I spent most of my day failing today. Here's how:
FAILURE #1 -- I shouldn't have bought a 2008 Bare Knuckle Frame.
After about an hour, I realized that one of my brand new chain tensioners were not fitting in one of my dropouts -- but not because of my jackassery, but because the dropout was machined uneven and has a slight taper in the center. And while I'm at it, the fucking paint job on the newer BK frames are shit.
FAILURE #2 -- I shouldn't have bought these chain tensioners.
Keep in mind that these are the second pair of tensioners I bought. The first pair didn't fit. These fit, but don't "tension" enough. Notice how the axle-holding block is nice and snug against the dropout stopper. This means that I cannot tighten it to move the hub back any father, hence "tightening" my chain. Oh, and I decided to buy these at overpriced Chari.
FAILURE #3 -- My nuts are too big.
Normally, I couldn't ask for a funnier thing to type, but this is no laughing matter. Even if my tensioners did their job, and although tightened to the max, supplied enough tension to the chain -- my nuts are simply too big. They would not "screw" down past the stopper, and forget about the large serated washers I was planning on using...
FAILURE #4 -- Slack.
And lots of it. Somewhere around 2-3 inches of play in the chain with the tensioners maxed out. Fail.
FAILURE #5 -- Computer Crash.
I started writing this post. Then my computer crashed and took approximately 15 minutes to restart. It looked like this, but for 15 minutes. My post was not saved, so I had to start from scratch.
FAILURE #6 -- Tommorrow is supposed to rule...
...where as most of the previous week, and most of next week are going to suck. I promised my girlfriend we'd go for a long bike ride, and what better time to ride the White Bike. But now, those plans have been dashed. Fail.
FAILURE #7 --
FAILURE #1 -- I shouldn't have bought a 2008 Bare Knuckle Frame.
After about an hour, I realized that one of my brand new chain tensioners were not fitting in one of my dropouts -- but not because of my jackassery, but because the dropout was machined uneven and has a slight taper in the center. And while I'm at it, the fucking paint job on the newer BK frames are shit.
FAILURE #2 -- I shouldn't have bought these chain tensioners.
Keep in mind that these are the second pair of tensioners I bought. The first pair didn't fit. These fit, but don't "tension" enough. Notice how the axle-holding block is nice and snug against the dropout stopper. This means that I cannot tighten it to move the hub back any father, hence "tightening" my chain. Oh, and I decided to buy these at overpriced Chari.
FAILURE #3 -- My nuts are too big.
Normally, I couldn't ask for a funnier thing to type, but this is no laughing matter. Even if my tensioners did their job, and although tightened to the max, supplied enough tension to the chain -- my nuts are simply too big. They would not "screw" down past the stopper, and forget about the large serated washers I was planning on using...
FAILURE #4 -- Slack.
And lots of it. Somewhere around 2-3 inches of play in the chain with the tensioners maxed out. Fail.
FAILURE #5 -- Computer Crash.
I started writing this post. Then my computer crashed and took approximately 15 minutes to restart. It looked like this, but for 15 minutes. My post was not saved, so I had to start from scratch.
FAILURE #6 -- Tommorrow is supposed to rule...
...where as most of the previous week, and most of next week are going to suck. I promised my girlfriend we'd go for a long bike ride, and what better time to ride the White Bike. But now, those plans have been dashed. Fail.
FAILURE #7 --
Only a single beer remains, and it's a Becks Light.
In other words, you have no beer.
Yes. Now back to mixing, you bastard.
Your nuts are simply too big !