peeling a squashed bat of my head tube
How the heck? Rather you than me!
+1 for cleaning dogshit. Judging by how hard it is to persuade the stuff to let go of my tyres and frame (and once, pedals too), they ought to use it to glue the wings onto airliners.
It's also responsible for turning me from a dog person to a cat person.
Anything that involves fork removal without a proper workstand!
Wow I am feeling luckly then as I like all bike mainenance, maybe thats why I have setup a shop, it's only been going 6 months so I have plenty of time to start hating it. I think it's more the way I work that keeps the stress out. I do not rush jobs just working through them methodically while listening to Radio4. I think Radio 4 helps alot.
I have been luckly so in that only one bike in the last 6 months has had dog shit on it.
I actually enjoy most fettling, so long as its nice out.
Front mechs never fail to amaze me though. They are clearly total shite and a total PITA to set up (even when you know how!) but we perservere with them anyway. And it doesn't matter whether they are cheap or not XT front mechs are just slightly lighter shite than Deore or Alivio
Gearbox rebuilds on motorised and non motorised bikes and any electrial stuff 
allen key pedal removal,f..k them.
oh and marathon plusses on 20" rims.
and loose ball headsets,really loose ball,not the modern stuff.30yo ones.always find a bb on the floor.
chainguides can be annoying,fit,measure,remove,fit measure,remove,fit..file,measure.remove,fit..
honjo fenders.
brompton cable length,if you're swapping hbars.
favourite?building wheels.
kona main pivot bearings the devils work
Taking pedals off - usually with taking skin off at the same time, when they finally give in!
Fitting mudguards, avid brakes, and trying to get the trim just right on road bike front mechs.
Anything on a friends' bike - because it will be crappy, unmaintained and they won't spend any money.
Rebuilding my SRAM x9 trigger shifter , that. Was frustrating
Fettling front dérailleurs.
Fitting mudguards. Almost prefer to get muddy.
Setting up disc pads on forks that aren't faced properly.
Servicing a Fox air fork and forgetting to remove the air - and watching the fork fly up and stick in my garage ceiling.
oh and marathon plusses on 20" rims
If you think that's hard, try the 16" ones 
Finding the right sized washer for a hayes 9 master cylinder so you don't have to buy a new kit..
Washing the bike in the winter, not an issue in the summer.
Finding the right sized washer for a hayes 9 master cylinder so you don't have to buy a new kit..
This implies the circlip task I suggested above, which is far far worse than finding the washer!
Rebuilding a SRAM X9 shifter.
haha that one took me three days of trying.
Worth it in the end though.
Always chuckle when i see them for sale as spares or repair after ham fisted tinkering...
Finding the right sized washer for a hayes 9 master cylinder so you don't have to buy a new kit..This implies the circlip task I suggested above, which is far far worse than finding the washer!
I meant finding an appropriate replacement washer, I guess I just have the right circlip pliers...
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