biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Very nice
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Very nice
Punkawallah
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What would be the size and location, please?
mickle
innit
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Punkawallah
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My thanks for that.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Mrs T is off on a short tour with her mates...
...one of whom arrived with a bike with a front tyre dangerously cracked and perished and a rear worn through to the carcass. So off to Halfords with her to get replacements. Brakes were also in need of adjustment, and the front caliper was loose.
Once they departed into the sparkling Cheshire sunshine* it was time for a fettle of my best bike, partly to try and solve the out of the saddle creak and partly because I've done a lot of miles recently and it deserves it.
Removed cranks and BB; the latter was very hard to shift. Took the chainrings off, the bolts absolutely seized and showing some corrosion around the fastenings. Then bottle cage off, and gave the frame a polish, something never previously attempted! Pedals removed and threads regreased. Cleaned the chain and cassette, replaced everything, greasing all contact surfaces. A bit of a rattle when bouncing it was solved by tightening the headset.
Oh, and weighed it out of interest, just under 9.5kg incl pedals which is respectable for an xxl steel bike I think.
Now looking good, but it's far too wet to take it out to test.**
*may contain wishful thinking
** just now took for a very quick spin in a dry interlude, I think the creak has gone
...one of whom arrived with a bike with a front tyre dangerously cracked and perished and a rear worn through to the carcass. So off to Halfords with her to get replacements. Brakes were also in need of adjustment, and the front caliper was loose.
Once they departed into the sparkling Cheshire sunshine* it was time for a fettle of my best bike, partly to try and solve the out of the saddle creak and partly because I've done a lot of miles recently and it deserves it.
Removed cranks and BB; the latter was very hard to shift. Took the chainrings off, the bolts absolutely seized and showing some corrosion around the fastenings. Then bottle cage off, and gave the frame a polish, something never previously attempted! Pedals removed and threads regreased. Cleaned the chain and cassette, replaced everything, greasing all contact surfaces. A bit of a rattle when bouncing it was solved by tightening the headset.
Oh, and weighed it out of interest, just under 9.5kg incl pedals which is respectable for an xxl steel bike I think.
Now looking good, but it's far too wet to take it out to test.**
*may contain wishful thinking
** just now took for a very quick spin in a dry interlude, I think the creak has gone
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Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- South West Scotland 🏴
Was replacing rotors and pads on both the front and rear of my wife’s commuting bike. It’s fitted with 105 hydraulic brakes. Front went smoothly but the rear was a sod. The pad axle was completed seized, don’t think it had been out before and the screw head seems to be made of cheese and started chewing up.
What should have been a simple job ended up with the calliper having to be split and, thankfully, a pair of grips from the inside managed to get the axle turning and able to be removed. Reassembly meant bleeding the brakes. A split pin, that came with the new pads has been used until another pad axle arrives from SJS. This time it’s going to be one with a hex head and not one of those stupid flat head ones. A bit of copper grease is also getting applied.
What should have been a simple job ended up with the calliper having to be split and, thankfully, a pair of grips from the inside managed to get the axle turning and able to be removed. Reassembly meant bleeding the brakes. A split pin, that came with the new pads has been used until another pad axle arrives from SJS. This time it’s going to be one with a hex head and not one of those stupid flat head ones. A bit of copper grease is also getting applied.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The Peaty's sealant experiment is over! After todays tiny p'ture that wouldn't seal and just made a glittery mess, I came back cleaned the tyre out. It re-seated dry and with a track pump, with only a tiny slow from that tiny hole (stress tiny). Filled the tyre up with Orange seal and the hole sealed instantly without ejecting sealant! Serves me right for trying to buy British 🤦♂️
I had a similar Peaty's event with a brand new Gravel tyre earlier this year and assumed it was the lack of pressure in my Gravel tyres, so I gave Peaty's another chance #mistake 🤦♂️🤦♂️
I had a similar Peaty's event with a brand new Gravel tyre earlier this year and assumed it was the lack of pressure in my Gravel tyres, so I gave Peaty's another chance #mistake 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Punkawallah
Veteran
Yer. My ‘86 Renown was 23lb - about 10kg in ‘new money’. The top of the range Imperial was 22lb. Of course, nowhere near the 6/7kg of todays Tour bikes, but certainly no ‘iron horse’.
