Yeah that does suck but I've decided that storage and wrenching is all part of the life of bikes and so even if I do a fucky move and chip something, it's merely a battle scar - battling moi!
Dont you just hate it when.....................
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benjabbi
Bontrager Fan
I get over it pretty quick when it does happen, but in that moment I do get the hump for a bit!
Most definitely. I've not really had many "pristine" looking bikes with the exception of my cross check which was the first very tidy bike I owned, when I managed to scratch up the chainstay somehow I was relieved haha, I could be less neuroticI get over it pretty quick when it does happen, but in that moment I do get the hump for a bit!
200k into a 400k on a newly built (as in fresh from the factory) Bob Jackson. Got to the control at Paddington station where I lent my bike against a round pillar with a fancy square base. Turn to get my brevet card signed and hear a bang. Turn back to find my new Bob Jackson has a big dent in the seat tube. Spent the next 200k mainly saying 4 letter words.
Iwasgoodonce
Old School Grand Master
…When you can’t find your cable cutters. Nice Park cutters that you’ve had for a very long time. You took them to to a Repair Café and haven’t seen them since. You’re sure they must be in the house somewhere but. You just can’t find them.
M-Power
Old School Grand Master
Gonna fess that when i go to the local supermarket I carry a length of poly insulation tube in my Timbuk 2 bag to protect the frame and always lock it carefully/tightly to a bench, not a dedicated bike rack. Its the bicycle equivalent of parking your P&J at the far end of the car park away from other cars
The alternative is to get a snotter bike but I then think whats the point of never riding the nice ones 
