After having new forks fitted to my road bike I proceeded to refit the sensor for the computer. I placed it in the rough position I wanted and threaded through the zip tie. Next, I spun the wheel to see if the compouter worke but the wheel wouldn't revolve. I checked the brakes in case they were catching and the forks, in case they were fitted wrongly. It wasn't either of those things. No, I had fed the zip tie round one of the spokes! Not a bad security measure though.
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
I once put the cranks on at 0 deg rather than 180 :-( -- Phil Cook
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
I once put the cranks on at 0 deg rather than 180 :-(
I had a bolt fall out of the cranks about 10K into a 40K group ride (groupt of novices) I was leading.. I didn't notice for a while, until the crank fell off.
On 21/9/04 1:40 pm, in article [email hidden], "Phil Cook"
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Robin Long said:
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
I once put the cranks on at 0 deg rather than 180 :-(
I had a bolt fall out of the cranks about 10K into a 40K group ride (groupt of novices) I was leading.. I didn't notice for a while, until the crank fell off.
30K with one crank was entertaining.
Bummer. That happened to me once but I only had half a mile to go but in my case the bolt didnt come loose the crank cracked. -- Mark
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
(not on my bike) Replacing a brake cable inner and outer, getting some brake blocks and only then realising that there was nothing on the bike to connect them together with.
Phil Cook <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Robin Long said:
Have you got a more silly (or sillier) maintenance error? The best one wins all the muck my mountain bike picked up on the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge. Winner must collect.
I once put the cranks on at 0 deg rather than 180 :-(
I did a similar thing years ago, and refitted the cranks at 90 degrees. I didn't actually twig what I'd done until I rode the bike and wondered why I couldn't get in the R/H toeclip at the right point of the L/H pedal stroke....
.....OP's example - zip-tied computer to spokes.....
That's novice stuff. It takes a real expert to fit the forks in upside down.
I stuffed the forks into the headset, adjusted the bearings, and only then noticed that I had carfully placed the bike upside down; resting on the saddle to make the job easier. Whoops...
