sothis job ended in my shoes being thrown across the garage in a proper spit the dummy fit......removing old cleats....any jobs on the bike worse than that ?
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the worst bike maintenance jobs
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o,bleeding avid brakes and removing old pedals....
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Scraping doggie poop from tyres, downtube and fork bridge after most rides this summer.
Never had it so bad - maybe lack of rain to wash dissolve them is to blame ............
Filthy.
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Simon, when the cleats are worn, chuck the shoes and get some new ones. Problem solved.
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Fixing knackerd postie's bikes every morning, bores the hell out of me
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agree with the doggie poop, scrapping it off the wheels with baby wipes and an old toothbrush before taking it to the bike shop on Monday was not a good start to the week.
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Replacing and setting up the front mech. Im pretty good at it, but its STILL a PITA.
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Pre sale setup of BSO's during Christmas week.
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bso?
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Bike Shaped Object
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Bicycle shaped object. The cheap things sold in box shifting sports stores and supermarkets that from a distance look like a bike.
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Setting up the new cleats, for some reason always takes me weeks to get it right. That and anything to do with chainring bolts hate them with a passion, whats wrong with glue?
Daft bloody things
what use are they anyway.
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Dog poo, winter sludge in the cassette, front mechs are boring, avids pita but few years with shimano sorted that one. Getting cleats right in new shoes.
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Cleaning. Especially weeks worth of road grime, that horrible black filth that gets everywhere.
Working on clean bikes is fine, there's not much that I think "oh no I have to fix..." but actually getting round to properly cleaning the commuter bike... Ugh.Posted 7 months ago # -
Servicing forks is pretty bad...so much potentially for messing up (scratching surfaces, dirt in internals, losing little clips/screws/etc) combined with the fact that no matter how careful, oil will get spilt.
...I maybe just be saying this though as I've spent this afternoon servicing my Revs including 'forgetting' that I'd removed the MOCO unit before turning the forks upside down dumping 100ml+ of fork oil on the dining room floor.
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New cleats; just draw round the old ones...
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arghh, this should be #1-Anything with Torx bolts
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Cleaning dissected slug out of a cassette between teeth. *gags*
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Bleeding brakes. Hateful job.
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I suggest single malt and online shopping for new bike shoes
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.removing old cleats....any jobs on the bike worse than that ?
Smug response - sorry. Have you ever heard of Copaslip / Copper grease? When you get em out - grease em before you reinstall. A bit late now I know.
My worse job is the winter daily / weekly cleaning of oily grit from the chain / drivetrain. Does my head in.
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You are sooooo wrong!
I love working/fettling/building bikes it's all good. it's so much fun I even do other peoples for beer and cakes. ( the tricksier the problem, the happier I am)
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chainring bolts def. always end up with big gashes in my fingers.
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I dont think bike fettling is a chore but standing in a pool of semi frozen gloop for 24 hours at the Puffer takes the edge off things...
And crispy dog egg debris removal, very gag worthy... especially in the workings of front mechs
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I hate doing cup and cone bearings. I hate them so much I refuse to buy hubs that use them. Much rather press in new cartridges than faff about with locknuts and cones and
Mainly because I suck at doing them mind.
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I suggest single malt and online shopping for new bike shoes
what a nice idea ! tonight I've opted for Red wine, Pringles, Beverly Hills cope while convincing myself I really need those £250 Rebas from onone.
Will take the Dremel to the cleats tomorrow.
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Alu seatpost stuck in steel frame.
Frayed cable ends... any job is made worse when a strand of cable goes up between one's finger and nail.
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also, pulling crappy Presta compressor adapter off valve and scraping knuckles on discs every time.
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...I hate doing cup and cone bearings...
possibly my favourite bike job!
i hate headsets though...
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Front mechs, Formula brake bleeding, dog poo and removing pedals.
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Swapping chainrings.... never fail to bark my knuckles removing the old ones. Oh and trying to get the more gnarly type tyres off the rims.
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Taking apart and packing up the bike ready to be flown home - doing this now
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If you use wankbrothers meatbeater pedals with their 'made of cheese' cleats, the cleat bolts will never get stuck in your shoes as you'll be changing the cleats for new ones every 2 months or so.
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All of it. When I'm as rich as Darcy I'll have a man do all of mine
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Taking apart and packing up the bike ready to be flown home - doing this now
Didn't find a job then? Wounder, sorry to hear that
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