Valuable lessons

[dfthe1]

Gave the bike a thorough wash, degrease and relube yesterday and popped it on the stand to fine tune the indexing. Ended up being a marathon session of taking the cassette off to finally remove the dork disc, spending ages fiddling with the brakes etc.

I also learned two valuable lessons:

-- if you're adjusting your saddle height, don't undo the seat post clamp while the seat post is held in the work stand

-- when you find a loose spoke, don't randomly tighten up all the others a bit just in case, or you'll be desperately following wheel truing videos at 2am to sort a very wobbly wheel

All good fun and I won't be doing either again. Probably.

What have been your most valuable lessons?

 

[further]

Don't use E Bay after 6 pints

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When you've done some work on the brakes, always remember to tighten up the brake quick release. Not that I've ever remembered....

 

[gavroche]

Don't lend money to family, you don't always get it back.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Don't buy a pack of six candle bulbs from the 99p shop.

 

[Drago]

When you've been cooking with peppers, wash your hands before going for a quick J. Arthur.

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Cycling ways?

Never mess with your bike before a race or event...

Nice day to break stuff after you paid the registration of lots of £.......

 

[EltonFrog]

Don't read the SC&P forum, you might get hurt.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

When working on on a fixed gear transmision watch what you're doing with your fingers, a finger chain and cog interface aint nice, nor is the scramble for a large plaster afterwards, but at least I only split the end of my finger.

 

[TheDoctor]

There's a time and a place for honesty and confessions.
It's what deathbeds are for.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Don't change more than one thing at a time. Or in other words, see the change you make is working properly before making the next (learnt during hang gliding pilot apprenticeship (not completed)). Does not apply to double (gear) changes.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Never try to do any work on your bike for the first time. It's so much quicker the second time.