What Have You Fettled Today?

[Ming the Merciless]

Fixed tubeless puncture. Added more sealant

 

[Jenkins]

Fixed the same puncture twice.
Had a piece of flint put a large cut through the tyre making the hole in the tube easy to find and fix. The first self adhesive patch used (last one from an otherwise empty strip) must have been in the kit for a long while as it lasted for all of a few hundred yards before the glue stopped sticking and the tube went down and needed re-patching using the first from another strip.

The most annoying thing is that the tyre looks like it will need to be replaced - it's only done 75 miles from new as a replacement for one that had almost exactly the same sort of cut. The bulge at the bottom of the cut is where the tube is poking through the carcase so I've deflated it and will have a proper look later tomorrow, but I don't think a tyre boot will help.

 

[rogerzilla]

Wasted an hour idly rooting through the various boxes in the Crypt of Crap to see if I could find enough spare parts to make an entire Sturmey-Archer AW. Defeated only by the lack of a HSA123 driver. Pah.

 

[EltonFrog]

Wasted an hour idly rooting through the various boxes in the Crypt of Crap to see if I could find enough spare parts to make an entire Sturmey-Archer AW. Defeated only by the lack of a HSA123 driver. Pah.

Yeah, you’re going to need one of them, pretty essential really.

 

[PeteXXX]

Rookie error yesterday afternoon.. 🤷‍♂️
The front brake cable on my CX (mechanical disc) was fraying badly where the cable end cap had come off.
Quick check in the drawer. Yep. There's a new cable in its sleeve ready to fit.
Cut the old cable back past the fraying that I didn't want to pull through the outer cable..
All going well until I compared the ends of the old & new!! Yeo, you guessed it 😂

This was yesterday, Sunday at 15:45.. Leap into the car.. McGanns; closed. Rang a nearby mate. He's in North Wales (I'm in Northampton)
Checked Halfrauds and it's open until 17:00! I bought 2 cables..

Moral of the story? Don't be a plonker 😂

 

[EckyH]

Checked the commuter for the commute tomorrow and noticed that the rear tyre touches the mudguard. Then I remembered a metallic "click" on the last commute, which I associated with a loose screw of the mud guard with integrated rack. Turns out: It was a broken spoke. Replaced it and trued the wheel.

E.

 

[HLaB]

After the Dunwich Dynamo I mustered the enthusiasm to clean the bike yesterday and relubed it with drip wax today.

 

[DCLane]

More dismantling of the 1948 Claud Butler. Everything is off / out apart from the right-hand crank arm, which has a recalcitrant cotter pin, and the stuck quill stem that's seized to the forks. That's soaking to hopefully free it up a bit.

I want everything off the frame before it's properly cleaned. The plan is to then lacquer it as is with matt lacquer as the current paint and decals/lining is very flaky. That way I can maintain the patina rather than attempt a re-paint.

 

[sevenfourate]

After the Dunwich Dynamo I mustered the enthusiasm to clean the bike yesterday and relubed it with drip wax today.

Hope you too had a good run and really enjoyed your night 🙏

 

[sevenfourate]

More dismantling of the 1948 Claud Butler. Everything is off / out apart from the right-hand crank arm, which has a recalcitrant cotter pin, and the stuck quill stem that's seized to the forks. That's soaking to hopefully free it up a bit.

I want everything off the frame before it's properly cleaned. The plan is to then lacquer it as is with matt lacquer as the current paint and decals/lining is very flaky. That way I can maintain the patina rather than attempt a re-paint.

I’d love to know how this goes ? What prep / cleaning / last stage you do on the frame before lacquering. What lacquer you use……and how it turns out and lasts of course……

**Thinking of a build using a retro frame. And IF I can find the right frame / finish: I might “seal in the Patina” too; as opposed to re-painting.

Good luck !!