First world problems and all that and I suppose I should be grateful I’ve not snapped a frame in half or owt, but…
Replacing a complete drivechain on the bouncy bike at the weekend and everything is on bar the shifter. I’ve moved from SRAM to Shimano and go to mount it on to the Magura brake lever and… it doesn’t fit. Of course it doesn’t. Why would it? Like everything else nowadays its a diffferent standard. Price of new backing plate for the lever: 7 quid. Find one on stock and order it. Its still not arrived. So bike no 1 is out of action.
So I had a cheeky bunk off work today and head out for a ride on the hardtail. I get to the furthest point away from home (obviously) and my crank arm drops off. The shitty plastic Shimano crank tensioner is nowhere to be seen (again… obviously) so I limp home and find said part – price of shitty plastic Shimano crank tensioner: 3 quid. One has now been ordered
I did nip to the LBS but it seems to presently select its opening hours by some kind of lottery system
So I now have two bikes out of action for the sake of a tenners worth of parts
*sigh*
Could be worse, I know, but you know… boo hoo… poor me
So whats the cheapest, shittiest, flimsiest, most apparently irrelevent part that’s curtailed your riding?