What Have You Fettled Today?
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raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Went to replace a snapped spoke on a friends gravel bike and then found this
Not good.
Went to replace a snapped spoke on a friends gravel bike and then found this
He'll be pleased
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Had a lumpy 406 tyre, as the bead would not pop into play and seat, and was sitting low. Leading to a tyre flat spot and bumpy ride. Tyre rotation , levers and fairy liquid and I has a round tyre on round rim once more.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Gillstay
Veteran
esp as he gets his bill for his porched repair today.
Still if you buy silly cars you get big bills.
Fredo76
Über Member
- Location
- Española, NM
Replaced my Suntour stem shifters with Suntour bar controls.
Decided to use the NOS bare coiled housing instead of new Jagwire compressionless housing, on the theory that it's more flexible, besides looking original.
Took it on a test ride. Still all friction, and working well!
Almost ready for our trip to Tucson.
Decided to use the NOS bare coiled housing instead of new Jagwire compressionless housing, on the theory that it's more flexible, besides looking original.
Took it on a test ride. Still all friction, and working well!
Almost ready for our trip to Tucson.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I flipped the stem on my best bike because I was finding a 10+ cm drop to the hoods a bit much!
The front brake cable is only just long enough but it will do.
I prefer the look of the bike as it was, with the stem parallel to the ground, but if the bike is more comfortable to ride now then fair enough.
At least this stem has logos which can be read both ways up. I have flipped stems in the past and then been irritated by upside down logos!
I will test the new bike setup now and report back afterwards.
The front brake cable is only just long enough but it will do.
I prefer the look of the bike as it was, with the stem parallel to the ground, but if the bike is more comfortable to ride now then fair enough.
At least this stem has logos which can be read both ways up. I have flipped stems in the past and then been irritated by upside down logos!
I will test the new bike setup now and report back afterwards.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The stand plate/mudguard holder on Beautiful Wife's elderly 26" MTB had snapped at the weld on both sides, so both stand and mudguard were hanging loose. I removed the stand and cable tied the plate in place so it would hold the mudguard.
After finding the first cable tie a bit of a faff to wrap between chainwheel and frame, I turned the bike upside down. This was fortunate because I discovered I'd managed to cable tie the gear cable to the frame with the first attempt.
Anyway, four new cable ties later the mudguard is solid; it won't win a beauty competition and I wouldn't start a long tour with it like that, but it'll do for local cycling.
Meanwhile, I also added a new stand on the rear triangle, which not only removed the problem, but also works better overall, and I've found a used 26" wheels MTB to use for a replacement when Beautiful Wife has had a test ride.
After finding the first cable tie a bit of a faff to wrap between chainwheel and frame, I turned the bike upside down. This was fortunate because I discovered I'd managed to cable tie the gear cable to the frame with the first attempt.
Anyway, four new cable ties later the mudguard is solid; it won't win a beauty competition and I wouldn't start a long tour with it like that, but it'll do for local cycling.
Meanwhile, I also added a new stand on the rear triangle, which not only removed the problem, but also works better overall, and I've found a used 26" wheels MTB to use for a replacement when Beautiful Wife has had a test ride.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
I rode today. And cleaned after. And apart from a quick chain lube - did absolutely no fettling at all 😉
Worth mentioning - because it’s such a rare occurrence: that all bikes in the fleet are working 100% and need nothing 🙏
Worth mentioning - because it’s such a rare occurrence: that all bikes in the fleet are working 100% and need nothing 🙏
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
working on the graham weigh build with not much success today .
Installed a chain which was easy enough then got the cabling kit out , oddly it only had one gear cable which is only long enough for the FD so i decided to do that but for some reason even though the cable routing is fine when i attach the cable and pull it tight then tighten the bolt the derailleur doesn’t move and the cable is loose even though it hasnt moved through the FD clamp bolt .I must have spent a good hour checking and rejigging with no joy.
Looking at the brakes next the canti brake bridges i cannot remove the remains of the brake cable as the bolts have seized and look like they are rounded off inside too
Installed a chain which was easy enough then got the cabling kit out , oddly it only had one gear cable which is only long enough for the FD so i decided to do that but for some reason even though the cable routing is fine when i attach the cable and pull it tight then tighten the bolt the derailleur doesn’t move and the cable is loose even though it hasnt moved through the FD clamp bolt .I must have spent a good hour checking and rejigging with no joy.
Looking at the brakes next the canti brake bridges i cannot remove the remains of the brake cable as the bolts have seized and look like they are rounded off inside too
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
While we were eating, an hour ago, there was a tap at the door. Two 7/8 year old lads with a bike that had its rd in the spokes.
"Can you fix this?"
Ms AU had a bit of craic with them while I disappeared into the garage.
A bit of manipulation and I had the Tourney derailleur out of the spokes and in a roughly vertical alignment. Amazingly it worked. I adjusted the limit screws and they rode off into the sunset.
They'll be back, I'm sure.
"Can you fix this?"
Ms AU had a bit of craic with them while I disappeared into the garage.
A bit of manipulation and I had the Tourney derailleur out of the spokes and in a roughly vertical alignment. Amazingly it worked. I adjusted the limit screws and they rode off into the sunset.
They'll be back, I'm sure.
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Finally got round to cleaning the autumn muck off the nice summer bike yesterday. Found the front tyre flat, which was a bit of a disappointment as I'd fixed a puncture in that just a couple of weeks ago after noticing it was flat.
Couldn't find a puncture at all, despite immersion in soapy water* so refitted and 24 hours later still hard as a rock.**
The rear tyre, vittoria corso, looks rather cracked longitudinally, though not worn which is a bit disappointing. So ordered a couple of reassuringly expensive Rene Herse tyres.
* no, not me, the tube!
** no, not me, the tyre!
Couldn't find a puncture at all, despite immersion in soapy water* so refitted and 24 hours later still hard as a rock.**
The rear tyre, vittoria corso, looks rather cracked longitudinally, though not worn which is a bit disappointing. So ordered a couple of reassuringly expensive Rene Herse tyres.
* no, not me, the tube!
** no, not me, the tyre!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I set off and thought that it was strange because it didn't really feel much different. It took me a while to realise that I was thinking that it didn't feel much different to my other road bike - the one that it did used to feel different to!
I'll take a tape measure to the bikes tomorrow and see how close the setups are now.
Here is the bike with the flipped stem.
I am not super-tall (1.86 m or 6' 1") so my 58 cm frames are the size normally recommended for my build, but looking at that a 60/61 cm bike would probably fit me with a normal length stem (vs the long one on the bike above) and a bit less exposed seatpost.
