What Have You Fettled Today?

[VinSumRox]

Pal brought his wheel round for me to fix a drive side spoke. Took a bit longer than planned as I dropped the spoke nipple inside the double rim, took a fair while to fish it out with some sticky tape. 2nd attempt inserted it on the end of another spoke and screwed it on!
Lesson learned for next time!
Also when I removed the cassette the freehold came off with it, is that usual for a Hunt hub?

 

[KuroSan]

After hours fighting to remove possibly the most stubbornly stuck crown race I've ever dealt with, I finally got the new forks fitted!

 

[Fredo76]

Upgraded Fredo's headset from a pitted Campagnolo Record, to a Stronglight Spidel with roller bearings top and bottom.

Had to find a threaded shaft (M12, 1.75) to extend my cup press tool long enough to use in Fredo's head tube.

Put in the cups one at a time:

Looks a bit different, but it's much smoother than the pitted one it replaced, and lighter to boot.

 

[Elybazza61]

Gave the front pads and rims on the Trek rebuild a good scrub and clean while also toeing in the pads a bit and hey presto! No grabbing and squealing .

Nice little pootle this morning to test everything out properly.

 

[Gunk]

My son is going back to university next week, so Ì decided to give his Allez commuter a clean and service, also fitted a new rear tyre and tube (the old one had 5 patches!) went over the bike with a torque wrench and took a few links out of the chain as I’d fitted it a bit too long. It will now go back in the garage ready for his return.

Only paid around £70 for it ( we are in for about £150 all in) and it’s made an interesting commuter bike, he’s really enjoyed using it.

 

[sevenfourate]

Underseat bag, Shimano 105 pedals, Helicopter tape in a few areas…

**WHERES MY NEW WHEELS ? (Yup: I am shouting that) 🤣

 

[Gunk]

Underseat bag, Shimano 105 pedals, Helicopter tape in a few areas…

**WHERES MY NEW WHEELS ? (Yup: I am shouting that) 🤣

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Love a gravel bike, here is mine. 2007 Van Nicholas Amazon

 

[KuroSan]

Got the head tube on the new forks cut to size. Managed to get a nice straight cut with just a hacksaw and an old head tube spacer as a guide!

 

[Elybazza61]

Yesterday sorted through some lights and mounts.

 

[sevenfourate]

Love a gravel bike, here is mine. 2007 Van Nicholas Amazon

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^^^Thats lovely ❤️


Mines a Burgamont (Graphics barely show in poor light) and from their ‘Grandurance’ range. So could be a relaxed Geometry Road bike. Or It has enough eyelets, tyre clearance for 50mm (?) rubber, single chainring etc - to make a Gravel machine.

I sold the intended road biased tyres I’d bought for it yesterday. And have bought some Panaracer GravelKing Slick (As I have on my Carrera and love: a light / folding tyre with ‘some’ tread). I’ve bought them in 35mm wide.

So - I’m now intending this bike to he a bit more utilitarian. A slightly aggressive Gravel bike 🤷‍♂️ with a solid nod to the tarmac miles it will undoubtedly cover. I’m sure it’s going to ride lovely.

And so looking forward to the Carbon wheels for it arriving. My first set and can’t wait to see / feel / hear any differences. Plus the Bling - of course.

Ride safe yourself.

 

[FrankCrank]

Final bits added to the Stowaway resto, will make a nice addition to the other two I have over here

 

[Gunk]

Fitted a set of auxiliary lights and a slightly louder horn to my KTM. Quite a big job as all the bodywork had to come off, it took about three hours, but really pleased with the results.

 

[fossyant]

Nothing more than washed the commuter then re-mixed the touch up pen/brush for it (the pen was a tad dark so I've added silver to it to come in much closer).

 

[cyberknight]

ordered some brake pads for the synpase but the new ones are so thick i cant get them into the gap ! tried all sorts of jiggling and they are just that bit too wide to slide in
the original ones looked fairly new but glazed so i have given them a sand down and given the rotors a quick sand too followed by a clean with disc brake cleaner and they do seem a lot better than they were as it was more of a suggestion than a brake beforehand .

 

[fossyant]

ordered some brake pads for the synpase but the new ones are so thick i cant get them into the gap ! tried all sorts of jiggling and they are just that bit too wide to slide in
the original ones looked fairly new but glazed so i have given them a sand down and given the rotors a quick sand too followed by a clean with disc brake cleaner and they do seem a lot better than they were as it was more of a suggestion than a brake beforehand .

Have you pushed the pistons back before fitting the new ones ?