davidphilips
Phil Pip
- Location
- Onabike
All i use is an old front wheel the type that uses nuts not quick release, same thread as rear derailleur and align by sight, may not be perfect but works well for me.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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All i use is an old front wheel the type that uses nuts not quick release, same thread as rear derailleur and align by sight, may not be perfect but works well for me.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Yes as I eluded too above already. I’ve had it done on various bikes; a few times. It makes a lot of difference - and of course 90% of the time the hanger wants pulling outwards - having fell / been knocked or got bent inwards toward the wheel……
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
For weeks.... No months there has been a scratchy rattle on my bike that would come and go.
I thought it was mudguards, so repaired them and fettled them - no change.
Then I thought it was a nipple stuck in the wheel rim - swapped the wheel - no change.
Then I thought it was the rear guards, then a seat... No change
I was coming to the conclusion the frame was cracked or a rivnut had dropped off inside..
Then yesterday i went over a rough section of road that usually causes the rattle to rattle and there was a ping and no more rattle.
This is what I found.
Peace at last!
I thought it was mudguards, so repaired them and fettled them - no change.
Then I thought it was a nipple stuck in the wheel rim - swapped the wheel - no change.
Then I thought it was the rear guards, then a seat... No change
I was coming to the conclusion the frame was cracked or a rivnut had dropped off inside..
Then yesterday i went over a rough section of road that usually causes the rattle to rattle and there was a ping and no more rattle.
This is what I found.
Peace at last!
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I’ve had a bottle cage do that as well.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Fitted new seat foam to recumbent. Went for a firmer reticulated foam which hopefully will feel more comfy and faster draining in heavy rain. Also replaced the seat cord which tensions on webbing on which the seat sits..
Took mudflap off front mudguard. Decided the guard is low enough down without it, and will stop the flap catching far too often when moving bike over steps.
Noticed bottom jockey wheel bit clogged with mud. May take that out and clean it tomorrow, then fresh grease on bushings.
Took mudflap off front mudguard. Decided the guard is low enough down without it, and will stop the flap catching far too often when moving bike over steps.
Noticed bottom jockey wheel bit clogged with mud. May take that out and clean it tomorrow, then fresh grease on bushings.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
The rear Bontrager RaceLite wheel on my Carrera Vengeance magnesium broke a couple of spoke nipples on Sunday's wet ride when I hit a pothole. With the rear being worn and in need of a replacement tyre I made a swap this evening.
On my previous Merida Scultura build from a frameset I'd picked up a pair of the correct, unused, wheels cheaply. And, as the Shimano wheelset I bought last week were 'very used' rather than 'hardly used' it's all I had left. They were on this bike, although it was for Zwift and didn't actually go anywhere so they are still zero-mile wheels and tyres:
That's now about a mile away, being used on someone else's turbo trainer.
I didn't want to be using the 23mm Maxxis Dolomite tyres that came with the wheels, so they've been removed, with a nearly-new Pirelli Cinturato Velo 26mm on the rear and a used Vittoria Rubino 25mm on the front. The 11-speed cassette on them was swapped with a - cleaned - 10 speed cassette from the Bontrager wheels. All fine although it'll need a small brake adjustment as the Merida wheels were 19mm rather than the Bontrager's 16mm.
I'll probably donate the Bontrager wheels and sell on the unused tyres.
On my previous Merida Scultura build from a frameset I'd picked up a pair of the correct, unused, wheels cheaply. And, as the Shimano wheelset I bought last week were 'very used' rather than 'hardly used' it's all I had left. They were on this bike, although it was for Zwift and didn't actually go anywhere so they are still zero-mile wheels and tyres:
That's now about a mile away, being used on someone else's turbo trainer.
I didn't want to be using the 23mm Maxxis Dolomite tyres that came with the wheels, so they've been removed, with a nearly-new Pirelli Cinturato Velo 26mm on the rear and a used Vittoria Rubino 25mm on the front. The 11-speed cassette on them was swapped with a - cleaned - 10 speed cassette from the Bontrager wheels. All fine although it'll need a small brake adjustment as the Merida wheels were 19mm rather than the Bontrager's 16mm.
I'll probably donate the Bontrager wheels and sell on the unused tyres.
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Elybazza61
Guru
Got the Stayer OG out and swapped the seat post clamp out for the Thomson one that was on the All Road , now matches nicely with the Thomson stem.
Jameshow
Guru
I would say the Caad8 frame isn't the most exciting frame but not bad - Up there with Allez, Giant TCR, boardman al3 etc.
The Caad9-13 were the real lightweight ones but are more delicate tbh.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I am still enjoying riding my CAAD5 (red bike in my avatar) so my vote is 'yes'!
Jameshow
Guru
I don't know the history of early caad bikes do you Colin?
A few weeks ago a SJS built Dynamo wheelset came up in Marketplace, which I got for £120
DT Swiss XM rims, Hope Pro 4 rear hub, Son 28 Dynamo. Apparently used for one 1200 mile tour.
A couple of weeks later a Genesis Longitude was listed 90 miles away which I manage to get for £200
Given that the current wheels on the Genesis weigh in at around 4.5kg, its a match made in heaven.
Tonight I tubeless fitted some Maxis Recon Race 29 x 2.4 tyres and QR adapters to the new wheels. I'm waiting on the 105 rotors. Total weight saving should be in the region of 1.2kg
I'll upload a picture of the bike once I've got it all together.
DT Swiss XM rims, Hope Pro 4 rear hub, Son 28 Dynamo. Apparently used for one 1200 mile tour.
A couple of weeks later a Genesis Longitude was listed 90 miles away which I manage to get for £200
Given that the current wheels on the Genesis weigh in at around 4.5kg, its a match made in heaven.
Tonight I tubeless fitted some Maxis Recon Race 29 x 2.4 tyres and QR adapters to the new wheels. I'm waiting on the 105 rotors. Total weight saving should be in the region of 1.2kg
I'll upload a picture of the bike once I've got it all together.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Not a lot, but I think the CAAD5 was the last model before BB30 was introduced.
It was the type that Cipollini was riding for Saeco Cannondale when he won the World Championship road race at Zolder in 2002.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I put an adjustable stem on the bike on my turbo trainer.
I have been having significant problems with discomfort from the saddle and 3 different saddles failed to eliminate it, despite one of them being a model that I ride on all of my bikes outdoors without such issues. I came to the conclusion that I don't like a stretched out low position on a bike that doesn't move much beneath me.
I have been coping by standing up for 30 seconds every 5 minutes but it is a nuisance and I would rather not have to do it.
The reason for the new stem is to move the handlebar up and back towards me. I will test this setup over the weekend and see how I get on.
If I feel too much weight is on my sit bones, there is plenty of scope to adjust between the new bar position and the old one to find the best compromise for me.
I have been having significant problems with discomfort from the saddle and 3 different saddles failed to eliminate it, despite one of them being a model that I ride on all of my bikes outdoors without such issues. I came to the conclusion that I don't like a stretched out low position on a bike that doesn't move much beneath me.
I have been coping by standing up for 30 seconds every 5 minutes but it is a nuisance and I would rather not have to do it.
The reason for the new stem is to move the handlebar up and back towards me. I will test this setup over the weekend and see how I get on.
If I feel too much weight is on my sit bones, there is plenty of scope to adjust between the new bar position and the old one to find the best compromise for me.
EckyH
It wasn't me!
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Prepared the Ridley X-Bow for singlespeed: 21t cog and 40t chainring were easy. Unfortunately the 21t cog is too big for new "Point Racing Single Speed 3" chain tensioner - the upper pulley collided with the cog. Fortunately I found an old DMR tensioner with one pulley in the fund and on the first glance it will do the job.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Put an extra hanger up on the roof joists for spare tyres.
