What Have You Fettled Today?

[bikingdad90]

@Spiderweb solid 8/10 there, just let down by the black stem and black bars.

 

[Punkawallah]

@Spiderweb solid 8/10 there, just let down by the black stem and black bars.

You're forgetting the 'biggie-smalls', aligned valves and protruding stem :-)

 

[Spiderweb]

@Spiderweb solid 8/10 there, just let down by the black stem and black bars.

That’s just mean! 2 whole points deducted😡

 

[Spiderweb]

You're forgetting the 'biggie-smalls', aligned valves and protruding stem :-)

Oh for gods sake, get a life😂

 

[Punkawallah]

AH, YES, founding member of Zombie Lives Matter, here. (Or the 'Vitally Challenged' and we like to say) :-)

 

[C R]

Sorted out a creak that's been driving me nuts for the last few weeks. Finally tracked down to the seat post clamp. Now there's a quieter noise from the rear wheel, have oiled the spoke crossing points, which seems to have helped, let's see how it sounds tomorrow.

 

[philtalksbx]

A bit thwarted on a cassette swap. The new 7-speed is slack on the hub whilst the old one is a good fit with no float. I’m used to using spacers, but didn’t expect to need one this time. I think 1mm should do it, back to find one on the web.

 

[Punkawallah]

Sorted out a creak that's been driving me nuts for the last few weeks. Finally tracked down to the seat post clamp. Now there's a quieter noise from the rear wheel, have oiled the spoke crossing points, which seems to have helped, let's see how it sounds tomorrow.

You never eliminate the noise, just swap it for a quieter one :-)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fitted my new vintage style bell to my recumbent. Gives a nice pleasing ring.

 

[C R]

You never eliminate the noise, just swap it for a quieter one :-)

It definitely seems to be the case. The headset creak was easy to diagnose and fix, the seat post creak took a while to diagnose, first thinking pedals and then bottom bracket. This one is definitely the wheel, either spoke crossings or spoke niples.

 

[Oldhippy]

I adjusted my Brooks fiddling nut and the difference for a few turns with a spanner was surprising. I also changed the angle of my bars a tad.

 

[avsd]

Cleaned bike, new front tyre, cassette and chain. All set for a min-tour of Ring of Kerry next week.

 

[DCLane]

My Raleigh SP Race road bike's been creaking from the bottom bracket area. So I had a go at removing the bottom bracket after a ride today.

Out came the non-drive side and I didn't think "why's it not look like a Shimano one?" The drive side undid but wouldn't come out easily - turns out what's in there is a SP Cycle threaded BB30-24mm bottom bracket (AliBaba cheap Chinese-made BB)

When I bought the frameset it came with a bottom bracket in, plus a Shimano crankset and I'd not thought to check.

Cue "I've only got Shimano bottom brackets" and "oops!" But ... I'd bought a Rotor 4224 BB30 bottom bracket a few years back and it was in the parts store. I had considered sticking it on eBay and was glad I didn't because it went in nicely.

New bottom bracket, also a new chain for good measure as it was at .75 stretch, and hopefully that's the creak cured.

 

[DCBassman]

Extra pre-ride checks for the Scott to make sure I'd not forgotten to tighten anything up after last week's mods. Then pump up tyres, reset saddle angle, and dose the chain with GT85. Ready to roll!

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Cleaned my Fuji, adjusted disc brakes for better stopping power (thought it might be important ) cleaned disc rotors, mickled and oiled chain, swapped Wahoo mounts (from one that clamps to handlebar to one that attaches by stem bolts), added handlebar bag and mounted the folding lock holder that I had for Christmas and haven’t had the opportunity to use yet.

All ready for a longer ride tomorrow as part of my preparation for my first calendar audax event in three weeks My rides have been much too few and far between, as well as too short, as of late to the point I’m worried I’ll DNF on the day