What did you do with your bike(s) today?

[10speedsemiracer]

What did I do to my bike today? Well Friday night actually. I ruined it.

Avoiding an oblivious Camry driver, I ended up horizontal. Rear derailleur contact on impact resulted in hanger thread being stripped. Surprisingly the hanger didn't bend but frame is now junk, technically. Pissed off because I'd only recently finished it (last weekend) by fitting new brakes and 8sp dt shifters.
I'm not going to make a decision on it until the ribs heal up a bit (bruising) but am a bit sad.
The bike is nothing special, a 90s Shogun Samurai but had cool wheels and everything was just right, 8sp Rx100, 5700 series 105 brakes, custom wheels, 28mm Vittorias etc.

[TheWall]

What did I do to my bike today? Well Friday night actually. I ruined it.

I'm not going to make a decision on it until the ribs heal up a bit (bruising) but am a bit sad.

The bike is nothing special, a 90s Shogun Samurai but had cool wheels and everything was just right, 8sp Rx100, 5700 series 105 brakes, custom wheels, 28mm Vittorias etc.

Know the sad feeling from a recent bike loss but also glad you are (relatively) unscathed.

Heal well.

[10speedsemiracer]

Know the sad feeling from a recent bike loss but also glad you are (relatively) unscathed.

Heal well.

Thanks. Had forgotten how shabby a rib injury makes you feel.

[Arbuckle23]

Dropped the stem 15 mm. A long way, but that is the spacer size
Felt OK on a 30 km ride, longer one tomorrow to test the new position

[Mububban]

Had to get my chain replaced as I noticed it had 2 split/cracked links:




This was after a 40km ride and shifting didn't feel sloppy in any way. I'm glad I noticed it before next week's hills event.

I've only done ~4000km on this bike, is that about normal for an 11 speed chain and a low powered rider?

[P!N20]

Finally got around to lacing up the rear.

[g-boaf]

Had to get my chain replaced as I noticed it had 2 split/cracked links:




This was after a 40km ride and shifting didn't feel sloppy in any way. I'm glad I noticed it before next week's hills event.

I've only done ~4000km on this bike, is that about normal for an 11 speed chain and a low powered rider?

No it doesn't seem normal. I've not had that happen to me. I have multiple bikes on 11 speed chains (two Shimano, another KML X11SL and the last one on SRAM 11 speed) and none of them had problems. I'm not the most powerful rider out there, but I can go quickly when I want to.

Yesterday I cleaned up the cassette, chain and the pulley wheels on the RD, the bike is now running smoothly and silently again.

[Recycler]

I started to make a boat trailer, to fit onto my Giant "Innova".
Have not finished the boat yet.

[bychosis]

After several attempts to get the laser print transferred onto aluminium I finished masking off to etch my first headtube badge. A bit rough, but it does look well aged


https://m.imgur.com/a/NTL7Wq9


Now I just need to make it curved.

Edit: sorry, having trouble with posting image from imgur via phone.

[QuangVuong]

That's cool. What was the process of making it?

[bychosis]

That's cool. What was the process of making it?

Wasn’t that hard, but from my experience there seems to be an art to making it good. I’m sure your skills would have no trouble with it Q.V.

Piece of alloy plate. Sand it smooth, but not polished. I finished with 600grit. Attempted to transfer a laser print by heat, then acetone transfer. Print transfer didn’t go that well so I touched it up with nail polish. Drop it in an acid bath for a few mins, rinse off and done. I rubbed it back a bit to shine up the raised sections (that were masked, but the masking came off in the acid). I’d recommend doing a search for some more thorough instructions. The acid bit is dangerous. It is apparently also possible to etch with a salt solution (I think) and 12volts.

Next attempt will be an inverse image, ie predominantly masked off. It should help stop the finer sections from losing their masking and getting etched.

Edit: thanks Bruce for the image fix. I tried about 6 different times to get it to embed.
F2 part of the logo is because it is going on my second fixie build.

[g-boaf]

Finally got some new lights for one bike - the Ay-Ups were going a bit funny. They still work, but not that well any more. Took some effort to find a suitable replace, but it's done.

And swapped the TT bike onto the trainer, replaced the cassette on the trainer and tuned it all again to make the trainer run quieter and more smoothly. The weather is getting worse/much colder now so I figure I'd better get that working correctly.

Rode one bike yesterday in the wind and rain, got about 65km.

[Defy The Odds]

Slammed the stem on the gravel grinder

[g-boaf]

Put a newer (spare) set of Dura Ace 9000 chain rings on the bike I usually ride. The old ones were worn out. They've done a lot of kms.

It was making an almighty noise today when pedalling under load. But no real chain noise... If still a problem I'll look at the press fit bottom bracket.

Fingers crossed.

[10speedsemiracer]

Finally acquired another retro training bike (well, sort of retro).
A 1990 Malvern Star Triathlete, complete with old Look pedals. Original spec was 500ex 7sp with BioPace rings

[Jash Rider]

Zero offset seatpost came last Friday. Took it for its maiden voyage on Sunday to tweak the position and am about to embark on the first proper ride with it.

Certainly feels more aggressive and my knee pain didn’t flare up at all on the hilly bits like it can when pushed hard up hills (a bit over 1,000m elevation). 20mm further forward and 5mm higher than the old position. Feels nice.

[nemo57]

Stuck the Hillman up on the hoist for a few adjustments, fitted new Vittoria Corsa single to the front and picked this up for the kid:

He'd better like it ...

[P!N20]

Finally finished the new wheels for the Pinarello

[Trevtassie]

Stuck some 180mm front Spyke Discs and a 11-40T 9 speed cassette on the partners bike. Discovered the front axle is bent on my Wellie-Bootin' bike after my spleen lacerating crash. Not sure I should do 70km/h on a 12" front wheel that has a bent axle... argh bugger it, got a new wheel for $30 off velogear, 20% off today

[10speedsemiracer]

Stuck the Hillman up on the hoist for a few adjustments, fitted new Vittoria Corsa single to the front and picked this up for the kid:

He'd better like it ...

Hmm, spoiled kid. Very nice.

[CKinnard]

I did a long ride (longest in a busy month) in traffic to lunch. sat around all arvo enjoying high level discourse and waiting for rain to ease. then rode home in the drizzle as darkness descended. could have jumped on a train with bike to come home, but enjoyed the ride enough. traffic was reasonably well behaved. closest pass (<1m) was by a city council bus with two vacant lanes to get around me.

BTW, I was down a headlight after charging it a few nights ago with an expensive Jaycar vehicle jump starter that has usb charging ports. The headlight it killed cost me $115 so I am quite pssd and weary of the thing now. Though it is excellent at jump starting cars!

[g-boaf]

Still trying to work out what is causing a creaking noise when pedaling. It's not the chainrings and not the chain either, there is no noise from the chain itself.

And the cranks are not loose either.

[10speedsemiracer]

Still trying to work out what is causing a creaking noise when pedaling. It's not the chainrings and not the chain either, there is no noise from the chain itself.

And the cranks are not loose either.

Eliminate the easy first.

Check pedals, seat post clamp, saddle rail clamp, and stem for tightness.

If none of these, check the BB.

[nemo57]

...Hmm, spoiled kid. Very nice.

Yeah, well, maybe, but it was a stonking bargain - only ridden 4 times by the previous owner, and very expensive rides they turned out to be!

[biker jk]

Still trying to work out what is causing a creaking noise when pedaling. It's not the chainrings and not the chain either, there is no noise from the chain itself.

And the cranks are not loose either.

Eliminate the easy first.

Check pedals, seat post clamp, saddle rail clamp, and stem for tightness.

If none of these, check the BB.

Don't forget the rear quick release skewer. That was the source of my noise but now eliminated after greasing all the contact points.