Today I did something to my bike thread...

I changed the seat post clamp on my bike.

I rounded the bolt through over enthusiastic use of a mini tool during roadside adjustments.

For something that seemed to round fairly easy it put up a good fight this morning....and the remains of the bolt head is stuck solid to the bit

A simple job escalates - drill and bits - bike stand - rags - black bags to cover mechs chain etc - torque spanner & bits - carbon paste - bike and seat clamp janey!

I bought mudflaps recently to extend the protection of the mudguards on my 27.5 bike.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/4245-mm-sks-long-mudflap/

Unfortunately the little plastic nut and screw they provided are useless and not long enough to thread through the drilled hole on the mudguard.

The mudflap slips nicely over the end of the mudguard and you would probably get away with no fix but I probably will get a black bolt /nut to secure. My feet should be completely dry now.

It is very hard to get a full mudguard for these wheels. My back mudguard covers me fine but if I am towing a trailer it gets a lot of backsplash as the mudguard is not fully down over the wheel. I have already 2 homemade extensions put on to both ends of the rear mudguard to increase the protection of the front deraileur and extend the end of the mudguard.

The mudflap won't work for the rear mudguard as the latter has a rise on the end of it and the mudflap won't fit over it. Even if it did it won't extend down far enough, just sticking out at the back.

Changed my handlebars for slightly wider ones.

Folks - bar tape can be trying at times, not helped by the fact that I didn't check what I actually bought a few months ago. I got Fizik stuff with logos on it, meant to get plain. I don't like the look of it but I may as well get some use out of it as I had nothing else and I'm not throwing it away.

In other news the mechanic that put it together must be strong cos the left shifter was welded on and I was quite anxious trying to open it following a recent rounded bolt incident !

Upgraded the Di2 battery in my bike to try synchro shift. As the battery is in the downtube I had to take out and replace the bottom bracket. A fiddly rather than difficult job, slightly awkward to reconnect the battery as there seemed to be very little slack on the battery lead.
Everything seems to be working as it should, gave the bike a bit and a clean and tidied away 1001 bits and pieces!

Fitted a dropper post to the MTB. Most of the process was simple enough actually, until getting the cable tension at the lever. Seems to be working ok, but only had time to test in the drive!

It's the brand xl, and I can see the lever being a fairly quick upgrade to be honest (which was well flagged in reviews to be fair)

magicbastarder wrote: »

cleaned the bike, and did a really good job of degreasing and cleaning the chain. it was only then i thought 'i haven't checked for chain wear in a while'.
.75%
doh.

It's good to know I'm not the only one:o:)

I wrecked the headset on not one but two of my bikes swopping the stem...one being the notoriously difficult to source Canyon headset (unless you want to pay top dollar to canyon for the replacement)

So that's what I did today to my bikes...

Always learning!

Work almost complete on the fitting of Di2 but it'll be Saturday before I get it back

Weepsie wrote: »

Make sure it's fully charged! that'd be a kick in the proverbials!

The guy fitting it doesn't actually work in the shop I bought it, they hadn't fit Di2 before so they brought in a pal from another shop to do it as a nixxer, he went to set it up yesterday and the battery was flat! So he can't get back until tomorrow night.

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

I hope you're not paying by the hour!

Price agreed for supply and fit

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

Today I decided to buy some spare tubes for my Canyon but ran into difficulty when selecting sizes, wheels 700, tyres 25mm and want presta valve.

Does the valve size matter much, 36/42/51?

There are a few wheel width ranges, 18 - 25, 19 - 25, 20 - 25 etc. Nearest range to 25 best?

Thanks.

Valve size is just the length of it - if you have deep section wheels you'll need a longer valve or to use valve extenders. Any of those tube width ranges sound like they will fit your 25c tyres fine.

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Maiden voyage withbtge upgrades. Just a small bit of tidying to demand a KMC chain to go on. Apart from a nice bottleholder this project is at an end for now. On to building a winter beast now

Nice bike. Did the frame have the holes for di2? I would like to upgrade my bike but it's a mechanical only frameset I believe. A Scott addict

coach22 wrote: »

Nice bike. Did the frame have the holes for di2? I would like to upgrade my bike but it's a mechanical only frameset I believe. A Scott addict

You could fit SRAM wireless?

I fitted a set of Fulcrum Racing 5 DB wheels to my Felt VR30 along with Michelin Lithions and Vittoria latex tubes which shaved a whopping 502g off the weight of the bike/wheels.

The OE wheels are Felt branded VR21’s which are 21mm Internal Diameter! The tyres were Schwalbe Durano RaceGuard 28mm and while very comfortable I found them heavy especially on hills so I went for the lighter Lithions in 25mm and added the latex tubes to gain some further comfort.

Will head out for a hilly spin tomorrow evening to see how they perform.

Cleaned and pic with new chain and cassette.