Doh! Did it again!
01-18-16 | 01:45 PM
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Doh! Did it again!
Finished the clean and lube on the Campy BB on my new to me Bianchi. Got it adjusted just right, nice and smooth, step back to admire and see the plastic sleeve sitting on the counter. Not the first time I've done this.
I'm thinking I'll just leave it out this time as my steel bikes ride on dry roads only.
My biggest Doh! was the time I put the drive side crank on the left side of the bike. There was some beer involved with that one.
I'm thinking I'll just leave it out this time as my steel bikes ride on dry roads only.
My biggest Doh! was the time I put the drive side crank on the left side of the bike. There was some beer involved with that one.
01-18-16 | 02:16 PM
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Finished the clean and lube on the Campy BB on my new to me Bianchi. Got it adjusted just right, nice and smooth, step back to admire and see the plastic sleeve sitting on the counter. Not the first time I've done this.
I'm thinking I'll just leave it out this time as my steel bikes ride on dry roads only.
My biggest Doh! was the time I put the drive side crank on the left side of the bike. There was some beer involved with that one.
I'm thinking I'll just leave it out this time as my steel bikes ride on dry roads only.
My biggest Doh! was the time I put the drive side crank on the left side of the bike. There was some beer involved with that one.
01-18-16 | 04:38 PM
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There seems to ALWAYS be beer involved with stuf like this...
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01-18-16 | 07:13 PM
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if it's a flip, i'll leave it out.
if it's a keeper, i'll remove the cup and put the sleeve back in there. it's inevitable i'll get caught in a downpour on what was a beautiful day at some point.
i do my best work with a toke and glass of wine.
if it's a keeper, i'll remove the cup and put the sleeve back in there. it's inevitable i'll get caught in a downpour on what was a beautiful day at some point.
i do my best work with a toke and glass of wine.
01-18-16 | 09:49 PM
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01-18-16 | 09:55 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
That is one of my biggest fears in doing any mechanical work which requires disassembly. In addition to the traditional surgeon's sponge count ("did we leave anything inside the patient?"), I want to make sure we put back everything we took out.
My boys and I were changing the timing belt on my wife's 2001 Passat wagon, and we almost forgot to replace the water pump, which was several years older than the timing belt, a known point of failure on these cars, and our main motivation in doing the timing belt job somewhat early. Fortunately I noticed before we had reassembled everything.
I just finished replacing the drain pump and cleaning out all of the accumulated gunk in our four(!)-year-old Whirlpool Cabrio washer, and I had reassembled almost everything when I noticed that I had left the cover off the inner tub's drain hole. I am now pretty fast on teardown-and-reassembly on this thing, as well.
My boys and I were changing the timing belt on my wife's 2001 Passat wagon, and we almost forgot to replace the water pump, which was several years older than the timing belt, a known point of failure on these cars, and our main motivation in doing the timing belt job somewhat early. Fortunately I noticed before we had reassembled everything.
I just finished replacing the drain pump and cleaning out all of the accumulated gunk in our four(!)-year-old Whirlpool Cabrio washer, and I had reassembled almost everything when I noticed that I had left the cover off the inner tub's drain hole. I am now pretty fast on teardown-and-reassembly on this thing, as well.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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