What Have You Fettled Today?

[All uphill]

Yesterday a friend told me his bike was creaking in the area of the front wheel when lateral pressure was applied to the handlebar.

I was aware that the bike has a carbon fork, and had been heavily crashed about five years ago. Subsequent to the crash the bike had been professionally checked.

My mind was thinking of bearings or a damaged and dangerous fork, the latter being outside my skills and experience to assess.

I suggested swapping in the wheel from another bike to isolate the problem.

When I went to swap the wheel I noticed that the QR wasn't tight.

"Oh yes, I had a puncture last week"

Tighten the QR and the creak went away.

 

[sevenfourate]

Fitted an Alivio: combined 8-speed Shifter / Brake lever on the Carrera - which went fine 👍

The Out-front mount on the Carrera not so much so. I’m pretty sure it will hold. But due to the amount of shims I had to fit to size down from a 31.8mm clamp to 22.2mm it’s not as perfect as possible. And because of a bulge at the clamping point on the bars - i can’t also get the GPS sitting dead central. So it’s more of an “Out infront and slightly to the left bracket” 🤨

With my riser stem - a Stem mount as below: would just end up point skywards:

…….so I’m not sure what the answer is right now 🤷‍♂️ But I think the chances of this bracket lasting long term are right around zero 😉

But for now I have GPS on both bikes. And a back-up for when my Strava next crashes 🤦‍♂️

 

[sevenfourate]

^^^Sorted 👌

 

[Webbo2]

Fitted a new front tyre to summer bike. I was hoping the current would last the season out but I noticed it was starting to crack and the wear markers had just about disappeared.
The plus was I got the new tyre on without resorting to levers or the like.

 

[Sharky]

Just fitted new kleo cleats.

Used "snopake" to paint the outline of the old cleats before removing. New cleats perfect positional fit. Next ride will tell

 

[sevenfourate]

Today I fettled 171g of weight off the New build. I had an idea the standard Synchros seatpost was heavy…..but not THAT heavy 😳

New Carbon fibre post is 31.6mm x a massive 400mm long. I could probably cut some off and save a little more. But as it is - it’s got a massive insertion depth. And a depth that protrudes 2” down past where the seat stays intersect the seat tube. Appears to me for the sake of 10g; leaving it past there is good insurance 👌

Before in Alloy:

Now in Carbon:

**Carbon texture wrap was and is to protect any post from light bracket and underseat bag rub 👍