Most stupid bike maintenance mistake ever?

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  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    Put a new handlebar on my bike and finger tightened everything as my phone went. It was a longish call and I forgot I'd not fully tightened stuff. A quick test ride was going ok until I got out of the saddle put pressure on the bars which slipped and I ended up sprawled across the front of the bike with a sore chest and crushed tender bits.
  • godders1
    godders1 Posts: 750
    Another crank related gaff; stripped the theads on the drive side crank arm by using the wrong bit in the crank puller. That was a while ago but now I need to replace BB and getting the crank arm off is proving a complete nightmare. :?
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    stripped the theads on the drive side crank arm by using the wrong bit in the crank puller.

    I stopped myself from doing that just in time the other week, I was lucky it didn't do any damage.
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  • godders1
    godders1 Posts: 750
    unixnerd wrote:
    stripped the theads on the drive side crank arm by using the wrong bit in the crank puller.

    I stopped myself from doing that just in time the other week, I was lucky it didn't do any damage.
    Very lucky! It's a real ball ache.

    Have tried quite a few things, last resort is a mate's angle grinder. :shock:
  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Loosening the adjustment screws on my juicy 3 disc brakes (on my new bike) as they are a little off-centre. Brake fluid starts leaking out & I realised I've unscrewed the wrong ones.
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  • Valy
    Valy Posts: 1,321
    Godders1 wrote:
    unixnerd wrote:
    stripped the theads on the drive side crank arm by using the wrong bit in the crank puller.

    I stopped myself from doing that just in time the other week, I was lucky it didn't do any damage.
    Very lucky! It's a real ball ache.

    Have tried quite a few things, last resort is a mate's angle grinder. :shock:

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  • Zombie_donkey
    Zombie_donkey Posts: 359
    I steamed cleaned a mountain bike once. everything seized up because any greased parts no longer had grease in them. I was only 15 though,
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  • El Gordo
    El Gordo Posts: 394
    Gave my bike a really good clean involving quite a bit of dismantling. Put it back together and went for a test ride.

    On approaching a downhill T-junction I realise the only thing I've not put back on is all four brake pads. Cue high speed feet down cornering whilst praying for a gap in the traffic followed by embaressed walk back home.

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