Senior Moment

[KEEF]

Fitted a new computer to my bike yesterday then spent 2 hours trying to work out why the rear mech would only change down and not up. my neighbour dropped by to ask what I was doing and what was wrong with the bike as I explained cable tension indexing etc I noticed I had cable tied the rear mech cable to the downtube Doh

 

[Paulus]

An early warning of things to come?

 

[ChrisKH]

I once had a door which was dragging on a newly fitted carpet. Took off the door and planed the wood, re-fitted, still dragging. Repeated operation twice and still the door was dragging.

I had been planing the top of the door.

 

[4F]

Fitted a new computer to my bike yesterday then spent 2 hours trying to work out why the rear mech would only change down and not up. my neighbour dropped by to ask what I was doing and what was wrong with the bike as I explained cable tension indexing etc I noticed I had cable tied the rear mech cable to the downtube Doh

hahahaha

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Fitted a new computer to my bike yesterday then spent 2 hours trying to work out why the rear mech would only change down and not up. my neighbour dropped by to ask what I was doing and what was wrong with the bike as I explained cable tension indexing etc I noticed I had cable tied the rear mech cable to the downtube Doh

We've all done that That's unique in my experience.

 

[KEEF]

An early warning of things to come?

I think there here

 

[661-Pete]

We've all done that That's unique in my experience.

Nope.

I've done something similar in securing my lamp battery in the bottle cage. To keep it from jolting loose, you're supposed to wrap a velcro tape around the battery, cage and down tube.

But not the gear cables...

 

[bauldbairn]

I had been planing the top of the door.

 

[Arch]

I once had a door which was dragging on a newly fitted carpet. Took off the door and planed the wood, re-fitted, still dragging. Repeated operation twice and still the door was dragging.

I had been planing the top of the door.

How far down do you think you might have got before you noticed(of course, you did notice, but you know what I mean)? The stable door look is very 'in' right now...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I am only 28 and I do things like that all the time, so, it looks pretty grim for me, doesn't it??


Then again, I do have brain damage so I have at least SOME excuse!

 

[rich p]

I tweaked the brakes mid-ride for Mrs rich p once and when we set off again she complained that I'd buggered them up completely. It turned out that she'd put a bungee over the rack and through the rear wheel