned the crudcatchers!!! Bloody useless things

 

[potsy]

Fitted new brake pads on the CX, noticed yesterday that pulling the back brake had absolutely no effect

Pads were shot, they have been on since the bike was new 16 months ago, think I've had my money's worth

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Mickled the chains on my Raleigh and knockabout bike then trued the rear wheel on the Raleigh.

 

[flatflr]

Swapped the front mech on the LOOK from 105 to Ultegra, now the only part that isn't Ultegra is the bottom bracket and chainset, which should happen after next pay day. Think I'll wait until it's dry before I take it out.

 

[Andrew Brown]

Cut up a load of aluminium extrusion to make a laminar flow cabinet and fabricated a jig rather than buying the official one for 287 coins...

 

[thegravestoneman]

How comes you only notice a broken spoke after the bike shop has shut!!! alright I know I should have spares but.... Anyhoo I now have an ancient rustless spoke on the back wheel of my Sara to contrast with the 35 double butted stainless already there. I guess I will be down the LBS tomorrow to buy one or two spares and A wheel true enough to ride on until then....

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Is it me, or does there seem to be a spoke fairy around at the moment. I seem to be reading about nothing other than broken spokes/wind or boredom...

 

[wisdom]

New pads fitted to number 2 sons bike.Whilst brake fettling strippe d the callipers off the frame cleaned and greased all pivots. Dad it stops now!
Dont know how they wear everything out so quickly.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Trying out various ways to improvise a shim so that I can fit my 105 front mech on my steel frame. I need to increase the effective tube diameter by 1 size. Tried cut up coke cans but it takes about 5 layers which I'm not happy with. Also tried a cut down headset converter shim but the inside diameter of it is slightly too small for the tube. I may just have to bite the bullet and spend the 3 quid for a proper one.

 

[HLaB]

After puting a new seatclamp on my fixie a few days back I realised it pobably had put the seat at a different height so I checked it last night and put it to the correct height!

Also went to put a spacer behing the cassette on my geared bike but couldn't get the cassette off and bent the chain tool; geared bikes who'd have them

 

[compo]

Despite regularly riding the Trek I hadn't noticed just how stiff the pedals had become on their spindle. I have just had the pedals off the cranks, removed the seals and given them a good dose of oil. They now spin freely and silently!