themosquitoking
Guru
- Location
- Spain
It's more relaxing than going downhill forward, you can't see what you're going to crash into.You would have been good going downhill backwards then
The "oh what a Wally I am" thread.
- Thread starter Kins
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wilko
Veteran
- Location
- Wiltshire, UK
I recently posted that I couldn't fit a bottle cage because the boss holes were too small and the bolts didn't fit. Had a proper look this morning and realised the bolts wouldn't fit because there were already bolts fitted in there!!
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Pah... 22-622 tyre, 49t chainring & a 15t 'cassette' & no I didn't walk itSo I bought a new bike (to me) from the bay of fleas in mid feb which arrived by courier who had kindly damaged the large chain ring by dropping it from a great height!
So I have only had middle and small ring. Been so obsessed with sorting it out and getting compensation for a new one that I hadn't thought about anything else on the bike. Today comp arrived so decided to treat myself as well as a new crank and BB, to get a new chain and rear cassette only to find out that the reason I have been struggling up hills in my fat suit is because the cassette is bloody 11-21!
Serves me right for not checking I suppose.....
RiflemanSmith
Senior Member
- Location
- London UK
What numpty cycles at night with no hands (on Private road with no traffic round my work) playing with his new phone, then goes over a speed bump unexpectedly and goes flying out of the saddle?
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Kins
Über Member
- Location
- Ystradgynlais, S. Wales
Pah... 22-622 tyre, 49t chainring & a 15t 'cassette' & no I didn't walk it
Yeah but you don't live in brecon beacons where everything is up hill!
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
I have successfully raced & TTed on a 11-21 cassette with a 36/52 compact. I only race when I visit a little village in the middle of that small mountain range called The Alps.Yeah but you don't live in brecon beacons where everything is up hill!
Mange-tout
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Dunfermline
After only 5 miles, fresh from the shop, on my very first MTB I couldn't brake in time (or steer at all) and bike and me landed in the Rochdale canal ..........very smelly, but bike was fine
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Mange-tout
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Dunfermline
Also, I once turned up on a beginners' MTB day to realise I had forgotten my cycling shoes and had to cycle in what I was wearing................ flip-flops. Think it must have been a warm day if I was wearing flip flops...........remember those days?
. Think it must have been a warm day if I was wearing flip flops...........remember those days?
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
OK, I am going to stop admitting to my total incompetency at some point but until I do...
...today I did the usual chain clean & lube and noticed that the chain (new on 150 miles ago) was threaded outside the derailleur cage at the lower jockey wheel. No wonder it seemed like hard work all last week.
...today I did the usual chain clean & lube and noticed that the chain (new on 150 miles ago) was threaded outside the derailleur cage at the lower jockey wheel. No wonder it seemed like hard work all last week.
Lanzecki
Über Member
- Location
- A Boreen, Ireland
Aww man! That just stupid. Who would do the same as that then take the deraillier to pieces instead of using the quick link.. Oops..
I was struggling to get up the hills on my usual ride and feeling defeated, so I decided my motivational mantra would be "Don't look at the hill". I was busy not looking at the hill when I road into the back of a parked car. Luckily I wasn't going very many msph so no damage was done.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I'd never do anythign as stupid as after servicing the headset, put the forks back, then scratched my head thinking something looks wrong. Finally it dawned on me that they were upside down ie wheel on top and handlebars underneath. I kid you not.
ushills
Veteran
Never put embrocation cream onto your chamois, thinking its chamois cream. I now never use either!
