How sad am I?

BikeyMikey1
BikeyMikey1 Posts: 82
edited September 2010 in The bottom bracket
Read a comment on here the other day. The chap posting was showing off his bike, like you do. One reply said "Nice bike but you need to line up your labels on the wheels" I thought "How sad is that".........For the past two days I've been looking at my mismatched labels on the tyres / wheels. I couldn't stand it any longer, had to take the tyres off and line them up. My wife (the misteress of tweaking) is proud of me. :lol: I think I need help.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Good lad!
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Read a comment on here the other day. The chap posting was showing off his bike, like you do. One reply said "Nice bike but you need to line up your labels on the wheels" I thought "How sad is that".........For the past two days I've been looking at my mismatched labels on the tyres / wheels. I couldn't stand it any longer, had to take the tyres off and line them up. My wife (the misteress of tweaking) is proud of me. :lol: I think I need help.

    Wouldn't it have been easier to move the labels?? :lol:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • BikeyMikey1
    BikeyMikey1 Posts: 82
    Aggieboy wrote:
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Read a comment on here the other day. The chap posting was showing off his bike, like you do. One reply said "Nice bike but you need to line up your labels on the wheels" I thought "How sad is that".........For the past two days I've been looking at my mismatched labels on the tyres / wheels. I couldn't stand it any longer, had to take the tyres off and line them up. My wife (the misteress of tweaking) is proud of me. :lol: I think I need help.

    Wouldn't it have been easier to move the labels?? :lol:

    If only life was that easy...the labels are moulded into the tyres :lol:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Read a comment on here the other day. The chap posting was showing off his bike, like you do. One reply said "Nice bike but you need to line up your labels on the wheels" I thought "How sad is that".........For the past two days I've been looking at my mismatched labels on the tyres / wheels. I couldn't stand it any longer, had to take the tyres off and line them up. My wife (the misteress of tweaking) is proud of me. :lol: I think I need help.

    Wouldn't it have been easier to move the labels?? :lol:

    If only life was that easy...the labels are moulded into the tyres :lol:

    OK, but you did say the "labels on the wheels" :wink:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • BikeyMikey1
    BikeyMikey1 Posts: 82
    Aggieboy wrote:
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Read a comment on here the other day. The chap posting was showing off his bike, like you do. One reply said "Nice bike but you need to line up your labels on the wheels" I thought "How sad is that".........For the past two days I've been looking at my mismatched labels on the tyres / wheels. I couldn't stand it any longer, had to take the tyres off and line them up. My wife (the misteress of tweaking) is proud of me. :lol: I think I need help.

    Wouldn't it have been easier to move the labels?? :lol:

    If only life was that easy...the labels are moulded into the tyres :lol:

    OK, but you did say the "labels on the wheels" :wink:

    Correct I did. But the labels on the wheels are glued on and you just know they're never going to stick back on, without curling up like a motorway service station sandwich. :wink:
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Changed my front brake pads on Saturday, while doing so I noticed that the front tyre had a few too many deep nicks in it. So I replaced it, then I took the new one off and refitted it when I realised that I hadnt lined the valve up with the tyre label. I felt like a right Monkey :roll: :lol:
  • BikeyMikey1
    BikeyMikey1 Posts: 82
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    Changed my front brake pads on Saturday, while doing so I noticed that the front tyre had a few too many deep nicks in it. So I replaced it, then I took the new one off and refitted it when I realised that I hadnt lined the valve up with the tyre label. I felt like a right Monkey :roll: :lol:

    Glad I'm not the only perfectionist ! or is perfectionist the right word :lol:
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    Changed my front brake pads on Saturday, while doing so I noticed that the front tyre had a few too many deep nicks in it. So I replaced it, then I took the new one off and refitted it when I realised that I hadnt lined the valve up with the tyre label. I felt like a right Monkey :roll: :lol:

    Glad I'm not the only perfectionist ! or is perfectionist the right word :lol:

    I dont know what the right word is but when I first fitted Conti GP4000s the hardest bit was do I line up with the Continental label or the Grand Prix 4000s one. I went with the Grand Prix 4000s label, for anyone who needs to know the R in Prix is where the label lines up :oops:
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    Changed my front brake pads on Saturday, while doing so I noticed that the front tyre had a few too many deep nicks in it. So I replaced it, then I took the new one off and refitted it when I realised that I hadnt lined the valve up with the tyre label. I felt like a right Monkey :roll: :lol:

    Glad I'm not the only perfectionist ! or is perfectionist the right word :lol:

    I fitted new upgraded wheels on Friday. When I'd finished, I realised that the tyre labels were not properly aligned with the wheel stickers nor with the valve.

    I said to myself: "well, bu88er that! Now let's just take this baby for a ride!"

    I was over 1kph slower around my training circuit than on the old wheels. :cry:

    Now I know why! :D

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    edited September 2010
    BikeyMikey1 wrote:
    My wife (the misteress of tweaking)

    Wouldnt mind a go on her. :D
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Rolls Canardly
    Rolls Canardly Posts: 49
    I am sad too - I spent an hour moving the rear tyre round so that the side writing of the tyre was in the same positioon as the front.javascript:emoticon(':D')
    "It\'s hard work enjoying myself, even smiling makes my face ache"
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Rolls Canardly wrote:
    I am sad too - I spent an hour moving the rear tyre round so that the side writing of the tyre was in the same positioon as the front.javascript:emoticon(':D')

    an hour! its a lot easier if you deflate it first :lol:
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  • stigofthedump
    stigofthedump Posts: 331
    Well done that man, you have truly seen the light.
    I trust that you have also lined your QR levers up with the edge of the fork (front) and the chainstay (rear).
    Welcome to the autistic spectrum.
  • lemoncurd
    lemoncurd Posts: 1,428
    I always stop every 50 meters to make sure that the valves in each wheel are still in matching positions.

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