I gave up trying to adjust my front brake caliper, which after I renewed the pads squeaked. This morning I dropped into my LBS who diagnosed and fixed a sticky piston. I bought a refill pack of five dynaplug darts and TPU patches. Dynaplug darts have massively increased in price. I got them to fit a pair of new bar end plugs after one went AWOL on yesterdays ride.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The last time I got refills I found it cheaper to order the motor bike ones and cut them to length. 🤞 they work but 🤞🤞 Ive not needed to find out!
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Fitted a replacement bottle cage to my Chas Roberts
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Been magnet fishing in the canal?
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
If it counts as fettling. The new gear cable I fitted last week must have stretched so on the train this morning I screwed out the barrel adjuster on the derailleur a 1/4 turn and on the 0.8 miles to the office and back to the station at night the bike seemed to be running and shifting smoothly 🤞
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The rim looks pretty worn in that photo - are you sure that it is still safe to ride? I wouldn't want to risk a sudden catastrophic front wheel failure at speed!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It looks concave, but I bet that's the dirt or angle of the photo.
Animo
Senior Member
Added a pair of the little 3D printed plastic things that improve the function of the "hidden" Di2 buttons on Ultegra.
A bit fiddly as they are tiny and easy to dislodge as you pull the hoods back over. Once properly in place they do make quite a difference so well worth getting. Plus they come in a pack of 4 so a couple of spares.
A bit fiddly as they are tiny and easy to dislodge as you pull the hoods back over. Once properly in place they do make quite a difference so well worth getting. Plus they come in a pack of 4 so a couple of spares.
Gillstay
Veteran
Barn find. Only farmers really know how to look after a bike and so that you heave a little as the hot water hits it.
I have m/c darts as well, but I’m not sure I can cut them square enough to fit inside the sleeve
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Continued a bit of work on the Peugeot PY10 LS Professional that I picked up last weekend and had a look over plus clean.
This evening it's had replacement tyres; the front was ancient and the rear a turbo trainer tyre. The front axle has also been re-greased with new bearings as this hadn't been done for some time.
Short test ride tomorrow.
This evening it's had replacement tyres; the front was ancient and the rear a turbo trainer tyre. The front axle has also been re-greased with new bearings as this hadn't been done for some time.
Short test ride tomorrow.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes, I wondered that myself but I thought that I would mention it just in case... Better safe than sorry!
itboffin
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Windshire
I was just about to say the same, I’d get a flat edge across than rim to check, better safe than sorry
EckyH
It wasn't me!
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Changed end caps on the former wheel set of the Surly Preamble to fit it in another bike with thru axles and put the Tufo Thundero tyres on. Then I wondered that the rear tyre shows some wobble, because it doesn't sit correctly on the rim. While trying to sort that out I noticed that "someone" put fairly narrow rim tape on the wheel set. And that rim tape (Zefal Cotton) moved sideways. So I changed the rim tape and now the rear tyre sits good enough.
Tomorrow I'll work on the front wheel, too.
E.
Tomorrow I'll work on the front wheel, too.
E.
