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…