fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Washed two very dusty bikes. Adjusted the canti's on the commuter and wiped down both bike's drivechains as they were covered in oily dust.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Very nice @sevenfourate - if they've done it for free the least you can give them is a shout as free publicity 
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Very nice @sevenfourate - if they've done it for free the least you can give them is a shout as free publicity
Arghhhh. No; maybe I wasn’t clear - the gear fettling / cassette swap etc was promised as ‘free’……as they built the new wheels for me. https://dunxcycles.com/
But today: the brakes ran away with us, stem was of course to be paid for etc.
And I’m absolutely more than happy to support these GREAT guys at my LBS. They absolutely go over and above every single time, and are genuine, honest and fun to be around 🙏
https://dunxcycles.com/
https://www.facebook.com/share/1StAjRs7UK/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Both tyres replaced on my former main commuter bike.
Pothole debris this morning caused a 5mm cut right through the sidewall of the rear tyre and subsequent immediate loss of all air in the tube. The tube was replaced roadside but kept to a low pressure to get home due to it bulging through the hole. This afternoon I put a boot in the tyre, re-inflated to the normal pressure and then immediately deflated it and binned the tyre as the damage was too big.
I'd already had to do something similar to the front tyre last year for a smaller hole in the main tread and it was also showing other cuts so this was binned as well for symmetry as the new rear tyre was a different brand.
Not happy as that's less than 3000 miles on a pair of GP4000s which still had plenty of life left in them otherwise.
Pothole debris this morning caused a 5mm cut right through the sidewall of the rear tyre and subsequent immediate loss of all air in the tube. The tube was replaced roadside but kept to a low pressure to get home due to it bulging through the hole. This afternoon I put a boot in the tyre, re-inflated to the normal pressure and then immediately deflated it and binned the tyre as the damage was too big.
I'd already had to do something similar to the front tyre last year for a smaller hole in the main tread and it was also showing other cuts so this was binned as well for symmetry as the new rear tyre was a different brand.
Not happy as that's less than 3000 miles on a pair of GP4000s which still had plenty of life left in them otherwise.
Punkawallah
Veteran
Well, fettled yesterday in any event.
Intermittently noisy bb turned out to be loosening non drive side - bloody Italian threads. The replacement bb (on approval from my FLBS) returned with thanks, along with the 7 speed Sachs freewheel that proved too wide for the drop outs.
Intermittently noisy bb turned out to be loosening non drive side - bloody Italian threads. The replacement bb (on approval from my FLBS) returned with thanks, along with the 7 speed Sachs freewheel that proved too wide for the drop outs.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Are those the ones we were discussing earlier in the week or am I getting mixed up with another bike?
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Are those the ones we were discussing earlier in the week or am I getting mixed up with another bike?
You told me about your friends Stretchy Titanium on his bike…..
My LBS came to the conclusion that the design / short arm on mine that I was already using was the issue (Not Titanium - and ‘inherited’ when I got the bike). And seemingly fine on previous 2 sets of wheels ?
We took the new hub apart; measured and checked the bearings and end caps. We then messed around with a couple of QR skewers and ended up getting the wheel firmly seated. This with an old Chrome plated / super heavy - but genuine Shimano item; which has a different / stronger clamping action.
At that point - and while still in the shop - I looked on eBay and found these (Same type of mechanism - but in Alloy). And was about to order:
https://ebay.io/m/ZYs2Cr
……..but the mechanic remembered when a guy ordered some American Classic wheels from them in circa 2008 (He thinks £700-£800 a pair back then 😳). They somehow came with 2 pairs of expensive skewers. And they still had the spare set brand new in the bag. So we tried those and seems ok - but I will go back in tomorrow to get spokes checked on new wheels AND the front skewer. It seems there’s a small amount of pre-set play in the hub end caps at the front (Quite often is supposedly). And cheap (?) skewers that don’t clamp very well perhaps don’t take this pre-set free-play up.
As I say. Ironically - the oldest, cheapest, heaviest QR skewer did - due to its superior / required clamping ability.
All good fun 🙄
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh, and another QR issue, this time one that I experienced myself on one bike with one set of skewers...
I had a problem with the rear wheel pulling loose when I was making big efforts on super-steep climbs so I stopped and tightened the QR.
That solved the wheel coming loose problem. Some time after the gradient of the climb eased though I realised that it still felt like very hard work...
It turned out that I had overtightened the QR to the extent that the hub bearings were binding. The wheel wouldn't spin freely when I lifted it clear of the road. If I gave it a hard flick it would stop spinning after only about a quarter of a revolution!
I was very surprised that this happened but, slackening the QR slightly sorted the problem out. QR too loose = wheel not retained properly; QR too tight = hard work and/or damaged bearings; QR correctly adjusted = wheel retained, free-spinning, and happy bearings!
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Yes ! Seems depending on quality / luck
/ heavy handed-ness…..this is an Art not a Science.
Elybazza61
Legendary Member
Had a few times on the Audax yesterday when it felt like the front brake was not really performing adequately, it had felt a bit soft for a while so had the pads out and bled it at the lever with the shimano bleed block in the calliper, got a few bubbles out and fiteted new pads as the old ones were getting quite low and now feeling much 'tighter' although still have a bit of rub so will fettle a bit more tomorrow as the patience has worn thin a bit.
This is mainly due to not being able to get the funnel tightened in the caliper ,thought it was in ok (always try and be careful to not over tighten it) but as soon as I put the fluid in it fell out
,luckily had removed the wheel and pads already but had to clear up the spill.Luckilly still had the older funnel with the smaller thread and found an adapter but I'll have to get a new funnel as the old one doesn't seal very well with the plug in so fluid does dribble out when you remove it ,good job I kept it as a spare though.
Cleaned and checked chain and levelled the saddle a bit as it was not quite right after raising it up a while ago.
This is mainly due to not being able to get the funnel tightened in the caliper ,thought it was in ok (always try and be careful to not over tighten it) but as soon as I put the fluid in it fell out
,luckily had removed the wheel and pads already but had to clear up the spill.Luckilly still had the older funnel with the smaller thread and found an adapter but I'll have to get a new funnel as the old one doesn't seal very well with the plug in so fluid does dribble out when you remove it ,good job I kept it as a spare though.Cleaned and checked chain and levelled the saddle a bit as it was not quite right after raising it up a while ago.
