Those 'I HATE CYCLING' Moments...
LeicesterLad
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My Horrible run of luck started about 2 weeks ago.
I noticed a clicking noise, from around the cranks, very annoying, have now spent numerous hours tightening pedals and cranks, Noise still there, also picked up nasty finger injury in the not very competant repair process.
Last Thursday I parked my 6 week old bike in the bike rack in the underground car-park at work, only to find later that some numpty had obviously reversed into it, knocked it over and caused some deep paintwork damage to the front fork on one side, it looked a mess, i have since used a car touch up kit, it looks better, but lumpy and unsightly still, colour will never match (awkward yellow) and for someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, this is quite a big deal, and ive lost some love for the bike that is no longer gleamingly new as it should be.
Yesterday, tried to fit mudguards, that were supplied with several missing parts, gave up on that.
This morning, thought f*ck it, can't moan about the paintwork forever, get over it, try not to listen to the very annoying clicking noise, etc etc, decided to commute once again, only to get 200 yards down the road in the wind and rain to receive a puncture.
I now feel like smashing said bike to bits with sledgehammer, and cancelling my 2 year love affair with cycling.
I noticed a clicking noise, from around the cranks, very annoying, have now spent numerous hours tightening pedals and cranks, Noise still there, also picked up nasty finger injury in the not very competant repair process.
Last Thursday I parked my 6 week old bike in the bike rack in the underground car-park at work, only to find later that some numpty had obviously reversed into it, knocked it over and caused some deep paintwork damage to the front fork on one side, it looked a mess, i have since used a car touch up kit, it looks better, but lumpy and unsightly still, colour will never match (awkward yellow) and for someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, this is quite a big deal, and ive lost some love for the bike that is no longer gleamingly new as it should be.
Yesterday, tried to fit mudguards, that were supplied with several missing parts, gave up on that.
This morning, thought f*ck it, can't moan about the paintwork forever, get over it, try not to listen to the very annoying clicking noise, etc etc, decided to commute once again, only to get 200 yards down the road in the wind and rain to receive a puncture.
I now feel like smashing said bike to bits with sledgehammer, and cancelling my 2 year love affair with cycling.
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A clicking noise, puncture and a scratch on your bike and you want to give up?
A love affair with cycling?
It's not even a fling.0 -
lemoncurd wrote:A clicking noise, puncture and a scratch on your bike and you want to give up?
A love affair with cycling?
It's not even a fling.
Yes, but when you are like me, you have been riding round on a pile of rust for 20 months, saving every penny to buy a new bike that most people call sh*t anyway because to afford anything better in current financial situation would take another trillion years and 6 weeks later you've taken it into the LBS more times than the rust pile in 20 months because halfords can't put a bike together, had someone smash the sh*t out of it, in a place where it should ultimately have been very safe (i know the bike is going to get messed up, but c'mon, a little longer than 6 weeks would have been nice) and as mentioned have a mental disorder that means slight niggles become a massive deal, plus you bought a product from a reputable dealer with 380 positive reviews only to receive your faulty one, you are 3 weeks into giving up smoking so the rage is twice as bad, and you have VERY severe type one diabetes and thought you would never be able to cycle to a half decent level in the first place you start to get the feeling somebody is trying to tell you something...0 -
And obviously this was an exagerated and light hearted post to try and get people to talk about those moments they feel like the world is againt them...0
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HAHAHA.. We have all been there and can feel for ya!!!
I had a new Speccy Sworks, where I had a puncture in my tubeless tyres, took me half an hour, many cuts and knocks to my hands just to get the tyre off. Stress started here,
Got to the first hill and the chain snapped, had to stop and kind MTB'er to help, got that goin.. back on the bike 100 yards and the handle bars snapped... F@?*&NG carbon bars!!!!!!!...
The bike got lobbed into the bushes!! 10 minutes later went back to retreive it, but that day wasnt a good day!!
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A few weeks ago i had 3 punctures in 3 days on my commute home - the first wasnt too bad as i was close enough to walk home - the 2nd and third were about 6 miles from home, the heavens had just opened and my hands were cold!
It was a not nice at all and on top of that my seat was also squeaking and i couldnt fathom why and it was very annoying.
now a few weeks later seat issue is resolved and i have brand new gator skins front and back and upto now no issues (touch wood).
what doesnt break us makes us stronger"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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LeicesterLad wrote:Yes, but when you are like me, you have been riding round on a pile of rust for 20 months, saving every penny to buy a new bike that most people call sh*t anyway because to afford anything better in current financial situation would take another trillion years and 6 weeks later you've taken it into the LBS more times than the rust pile in 20 months because halfords can't put a bike together, had someone smash the sh*t out of it, in a place where it should ultimately have been very safe (i know the bike is going to get messed up, but c'mon, a little longer than 6 weeks would have been nice) and as mentioned have a mental disorder that means slight niggles become a massive deal, plus you bought a product from a reputable dealer with 380 positive reviews only to receive your faulty one, you are 3 weeks into giving up smoking so the rage is twice as bad, and you have VERY severe type one diabetes and thought you would never be able to cycle to a half decent level in the first place you start to get the feeling somebody is trying to tell you something...
Reminds me of: THE ANGRIER HULK GETS THE STRONGER HE BECOMES! RAARGH! 0 -
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MountainMonster wrote:You seem to actually enjoy it.
I enjoy coming on here and letting off some steam. I am the sort of person who can't bare to be off the bike for longer than a day, so when something goes wrong, in my mind it really really goes wrong. I am a bit calmer now, but could easily have hulked out this morning (especially after walking the bike home in the rain, rushing to get changed, and then getting the slowest bus driver in our green and pleasent land to deliver me to the ever enjoyable office...)0 -
Don't worry, I have those days every now and then as well, nothing seems to go right. Even small things like me forgetting my pulse belt, then getting held up by people when I could go around piss me off.
Some things can't be changed, so you just have to learn not to take them too serious, otherwise life will be hell.0 -
Well hopefully you'll pull through the trauma of the scratched frame, puncture and clicking noise to get back on the bike.
You'll have to be tough minded though to overcome hurdles like this and still get enjoyment out of cycling.0 -
lemoncurd wrote:Well hopefully you'll pull through the trauma of the scratched frame, puncture and clicking noise to get back on the bike.
You'll have to be tough minded though to overcome hurdles like this and still get enjoyment out of cycling.
Yeah, cheers then. :roll:0 -
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I know where you're coming from. Definitely times when I feel like flinging the bike into the bushes. Knowing that the things winding you up are ultimately pretty trivial doesn't always help at the time- probably even for the people here telling you to just get over it.
Stick with it, it'll get better.0 -
Sounds to me like it's problems with the mechanics of the bike, and people scratching the paint and punctures
None of which are actually riding the bike
Few riders like the expense and time consuming BS of keeping the bike road worthy. Everyone likes cruising along at 20mph
I wish you more cruising along and less stabbing yourself with a screwdriver0 -
vorsprung wrote:Sounds to me like it's problems with the mechanics of the bike, and people scratching the paint and punctures
None of which are actually riding the bike
Few riders like the expense and time consuming BS of keeping the bike road worthy. Everyone likes cruising along at 20mph
I wish you more cruising along and less stabbing yourself with a screwdriver
yeah its the things that keep me off the bike that ruin it for me, not the actual riding the bike!0 -
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Yeah I had this worst as a teenager, trying to get the knackered bottom bracket (old adjustable type) off without the right tools (pin punch and hammer to loosen the locknut). Would it budge? Would it fvck. Eventually I threw the bike across my Dad's garage.
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All summer long, I've only been able to ride in the sun 3 times. :twisted:0
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izzy Eviel wrote:All summer long, I've only been able to ride in the sun 3 times. :twisted:
We had 3 days of sun?0 -
LeicesterLad wrote:izzy Eviel wrote:All summer long, I've only been able to ride in the sun 3 times. :twisted:
We had 3 days of sun?
Easter was rather hot & sunny in London. However at the time I was on a family holiday in North Wales where it was freezing cold. I do a lot of riding after work as well, lovely and sunny whilst i'm trapped indoors, overcast/raining when I get home.0 -
I know this is a thread for venting...
However, if I may be so bold as to venture slightly off topic.
When you've been tightening pedals and bottom brackets, have you greased them first? I find a lot of the ticks from drivechains are often resolved with a bit of grease on pedal spindles or cranks/BB's.0 -
morstar wrote:I know this is a thread for venting...
However, if I may be so bold as to venture slightly off topic.
When you've been tightening pedals and bottom brackets, have you greased them first? I find a lot of the ticks from drivechains are often resolved with a bit of grease on pedal spindles or cranks/BB's.
Yeah ive greased the Cranks but not the pedals...thats my next port of call then!0 -
I know exactly where you're coming from. Keeping a bike running silently and perfectly is something that does require quite a lot of tinkering and patience.
My woes started when I suddenly and inexplicably had a spontaneous deflation of my front tyre and a massive gash appeared in the side wall. No idea why! Still none. Schwalbe Durano Plus too. Because of the gash I had to replace the tyre. Near on £40.
Then at 5:30am the next day on my commute in got a rear wheel puncture going through tight roadworks when a massive nail went through my bike wheel. Fixed that. But the ancient patch job I'd done leaked.
Then the a day later the rim tape in my rear wheel perished giving me a few more punctures before I realised the problem. I tried to replace the rim tape but did it incorrectly as I didn't realise the wax based old rim tape had to be cut out. Rubbed off my thumbs till they bled. Two weeks later they still hurt. Had to scrub them with a nail brush and dettol to clean the grease out. That hurt.
Then someone smashed into my bike on the stand and knocked the mudguard off and no amount of fettling will stop it rubbing when climbing now. I feel your pain0
