Al_Fel Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 For some reason i'm at my happiest when i'm making/building something. I can't get enough of messing with my bike. I find myself wanting to just build trials bikes one minute I want to be setting up disc brakes the next I want to be fitting V brakes. I just love tinkering with bikes. Trials for me has probably been more about messing with my bike than actually riding it.Anyone else feel like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I love playing with bikes too.Getting a new frame soon and am more exited about building it than riding it, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladd Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yeh me to my bike just cant stay the same well frame forks ect but little bits im always changing around and trying new stuff i just love messing with my bike...i do it quite alot..look for new cheap bits ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 yeah absolutely is great fun, i do still love hopping up walls in the summer mind, oh the memories . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I wish you lived near me.I'm very a-mechnical thingy's, my bike is a big of piece of shit because of that aswell =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I generally like to take things to peices look inside leave it on the side forgetting how to get it back together and braking it examples include : mini moto's, motorbikes, cars etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I love playing with things My bike never stays the same. Always adjusting it somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I love it, and get paid for it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 same, we're all just mechanically minded. Could possibly be borderline illness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 same, we're all just mechanically minded. Could possibly be borderline illness No doubt that's it.Why else would we ride around on bikes with no seats ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Trials Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 As soon as some parts come i cant wait to fit them i like messing with the bike.But fixing it, thats another story especially the brakes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've always taken things apart, even when I was little.If something breaks, I'll try and tinker about with it too see if I can fix it... Usually I get it apart and have no idea how it works. Sometimes I like fiddling about with my bike, but then when something just doesn't wanna work I get pissed off and leave it.It's all working nicely now..so I daren't touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Kinder-Egg toy's are the shit, take 'em apart, rebuild them, take e'm apart, rebuild them, and so on....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 ah, mechanicsi like itbut i'm not AMAZING at itjust okbut i enjoy it until something gets a lil difficult and then i get annoyed =[but so would you be annoyed if your trashed BB was fused to the shell of your bike with no way of removing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 ah, mechanicsi like itbut i'm not AMAZING at itjust okbut i enjoy it until something gets a lil difficult and then i get annoyed =[but so would you be annoyed if your trashed BB was fused to the shell of your bike with no way of removing it There's always a way ha ha. I've just dug out all my old lego so I can stick it on ebay but i've started playing with it and want to keep it now ha ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 There's always a way ha ha. I've just dug out all my old lego so I can stick it on ebay but i've started playing with it and want to keep it now ha ha ha.legos f**king awsome! I started playing with some the other day, my old technics set. Was proper fun!.I love making things, Its good fun. And theres always that sence of acheivment at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I'm mechanically minded too. So much so I'm doing a degree in it heheWish I could afford more parts to tinker with though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Winton. Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Same here, to be honest everything ive allways done has been to do with building making things in a hobbie.Bikes.Rc cars.and the usual back int day lego and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 If I could make a decent living being a bicycle mechanic I would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 werd, i used to spend a good 2 or 3 hours before a ride making sure everything worked flawlessly on my bike.. and bythe time everything had bed in again after a few hours of riding later that day my bike used to be set up to pureeee perfection. Then a few more rides and it would get ever better.. then suddenly something f**ks up and you start over again....f**kn love it.But nowerdays i pump up tyres and thats it.. everything is loose and shagged on my bike but ah well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Theres nothing more satisfying then taking a pile of parts and making smoething working.Taking a load of trash and making something usefull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 It could be a function of evolution whereby you are involved in the process which, under other circumstances, may have led to the production of a technology that helped you survive. Pleasure in an activity means participation in an activity which means produce from an activity.Imagine the caveman who gets pleasure from thinking about and then producing the ax which allows him to knock down a tree and build a canoe to get over to the island with all the plump animals for munching on.Basically, your pleasure may be an expression of a mechanism that previously aided our survival. Perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 For some reason i'm at my happiest when i'm making/building something. I can't get enough of messing with my bike. I find myself wanting to just build trials bikes one minute I want to be setting up disc brakes the next I want to be fitting V brakes. I just love tinkering with bikes. Trials for me has probably been more about messing with my bike than actually riding it.Anyone else feel like this?I absolutely love it, I can't stand riding a bike I'm used to, I need to fiddle with my bar position all the time.I havn't spent any money on my bike for a few months since I finished making the disc adapter mount thingy and then got the rear wheel sorted.I have very, VERY big plans ahead, pics up by this time next week hopefully.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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