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[Closed] What's your least favourite bike maintenance task?

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Anything on a friends' bike - because it will be crappy, unmaintained and they won't spend any money.


 
Posted : 30/01/2012 8:51 pm
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Rebuilding my SRAM x9 trigger shifter , that. Was frustrating


 
Posted : 30/01/2012 10:01 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 30/01/2012 10:09 pm
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oh and marathon plusses on 20" rims

If you think that's hard, try the 16" ones 🙂


 
Posted : 31/01/2012 12:41 am
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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.


 
Posted : 31/01/2012 6:55 pm
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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!


 
Posted : 31/01/2012 6:58 pm
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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...


 
Posted : 31/01/2012 7:01 pm
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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...


 
Posted : 31/01/2012 11:16 pm
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