What Have You Fettled Today?

[sevenfourate]

……..,and then getting ready for a week of (Silent / smooth 😉) commuting:

 

[Elybazza61]

Had to re-do the Stayer All Road rear tyre again today as it was flat again this morning and after checking everything it was a small leak from the seam on the tube so one of the other repaired tubes are in as I'm waiting for new ones and so far it's holding up.

And then had to re-do one side of the bar tape on the Fairlight as it had unravelled due to the Cat Eye bar end light falling out.

 

[Elybazza61]

Just updated the Elite trainer so there may have been an issue yesterday with the Zwift update ;also noticed an e-mail I missed yesterday with an offer on the Zwift cog and click so ordered that as it seems to be smoother than using the gears on the bike and obviously no need for a cassette.

 

[mickle]

The restoration of my £1(!) (plus 17p buyer protection) 'For Parts / Not Working' ebay Bakfiets with destroyed box and no back tyre
New tyre £20
Sheet of ply £27
Chain £10
3x cables £20
Big fark off bell £16
Just the box to varnish, box bench, seat belts and other hardware to fit, gear and rear brake cables to hook up. Rear dynamo cable to run and were done!
Its had a shunt at some point. The steering stop is bent slightly so it has more turn available to one side than the other. I dunno if that'll be a problem. Ill ride it and see.
Exciting!

 

[Oldhippy]

Absolutely fantastic.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The restoration of my £1(!) (plus 17p buyer protection) 'For Parts / Not Working' ebay Bakfiets with destroyed box and no back tyre
New tyre £20
Sheet of ply £27
Chain £10
3x cables £20
Big fark off bell £16
Just the box to varnish, box bench, seat belts and other hardware to fit, gear and rear brake cables to hook up. Rear dynamo cable to run and were done!
Its had a shunt at some point. The steering stop is bent slightly so it has more turn available to one side than the other. I dunno if that'll be a problem. Ill ride it and see.
Exciting!

Excellent work on that box. I'm looking forward to see how it looks when completed. You'll be amazed at the variety of tasks you'll end up using it for.

 

[Punkawallah]

Fettled yesterday, when I broke a spoke coming back from a ride on the Galaxy. Rear drive side, of course. Got away with leaving the tyre & tube on & the nipple in the rim :-) The benefits of greasing your spoke threads, folks!

 

[derrick]

I cleaned up an old galvanized watering can today, wife wanted it as a garden ornament,,came up ok ish.

 

[DCLane]

I cleaned up an old galvanized watering can today, wife wanted it as a garden ornament,,came up ok ish.

SWMBO put one on her father's grave as a plant pot as he was a keen gardener.

 

[Gillstay]

Got this one all finished up and it left with a happy owner.

 

[palinurus]

Part of the flange that holds my rear light/ camera into the mount broke off. I cut some plastic from a cable tie and glued it in place to create a new section of flange- so far, so good (will see if it holds)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Some lateral truing of rear wheel, fixed a puncture, oiled the chain.

 

[Jameshow]

Yesterday evening I took a bit of time to work on a couple of bikes.

Firstly, the Peugeot 653 had a new 7-speed freewheel onto the Mavic rear wheel and new Bontrager Hard-Case Lite tyres onto the wheelset so it could all be finished off with a little bit of mudguard adjustment:

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Then attention turned to the Giant FCR which had a new Octalink V1 bottom bracket, new chain for the first time in nearly 20 years, and an Ultegra triple crankset. I'm happy with the silver, rather than black chainrings on the old Tiagra version, saving about 150 grams. It's all set for local rides plus commuting when I have to use the Park and Ride rather than a full commute:

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Both of these give more options than just using the Merida Cyclo-Cross when commuting and I've a couple of bikes - the Peugeot 653 and Carrera Vengeance Magnesium - set up for bad weather road use. Probably only one will stay and I'll decide that over the winter, although the Carrera's frame is already showing some signs of the magnesium corrosion issues that affected them all (in reality it's a re-badged Merida 909 magnesium).

Is that "my" pugeout looks very smart!

 

[DCLane]

Is that "my" pugeout looks very smart!

Yes it is. All ready for commuting and winter bad weather duties ...

 

[ColinJ]

I have my 100+ km Garforth forum ride coming up on Saturday and had a couple if things to sort out on the bike that I will be riding...

1. It is a rim-braked bike. The brakes had been squealing and I was having to pull the brake levers twice as hard as I should have to. Definitely due to mucky rims, so I scrubbed them.
2. I had been hearing an annoying ticking noise from the bike. These noises can be hard to track down but I was fairly convinced that a bottom bracket bearing was to blame. I stripped the transmission down to investigate. I thought that I could feel a really subtle roughness in one bearing when turning it with a finger. I had 9 spare bearings so I thought the best bet was just to replace the bearings on both sides while I was at it.

I went out on a one hour test ride this evening. The ticking noise had gone and the brakes were quiet and effective.

That's the bike ready for Saturday now. I must remember to check the tyres tomorrow evening, just in case. I don't want to discover that a tyre is flat on Saturday morning just before my train arrives!