What Have You Fettled Today?

[Spiderweb]

Fitted some new bar tape on the new to me bike I purchased at the weekend. Firstly the old bar tape was re wrapped tighter then double wrapped over the top with some Charge U Bend tape that I’ve had for years. New end plugs fitted together with some red finishing tape for a change.
I usually try and avoid white tape as it gets dirty so quickly but it does look good with the white saddle and the black & white paint.
Next job is to swap the pedals, I have a choice of Look Keo, Shimano M520 or maybe the bargain Willier SPD’s that I recently purchased from Banana Industries.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Spiderweb

I thought that was my Gran Fondo at first, due to the colours & Ritchey stem

 

[ColinJ]

I did a temporary fettle (a.k.a. bodge) before a 4 hour ride on Saturday.

My CAAD5 had started off with a 13-29 cassette and a 53/39 chainset. I had put up with it on the tough local hills for a few years but eventually accepted that I was just not fit enough to enjoy going up 20+% climbs in a 39/29 bottom gear (and things were only going to get worse as I aged), so I took drastic action and bodged on a triple chainset and switched to a 12-30 cassette.

The new gearing was a big improvement but I found that the range of adjustment on the rear mech was not enough to avoid the top jockey wheel rumbling when on the 27 or 30 tooth sprockets and the 28 tooth inner chainring.

The problem got worse recently, probably due to transmission wear and tear over the years. The noise was doing my head in (and probably not doing the bike parts much good either) so I decided to sort it out...

The bodge was to use a heavy-duty rubber band to pull the rear mech back slightly! That created just enough clearance between the sprockets and the jockey wheel to stop the rumbling.

I am going to hunt around for a spring to use instead of the rubber band. It would still be a bodge, but at least it should be a more durable bodge!

 

[All uphill]

Do you j

I did a temporary fettle (a.k.a. bodge) before a 4 hour ride on Saturday.

My CAAD5 had started off with a 13-29 cassette and a 53/39 chainset. I had put up with it on the tough local hills for a few years but eventually accepted that I was just not fit enough to enjoy going up 20+% climbs in a 39/29 bottom gear (and things were only going to get worse as I aged), so I took drastic action and bodged on a triple chainset and switched to a 12-30 cassette.

The new gearing was a big improvement but I found that the range of adjustment on the rear mech was not enough to avoid the top jockey wheel rumbling when on the 27 or 30 tooth sprockets and the 28 tooth inner chainring.

The problem got worse recently, probably due to transmission wear and tear over the years. The noise was doing my head in (and probably not doing the bike parts much good either) so I decided to sort it out...

The bodge was to use a heavy-duty rubber band to pull the rear mech back slightly! That created just enough clearance between the sprockets and the jockey wheel to stop the rumbling.

I am going to hunt around for a spring to use instead of the rubber band. It would still be a bodge, but at least it should be a more durable bodge!

Do you just need one of those hanger extension things?

I happen to have one sitting in my box of bits that is due for sorting out. Yours if you want it, for the cost of postage.

 

[ColinJ]

Do you j

Do you just need one of those hanger extension things?

I happen to have one sitting in my box of bits that is due for sorting out. Yours if you want it, for the cost of postage.

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Oh, that's very nice of you - thanks - yes please. I will PM you.

I had thought about buying something like that, but I wasn't sure that one would work with my bodged setup and they are a bit expensive to buy on the off chance!

 

[HLaB]

Nothing major, I just wiped down and lubed the commuter.