Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
I painted the hallway but I expect that doesn't count.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Punkawallah
Veteran
Was the bike in it at the time :-)
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Been a busy few days finishing things off. Firstly, having stuck new tubs onto my son's race and spare race wheels, the valve extender on the rear sheared off. I needed to un-tape, removed threaded plastic, and re-tape the rear tub. All done, even if he DNF'd last night due to feeling ill.
The Kona Paddy Wagon fixie, which we'll use for grasstrack racing, has been finished. New Schwalbe CX Comp 30mm tyres with latex tubes, replacement stem, handlebars, bar tape, seatpost and saddle from the parts store were used together with a pair of new 'Ultegra' pedals that came via eBay. Only they were fakes and the seller told me to keep them! (Reported to eBay anyway)
Some paint's been added as the bike wasn't packed well, plus the LBS removed the freewheel we won't need. From this on Friday lunch-time:
To this yesterday:
The irony of my half-Irish son competing on a Paddy Wagon isn't lost on me
The Dawes Kingpin has also had work, with the aim of being finished for Saturday's small wheeler Norman Charters Memorial Ride out of Thorne.
Having arrived in LOTS of pieces - think everything dismantled bar the bottom bracket because it was stuck - it's been re-sprayed silver (badly ) and re-built. Originally it looked like this, but it all arrived in the saddle bag plus frame, forks, wheels, bars, seatpost all in a box:
It's been a clean-up on a budget rather than an expensive re-build. That's being saved for the separate Kingpin TT project we've got very slowly on-going.
So ... everything's been cleaned thoroughly, new bearings in everything that had bearings originally or seemed to - mainly because they either weren't there or were out anyway - new rear tyre, new gear cable outer/inner, new inner brake cables, new brake pads, new chain, all the metal-work cleaned and polished plus a NOS chainguard. I accidentally ordered cotter pins from the wrong seller so ended up with one rather than a pair, so a second new one's still to arrive. The LH brake lever needed new bits and some fettling to work properly. A challenge was that many of the parts on this 1973 Kingpin didn't match the 1975 Kingpin project we're working on, so it was a bit of trial and error.
Currently a non-dynamo front wheel's on for the moment which is off my other Kingpin as I don't need the dynamo lights yet.
I couldn't match the green so went with a set of silver spray cans and new decals. The seatpost clamp was too-far gone to polish so that's now in green enamel and I simply did the head-tube chrome parts in silver. More laquer needed but overall it's OK. The gears aren't set up yet, hence the long gear cable. Oh, and a prize for the CC'er who spots the bodge
If I can get it all working properly I'll make Saturday's ride.
The Kona Paddy Wagon fixie, which we'll use for grasstrack racing, has been finished. New Schwalbe CX Comp 30mm tyres with latex tubes, replacement stem, handlebars, bar tape, seatpost and saddle from the parts store were used together with a pair of new 'Ultegra' pedals that came via eBay. Only they were fakes and the seller told me to keep them! (Reported to eBay anyway)
Some paint's been added as the bike wasn't packed well, plus the LBS removed the freewheel we won't need. From this on Friday lunch-time:
To this yesterday:
The irony of my half-Irish son competing on a Paddy Wagon isn't lost on me
The Dawes Kingpin has also had work, with the aim of being finished for Saturday's small wheeler Norman Charters Memorial Ride out of Thorne.
Having arrived in LOTS of pieces - think everything dismantled bar the bottom bracket because it was stuck - it's been re-sprayed silver (badly
) and re-built. Originally it looked like this, but it all arrived in the saddle bag plus frame, forks, wheels, bars, seatpost all in a box:It's been a clean-up on a budget rather than an expensive re-build. That's being saved for the separate Kingpin TT project we've got very slowly on-going.
So ... everything's been cleaned thoroughly, new bearings in everything that had bearings originally or seemed to - mainly because they either weren't there or were out anyway - new rear tyre, new gear cable outer/inner, new inner brake cables, new brake pads, new chain, all the metal-work cleaned and polished plus a NOS chainguard. I accidentally ordered cotter pins from the wrong seller so ended up with one rather than a pair, so a second new one's still to arrive. The LH brake lever needed new bits and some fettling to work properly. A challenge was that many of the parts on this 1973 Kingpin didn't match the 1975 Kingpin project we're working on, so it was a bit of trial and error.
Currently a non-dynamo front wheel's on for the moment which is off my other Kingpin as I don't need the dynamo lights yet.
I couldn't match the green so went with a set of silver spray cans and new decals. The seatpost clamp was too-far gone to polish so that's now in green enamel and I simply did the head-tube chrome parts in silver. More laquer needed but overall it's OK. The gears aren't set up yet, hence the long gear cable. Oh, and a prize for the CC'er who spots the bodge
If I can get it all working properly I'll make Saturday's ride.
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T4tomo
Legendary Member
appears to be parts of 2 chains on there.... and you've changed the rear brake cable routingOh, and a prize for the CC'er who spots the bodge
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
appears to be parts of 2 chains on there.... and you've changed the rear brake cable routing
The rear brake wouldn't route properly as it's a replacement newer caliper rather than the Dawes original, so routing from the top worked better. Or rather it actually worked.
Well spotted with the chain; I'd only got most of one new chain that came in a box of random bike bits I bought, a new section off another from the Raleigh Superbe build or a CeramicSpeed one. Connecting the two up seems OK - once a few miles are done it won't be that obvious anyway
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Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I Gave the Tricross a quick clean after the weekend riding in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
I was experiencing some ‘lag’ when dropping down into higher gears, I’d changed the gear cable not that long ago so just renewed the outer housing near the rear mech, after today’s ride the shifting is now perfect.
I was experiencing some ‘lag’ when dropping down into higher gears, I’d changed the gear cable not that long ago so just renewed the outer housing near the rear mech, after today’s ride the shifting is now perfect.
weareHKR
Senior Member
- Location
- North East Coast - UK
For what it's worth I change both at the same time regardless!
Punkawallah
Veteran
Down tube shifters save a fortune, then :-)
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Some more in-ride fettling of Max the MTB... 
This time, needed to sort out some rotating bars.
Have discovered that there's a big difference between "road tight" and "off road tight"
Saddle did stay put this time.
This time, needed to sort out some rotating bars.Have discovered that there's a big difference between "road tight" and "off road tight"
Saddle did stay put this time.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Trying to remember when my chain was that clean...
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
No matter what sort of shiny transmission device I buy, it is always uniformly black inside a couple of weeks, no matter what I try to do with it.
I think all these people have secret ultrasonic baths...and use them weekly!
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
AND they have a lifetime supply of quicklinks! Damn them all to hell!No matter what sort of shiny transmission device I buy, it is always uniformly black inside a couple of weeks, no matter what I try to do with it.
I think all these people have secret ultrasonic baths...and use them weekly!
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Minor fettling on the Kingpin I completed earlier this week; all the gears now work. Or at least they're all there: what gear you actually get is a different matter. Everything adjusted to start, stop, clunk, etc. as expected.
It's ready for the Norman Charters Memorial Ride in Thornes on Saturday, meaning SWMBO's taking son no. 2 to his 3/4 race in Middlesbrough instead.
Or at least it'll start the ride. Given I've gone up/down the street on this bike and it's the furthest it's been for a long time whether it'll get round the 20+ miles and back is a different matter
This is actually a Raleigh Twenty group ride, and having had two Twenty's that I didn't like (OK, a Twenty and a Stowaway) turning up on a Kingpin could be interesting.
It's ready for the Norman Charters Memorial Ride in Thornes on Saturday, meaning SWMBO's taking son no. 2 to his 3/4 race in Middlesbrough instead.
Or at least it'll start the ride. Given I've gone up/down the street on this bike and it's the furthest it's been for a long time whether it'll get round the 20+ miles and back is a different matter
This is actually a Raleigh Twenty group ride, and having had two Twenty's that I didn't like (OK, a Twenty and a Stowaway) turning up on a Kingpin could be interesting.
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Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I took my Paul Hewitt Chiltern to work today, it had been left after a wet ride a couple of months ago and was a filthy mess with a stiff chain.
Around about an hour of cleaning and finished off with Autoglym polish the Flamboyant Blue paint work looks sparkly and like new.
Around about an hour of cleaning and finished off with Autoglym polish the Flamboyant Blue paint work looks sparkly and like new.
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Punkawallah
Veteran
Fettled a gear set on a box build - front mech too low, cables too loose, and a random plastic disc between the dropouts and the hub. Got to love cheap imports :-)
Other than that, Shimano happy to click away, 'just another day at the office' for it.
Other than that, Shimano happy to click away, 'just another day at the office' for it.
