what has been your biggest mistake when building a bike

[neiljonarcus]

i have made a canny few    """"""""""   might help some of us as a dont do this when building bikes"""""""""""""""


1  cutting the spokes out of a wheel before take the freewheel off

2  dirty hands when putting clear vynl decals on

3  putting the chainring on the wrong side of the spider

4  putting the sealed bearing in the wrong way in the  BB   

[JT71]

whacking the top headset cup into my NOS Haro Sport frame and the Gryo bit chipping the top tube paint.

neon lime, i tried loads of model paints and nail vernishes and never got close to matching it.

Also fitted tech II copies to Burner build once, they were minging.

[neiljonarcus]

yeah i also fitted the head set cups and bottom bracket cups to a newly painted frame without sanding the iside of the frame 1st
 NICE BIG CHIPS

[kuwahero]

whacking the top headset cup into my NOS Haro Sport frame and the Gryo bit chipping the top tube paint.

neon lime, i tried loads of model paints and nail vernishes and never got close to matching it.

joe if you can get hold of some neon lime powder and mix it will a drop of clear nail varnish, jobs a good un.

my local powdercoater told me and my mate to do this on his bike and worked a treat.

[brummie]

yeah i also fitted the head set cups and bottom bracket cups to a newly painted frame without sanding the iside of the frame 1st
 NICE BIG CHIPS

good tip, just with a bit of wet and dry?

i tried to pull of my old decals and thought they were coming off a treat until I noticed a big lump of powder missing   

[brummie]

whacking the top headset cup into my NOS Haro Sport frame and the Gryo bit chipping the top tube paint.

neon lime, i tried loads of model paints and nail vernishes and never got close to matching it.

joe if you can get hold of some neon lime powder and mix it will a drop of clear nail varnish, jobs a good un.

my local powdercoater told me and my mate to do this on his bike and worked a treat.

i guess that would work with any powder colour? would unscented white talc work do you reckon?? I have a few powder chips on a white frame that need a touch up? cheers

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Easy, back in 2003 when i was brand new i jumped on some Redline twin pinch for £180, i thought i had a bargain 

[SOUTHBANK BOY]

starting in the frist place

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Not a biggy,but built up a Retro Ripper for my son a few months back.Had it almost done,just the chainring to fit.Then found I had a 110 BCD spider & a 130 BCD ring...I swore just a little bit

[OrgasmDonor]

showing the finished result

[dct]

having my ET Kuwahara on display at MK 06 and casually mentioning to jazzchump and fat pete that the pedals were a nightmare to fit - i had managed somehow to get a lh thread pedal wound up tight on rh crank arm
watching them pair of gimps trying to sort it out for 40 minutes

somewhat embarassed

[xGoose]

massivley overpaying for parts when i got started at the beginning of the year

panic buying knock off or 'thatll do' parts. be patient the stuff always comes along

check sizes, bought a couple of real nice tange and hatta headset but they were too small, an inch i think. dunno what bike they even go on?

[Swivel]

Washed a perfectly good old school Ammaco padset as it was grubby, all of the print came off, was £30 down the drain instantly

[bobafett]

Sprayed a stem in work - felt touch dry at the end of the day, so wrapped it in paper an took it home - when I got home the paper was stuck fast to the stem 

Tried pealing it of and it just left all sorts of tiny bits of ripped paper all over the stem 

[xGoose]

Sprayed a stem in work - felt touch dry at the end of the day, so wrapped it in paper an took it home - when I got home the paper was stuck fast to the stem 

Tried pealing it of and it just left all sorts of tiny bits of ripped paper all over the stem 

  That really b0ll0xes up your day dunnit (specially if its the final piece of a build youd been working on for months!) 

[bobafett]

Sprayed a stem in work - felt touch dry at the end of the day, so wrapped it in paper an took it home - when I got home the paper was stuck fast to the stem 
Tried pealing it of and it just left all sorts of tiny bits of ripped paper all over the stem 

That really b0ll0xes up your day dunnit (specially if its the final piece of a build youd been working on for months!) 

Luckily it was just for a rider (my red n white supergoose) but still a daft mistake that p!ssed me off 

Had to strip it and do it again 

[SaMAlex]

In 1984 I built my brand new white Sport. I built most of it upside down so didnt notice the cranks were on the wrong side. When I turned the bike over and tried to pedal I just freewheeled, untill the (hand tight) freewheel unscrewed and gouged into the inside of the dropout!!!!

[neiljonarcus]

In 1984 I built my brand new white Sport. I built most of it upside down so didnt notice the cranks were on the wrong side. When I turned the bike over and tried to pedal I just freewheeled, untill the (hand tight) freewheel unscrewed and gouged into the inside of the dropout!!!!

sorry but i had a little    . i can see what you had done , thats summit i would do   

[bobafett]

In 1984 I built my brand new white Sport. I built most of it upside down so didnt notice the cranks were on the wrong side. When I turned the bike over and tried to pedal I just freewheeled, untill the (hand tight) freewheel unscrewed and gouged into the inside of the dropout!!!!

sorry but i had a little    . i can see what you had done , thats summit i would do   

 

[JT71]

been there done that too Alex, also put loose bearings in cages in the wrong way around. ooops.

 

[bobafett]

been there done that too Alex, also put loose bearings in cages in the wrong way around. ooops.

Sh!t forgot about that - yeah I crushed a bearing cage by plopping it in the wrong way round when I built my cali 

[lazychubs]

In 1984 I built my brand new white Sport. I built most of it upside down so didnt notice the cranks were on the wrong side. When I turned the bike over and tried to pedal I just freewheeled, untill the (hand tight) freewheel unscrewed and gouged into the inside of the dropout!!!!

i used to do that to all the bikes in the shop i worked in as it stopped all the kids nicking the bikes
was well funny watching em trying to ride off

[QUADROPHENIA]

having my ET Kuwahara on display at MK 06 and casually mentioning to jazzchump and fat pete that the pedals were a nightmare to fit - i had managed somehow to get a lh thread pedal wound up tight on rh crank arm
watching them pair of gimps trying to sort it out for 40 minutes

somewhat embarassed

was a special moment........do miss carl

[lk_97]

lettin my older bro near my frame, hes made a chip in it an nearly bent it aswel, it hasnt even been built up yet!

[QUADANGLE-FREESTYLE]

To rush it, as once i start a new build i want it done and dusted the same day.