Chopper the ex Copper
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I once built an Activator. Awful mistake.
Embarrassing Build Mistakes of the Mechanical Kind
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In my youth I decided I preferred the radial spoked front wheels as opposed to the "normal" way.
So after stripping the wheel down and building it up with THE SAME spokes, but of course they are too long to have them radial, so being a young naive pup I had them running in opposing directions on opposite sides of the hub (if that makes sense) so they would fit.
First ride out to show off my prowess as the worlds best wheel builder.....CRACK.....the hub had split around the middle due to opposing forces of the spoke :facepalm:
To be fair I was only about 13/14 at the time.
So after stripping the wheel down and building it up with THE SAME spokes, but of course they are too long to have them radial, so being a young naive pup I had them running in opposing directions on opposite sides of the hub (if that makes sense) so they would fit.
First ride out to show off my prowess as the worlds best wheel builder.....CRACK.....the hub had split around the middle due to opposing forces of the spoke :facepalm:
To be fair I was only about 13/14 at the time.
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Okay, you're going to laugh now ...
When I started to build my old Sbike 728, I started by putting the headset cups into the frame and then inserted the fork and stem. Then I put the wheels on so I could visualize the rolling chassis.
The front one went fine, but when I wanted to insert the rear one I noticed that the dropouts were above the chaintstay instead of below it. Turns out I had put the frame upside-down in my workstand. :facepalm:
So forks out, cups out, turn frame around and do it all again, properly this time
When I started to build my old Sbike 728, I started by putting the headset cups into the frame and then inserted the fork and stem. Then I put the wheels on so I could visualize the rolling chassis.
The front one went fine, but when I wanted to insert the rear one I noticed that the dropouts were above the chaintstay instead of below it. Turns out I had put the frame upside-down in my workstand. :facepalm:
So forks out, cups out, turn frame around and do it all again, properly this time
