What did we learn today?

[medoramas]

Starting work an hour later today I left home an hour earlier than normal to give myself some nice ride on nearby bridleways. I learned how c*ap rider I am, despite the fact I really try to improve my confidence...

 

[Agency_Scum]

Today we learnt not to do jumps with low spring tension in our SPDs. Ouch. Bye bye titanium seatpost.

 

[ozone1]

1. That you need 5 hands to fit new cables into SRT600 gripshift housings :evil:

2. That over excitment and a rush to fit new tyres to your stead without paying attention to the tread direction results in you having to do it again.

 

[ishaw]

Rim tape is essential Never forget to fit it!

 

[gtRTSdh]

Today I learned that once you've sawn through a 4" branch above head height, that one should have done more shoulder presses. On top of that, cutting four overladen wheel barrow loads from one bush IS a lot of work.

 

[bren]

Tweeting while riding to work one handed is not a good idea.
Even though I was half a mile from the nearest road and neither myself nor my iphone came to any harm, that hot looking girls dog nearly did!

 

[Agency_Scum]

( mis ) Leading a ride in sunlight for the first time in months puts the shadows in all the wrong places and is really disorientating!

 

[02gf74]

burnt the paint on the frame it was so hot
but dont worry its only gonna be an old hack bike and i couldnt care less about the frame. it does clamp up to a new seatpost and supports it fine.

did you not use a bit of oil for lubrication/cooling?

or wrap a damp cloth around the tube?

 

[Agency_Scum]

Today we learned that the carrying handle of a Camelbak acts like a aircraft carrier arrester hook on low branches. How I laughed.

 

[ishaw]

Cleaning a bike in the dark seemed like a good idea in theory....