So I learned something today
 

So, yeah, I learned something today.

I learned that its possible to hit your hand on your chainring so hard, that the individual sprockets will pierce your fingernails and make your fingers bleed. I did not know that was possible, until I did it.

I was taking the pedals off my second bike and didn't feel like putting it on the workstand. The DS pedal was on pretty tight and as I worked to get it off, the pedal finally let loose and I slammed my hand into the crankset. I now have three black cuts on my fingers - two through the fingernails.

It was not a good feeling.

Thanks for reminding me, I have to put my pedals back on my road bike before I try to go on my next ride. I've whacked my knuckles on the chainring while removing pedals before, but never pierced the fingernails. Nice job.

OUCH!!!!!



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one of the biggest things that separates humans from other animals is the ability to use tools...

and that's why you put the chain on the big chainring up front when switching out your pedals

i have opposable thumbs. they are really useful

mechanics gloves are your friend

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Only takes a few light taps.

this.

I work construction on the side, and I learned the hard way (several times I might add) that gloves pay off in the long run.

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leverage is your friend.

I did that before. Two months later it still hasn't healed.

rule #1.

And now I've learned something (actually several.) Thanks OP for teaching me through your pain.

+1

3/8" impact makes quick work of pedal removal with no busted knuckles. Just make sure to remember which side is righty-loosey.

I pull the pedal wrench by wrapping my palm around the wrench, grabbing the crank spider in my fingers, then squeezing my grip closed to crack the pedal loose...

Trying to picture that, but I just can't.

8mm allen bit in the impact wrench hitting the pedal spindle from the back side?

power tools and bicycles don't mix.

+1

My wife has treated a guy - local shop wrench - who came in with a ring tatoo in his hand. Required a lot of stitches she said.

He now says, "Your wife is a great nurse - tell her thanks again." everytime I see him.

Starting to wonder what he means by that.....

I learned this the hard way. They say that experience is the best teacher, but I would have been preferred to just read about it on the internet.

it means you need to hurt yourself more

thats sucks, always use heat! get a torch and hit it for a few seconds with some sort of lubricant(wd-40) than hit wrench with a mallet. works almost every time all the time

I think I started a thread like this last year.

:innocent:

That sucks. Whenever you injure your nail it takes a longggggggg time to get back to normal.
I normally wear mechanic gloves when I work on my bike.

No need for heat (and isn't WD way flammable?). Just the mallet and a decent wrench will get it.

This.

If it's tighter than that, you should've used never-seize to begin with. Your grip is a lot stronger than you think.

gloves never save me. i start a job, put on the gloves, everything is going smoothly. i then remove my gloves to do something else and come back to whatever i was doing and forget to put on the gloves. i then smash, pinch, cut, mutilate my hand into something. the gloves don't even have a mark on them, they seem to know how to avoid disaster.