What Have You Fettled Today?

[Elybazza61]

Quick look at the Stayer all road as the rear was flat ;couldn't see anything obvious so pumped it up to see how it goes.

After an hour still ok so will leave over night.

 

[FrankCrank]

One of my floor pumps had a blockage in the pump head, no air passing through at all.
So, good old Mr RJ to the rescue once more with a vid on how to disassemble the head

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlEj0sHEuGA

Once apart, small bit of wire poked into the hole to dislodge some crud in there, then reassembled, and now works a treat.

 

[Lostcause]

I’m always fettling with something on the bike but all that will change when I find out where this bike shop is. They will get all my work even if it’s just checking the tyre pressure…..

 

[Gillstay]

That cannot be real, Trump has normal sized hands !

 

[Gillstay]

Was fettling until this Hornet appeared about two foot of my shoulder in the workshop.

 

[Elybazza61]

What was supposed to be a quick check of the Faran ended up including washing the Grepp bar tape, cleaning the Cambium saddle (with a bar of Schwalbe soap!),cleaning out the inside of the mudguards and treating them with some protective oil (some old Silkolene stuff I have), clearing out some crap from the rear mech and chain and finally re-wrapping the bar tape.

Not been as clean as this for a while.

 

[avecReynolds531]

Since a lighter 700C wheelset replaced the 40+ year old touring 27" set, and with better tyres, the 531 has been transformed.

Latest fettling:

1. Reset the angle of the Sakae handlebar, which brought the brake levers slightly higher.
2. Same for the B17 - now doesn't have that slight feeling of trying to pitch you forward. Seat post is a twin bolt J.P. Routens - originally on the bike - a cool design that's really easy to adjust.

Simple work - but made a fair difference. Test ride this morning - all good.



p.s. Kudos to Suntour for the mostly unregarded ARX GT derailleur - fabulous gear changing. Another original component, date coded 1983 - overhauled last year.

 

[sevenfourate]

Started slapping together 🙄 some bits I found in the loft…..**The Skyway 24” build has begun

48 spline (Non Pinch) United V3 cranks were time consuming to get right. I’ve beaten a few problems today though 👌

Apart from ‘quick release’ part of the front caliper which will need removing as it fouls on the thread / nut of the Odyssey Clear compound brake pads. And the centre bolt is fractionally short. So a rear has been ordered.

Real happy with how it’s looking so far….😁

 

[Mark Grant]

Fitted a new press fit bottom bracket to my Boardman 29er Pro.
I went out on it last week and after about a mile it started making a terrible noise, so the ride was cut short and I returned home.
I searched the internet for an appropriate new one and was surprised that they did not appear to be very readily available!
Found one on Amazon from foreign land so ordered that, then found a very reasonably priced but very good removal / fitting tool from Burton Bikes via Ebay for less than a tenner.
So old one removed and new one fitted today, then off for a quick test ride through the local nature reserve.

 

[EckyH]

Changed the stem and the brake levers on the Kostka Twenty Max.

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[FrankCrank]

Started slapping together 🙄 some bits I found in the loft…..**The Skyway 24” build has begun

48 spline (Non Pinch) United V3 cranks were time consuming to get right. I’ve beaten a few problems today though 👌

Apart from ‘quick release’ part of the front caliper which will need removing as it fouls on the thread / nut of the Odyssey Clear compound brake pads. And the centre bolt is fractionally short. So a rear has been ordered.

Real happy with how it’s looking so far….😁

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Here in Thailand 24" wheels are very common. Have them on drive wheels of my trike and LWB recumbents

 

[VinSumRox]

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I keep wondering if my 4iiii Precision 2.0 on my 105 road bike would easily transfer to my GRX gravel ebike, so I could cry at my actual numbers in addition to the motor.

Have you tried it? I was thinking the same .

 

[sevenfourate]

Here in Thailand 24" wheels are very common. Have them on drive wheels of my trike and LWB recumbents

Interesting ! A first venture in 24” for me….

When I amassed a ‘huge’ fleet of BMX bikes after getting back into it (13 bikes at one point - because ‘everything’ was bright, shiny and appealing 😁)…..it became obvious I need a plan, a ‘reason’ and quite frankly some space. Not much point owning - if you can’t get around it, work on it - and get it out to ride it !

So……this is the last part of my Puzzle:

I have a Mid-School 20” wheel BMX - which is a fully kitted out super-strong Freestyler; with Gyro and all the toys.

There’s then an Ultra modern 22” real World rider. This one has lots of Titanium parts - and is a perfect riding tool.

And now I’m adding a 24” *Old School looks / New School Tech - Cruiser in my favourite Chrome. Ideal for Sea-front Ice cream rides…….

This is my first 24”, my first ‘Cruiser, my first USA made bike, my first ‘Heritage’ type bike - remade in recent time with modern materials, Geo, bearings sizes etc.

So I’m quite excited 😁

 

[DCLane]

The Peugeot 653 project has been stalled for a few weeks due to workloads / life stuff and the Cinelli handlebars being too small for the Cinelli stem. Nothing I've got currently fits each other (2 x quill stems / 2 x handlebars) so it's on hold until I get that sorted out.

So ... attention has moved to turning the Viner Mitus winter/Zwift bike into something better for the hills, having dismantled and sold the too-big Thompson Capella last year. It was lovely, rare, but a frame size too large. I'd spotted a couple of Viner Mitus framesets at hillclimbs and it's a light frame - about 875g in the Medium I have - in reality if you scrape the black/green paint off there's a PlanetX EC130E underneath. Scrape a bit more and you'll get a 2016 Hongfu FM-066, which is a lightweight open-mould Chinese frameset and is what's written on the inside of the frame and forks. The build should come in around 7kg with the current bars/stem/seatpost/saddle.

Off came the heavy front wheel (Zwift set-up ), Ultegra shifters / 52-36 crankset / front derailleur and Dura-Ace rear derailleur. The frame has been thoroughly cleaned and on has gone Dura-Ace 9000 shifters / 50-34 crankset / front derailleur / pedals and a 9100 rear derailleur for a wider cassette. Cables and chain - and photos - to do in the next week or so depending upon other family / work stuff.

 

[All uphill]

Getting the Spa ready for this year's trip to the Netherlands.

I changed the drops to flat bar about a year ago, converting to hydraulic discs at the same time. The straight bars have never really been comfortable for me, so I've swapped them for bars with a slight sweep. Predictably this messed up the Carradice bar bag fitting. Lots of bodging later the bag, hoses and cables are all friends again.

I refitted the Bagman ready to take the big Carradice saddlebag. Now I need to ride a few miles to check everything works and then I'm ready!

Harwich, Hoek and Groningen here I come.