What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

[Pat]

Failed at stripping the paint off my cranks because I ran out of stripper after the first coat. Also did not have the proper gloves, so the latex gloves kept melting. Got most of the paint off then applied a liberal coat of black paint. Take that brown cranks.

[skateparkrider]

Built up my new Wave-C and right now I'm building some Tree hubs to 24inch Rhyno Lights to put on my Model-C.

Gonna be an awesome wheel set.  And an awesome bike!

[Sasha]

I only patch in an emergency. Whenever I'd try to patch to save a tube and continue riding it, the patch would always fail at the most inopportune time. Yet I had friends that could run tubes with a dozen different patches and never have any of the patched areas fail. :dunno:

The only patch I've ever had fail is one of the self adhesive ones. That was only because it was a cheapo supermarket brand shit one. Patching tubes is like the first thing you learn how to do to your bike, surely?

[ralph wiggum]

I'll blame the patches leaking on my impatience and not letting the glue set up properly before inflating.

[CMB]

Put new pedals on my cruiser. Blew up my ankle a few days ago so I'm off the bike for a while until the swelling goes down.

[weedbix]

I'll blame the patches leaking on my impatience and not letting the glue set up properly before inflating.

The trick is to let it dry before you put the patch on

[The Radness]

Painted
laced a cassette in
Put on a new sprocket

[DontcallmeKenneth]

After work I am going to find a rail and try and grind it. I've never hit a rail before and I'm not sure why. I know I have the hop to hit one I just have this mental block saying I can only hop up curbs and that's it.

[The Radness]

Like a hand rail? Flat rail?

I've only done 1, I just didn't dig it. I don't dig grinds in general though.

[DontcallmeKenneth]

Like a hand rail? Flat rail?

I've only done 1, I just didn't dig it. I don't dig grinds in general though.

Hand rails. I never do them and always seem to think I can but I never try. I like grinds but I'm just not good at them. I am good at some grinds on small ledges but when they get about stem height I can't connect. Plus I get bored of grinds because I can't do anything out of them.
Maybe I'll get more comfortable on my frame and can manage to get over some hurdles. But yeah I have a love hate relationship with pegs.

[BilboBaggins]

do you have a skatepark near you?" find a low rail and go from there

[DontcallmeKenneth]

A few but getting to them is hard especially with work and usually when I do ride a park I rarely think about grinding. I used to ride nothing but trails so ibtry an ride as many ramps as possible I I do come across a park that has a good setup.

[Admiral Ackbar]

got most of my parts in today; axles (f/r), bb bearings, headset, seatpost. waiting on pedals and my new stem from dans which will hopefully come tomorrow and then i can ride! its been too many months

[Admiral Ackbar]

got the rest of my parts in today! every things together, gotta get some pictures and go ride it now

[mrjimyjohn]

Tightened its spokes for the first time, and took it for a quick ride before it started raining.