What Have You Fettled Today?

[tom73]

yesterday really , helped Mrs 73 with the fitting of a rear bike rack to her FX3

 

[si_c]

Had a slight creak/clicking sound from the BB area the last couple of weeks, so pulled the crankset off, removed the BB seals and packed a load more grease in.

Also tightened the crank bolts and then regreased the seat post for good measure.

 

[Drago]

Fitted a bike rack to the Smart car.

 

[DCBassman]

The Claud Butler Urraco MTB I got from the tip today for £7.

 

[Vantage]

Removed the Claris (Crap Load of Arse and Rectum in s***) front mech and put my 6 year old 2303 front mech from the Vantage on instead.
Instant working gears. Amazing.

 

[JhnBssll]

I posted this picture up on the facebook bianchi owners club page yesterday and got some jokey OCD related comments about the black Di2 junction box not matching the orange hope bar end plug on the other side...

Easily ignored, except they're right and it's annoyed me too ever since the upgrade So I had a little play in the garage last night and this morning and have come up with a quick fix; I had a spare junction box bezel and a cupboard full of spray paints of various colours, so I figured I'd have a go at spraying it

This is about the best I can do with what I've got available, I'm fairly happy with it but not sure what it's going to look like on the bike yet. I've got a while until the paint cures before I have to worry too much about that and since its a spare bezel I don't have to use it at all if it looks naff. I have to say I'm quietly confident though

I ended up using an orange filler primer, then a flat orange, then a couple of coats of candy yellow, followed by a couple of coats of laquer. It's a little too light but I'm impressed I got as close as I did; I'm not sure you'd notice the difference once they're at either end of the bars. Of course the first time I lean it against a wall it'll turn black again...

 

[vickster]

I have finally swapped round the tube on the Boardman after I snapped the valve about 4 months ago. I'll take it out shortly

 

[tom73]

I posted this picture up on the facebook bianchi owners club page yesterday and got some jokey OCD related comments about the black Di2 junction box not matching the orange hope bar end plug on the other side...

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Easily ignored, except they're right and it's annoyed me too ever since the upgrade So I had a little play in the garage last night and this morning and have come up with a quick fix; I had a spare junction box bezel and a cupboard full of spray paints of various colours, so I figured I'd have a go at spraying it

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This is about the best I can do with what I've got available, I'm fairly happy with it but not sure what it's going to look like on the bike yet. I've got a while until the paint cures before I have to worry too much about that and since its a spare bezel I don't have to use it at all if it looks naff. I have to say I'm quietly confident though

I ended up using an orange filler primer, then a flat orange, then a couple of coats of candy yellow, followed by a couple of coats of laquer. It's a little too light but I'm impressed I got as close as I did; I'm not sure you'd notice the difference once they're at either end of the bars. Of course the first time I lean it against a wall it'll turn black again...

Nice one not bad at all you may well get away with it I did wonder why one was black and like you it would get to me too.
If all else fails and one else has pop at them being different You can alway's say anyone can changed both ends it's boring I like to be different

 

[vickster]

I have finally swapped round the tube on the Boardman after I snapped the valve about 4 months ago. I'll take it out shortly

And I had take the wheel off again while out and tighten a loose mudguard bolt as the fecker was rattling like a fecker!!

 

[avsd]

Think you will need to spray the inside of the left hand plug to cover the lettering and spray the silver centre piece black if you are really OCD.

 

[PeteXXX]

New brake pads fitted to the Defy2 before a 70 mile test ride.

Well, I want to be sure they’re bedded in, don’t I

Plenty of life left in the old ones though!

 

[tom73]

Just had a afternoon testing out my new work stand and armed with a few muc off goodies via Mrs 73 I thought i'd do few little jobs.
cleaned and re lubed chain
checked over the bike and given her a good clean inc the odd bit of blood.
I did think the back brake was rubbing and sure enough once up an the stand it was clear it was so maybe more than luck than skill soon fixed it.
Not bad seeing it's been years since I went near a bike brake.
Indexed gears ( not 100% success) party sorted.
Not a bad afternoon in the sun with our resident house martin's flying over head. Could almost here my dad saying you've done a job there son
(if only )

 

[mikeymustard]

Before I went out today I pumped up my tyres to just over 100lbs to see what it was like.
Feck me, it nearly shook me fillings out!
I'll be unfettling that tomorrow

 

[JhnBssll]

Think you will need to spray the inside of the left hand plug to cover the lettering and spray the silver centre piece black if you are really OCD.

That would be going a bit far even for me

Had a nice afternoon and evening visiting friends and family, all the time knowing the laquer would be hard by the time I got home Sure enough when we rolled in shortly after 11pm it was straight out to the garage to fit the new bezel. It was a test fit at first but I was pretty happy with the end result so decided it could stay It's not a perfect colour match but the paint itself has come out really well

Before, standard black Di2 bar end junction box bezel:

Now, orange painted and laquered bezel:

I'll be interested to see what the colour match is like in daylight; whilst it's pretty obvious they're different colours in the photo's actually it's somehow less obvious in the flesh... Anyway, an improvement so I'm pleased with my days fettling

 

[tom73]

That would be going a bit far even for me

Had a nice afternoon and evening visiting friends and family, all the time knowing the laquer would be hard by the time I got home Sure enough when we rolled in shortly after 11pm it was straight out to the garage to fit the new bezel. It was a test fit at first but I was pretty happy with the end result so decided it could stay It's not a perfect colour match but the paint itself has come out really well

Before, standard black Di2 bar end junction box bezel:

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Now, orange painted and laquered bezel:

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I'll be interested to see what the colour match is like in daylight; whilst it's pretty obvious they're different colours in the photo's actually it's somehow less obvious in the flesh... Anyway, an improvement so I'm pleased with my days fettling

Well played that man ...