Not well phrased. I had to read that about 4 times before I meant you realised "Are there any serious bike users among you apart from those I know about already, those being bluepork, ewx, and perhaps lethargic_fan, who would like to answer the question, in addition to those named people," rather than "One for the serious bike users among you (bluepork, ewx, and lethargic_fan, don't bother answering because you're excluded on grounds of not being serious bike users)",
Disambiguating that is what the question mark inside the brackets is for...
I would never dream of wrapping my expensive new bike in tin foil to protect it from thieves, like you did.
Me neither. What I did is wrap my inexpensive new bike in duct tape.
The final difficulty is that I have attempted lots of repairs myself, which sometimes involve buying specialist tools. These are a one-time only expense on each occasion, and they have sometimes been followed up with me admitting defeat and taking my bicycle to a shop anyway. I undoubtedly save some money by doing simple maintenance myself.
I don't have the time or inclination (though see my response to miss_whiplash below (once I've written it!); I also don't trust my own abilities, because I'm useless with my hands. I'll do simple repairs myself (I've had bike shops tell me they get people bringing in a bike to do the likes of replacing an inner tube!); anything complex I'll leave to the pros.
My attempts to adjust the gearing on my spare bike ultimately led to the gears being completely badly adjusted, and the gear cable so chewed up at the end I'd need a new one to do the job properly (and, having spent more money already on a bike I intended rarely to use (I'm not sure I've used it more than once!), I'm not inclined to spend any more... though, come to think of it, I do seem to recall seeing a spare gear cable kicking around somewhere...
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Date: 2011-02-15 08:12 pm (UTC)Disambiguating that is what the question mark inside the brackets is for...
I would never dream of wrapping my expensive new bike in tin foil to protect it from thieves, like you did.
Me neither. What I did is wrap my inexpensive new bike in duct tape.
The final difficulty is that I have attempted lots of repairs myself, which sometimes involve buying specialist tools. These are a one-time only expense on each occasion, and they have sometimes been followed up with me admitting defeat and taking my bicycle to a shop anyway. I undoubtedly save some money by doing simple maintenance myself.
I don't have the time or inclination (though see my response to
My attempts to adjust the gearing on my spare bike ultimately led to the gears being completely badly adjusted, and the gear cable so chewed up at the end I'd need a new one to do the job properly (and, having spent more money already on a bike I intended rarely to use (I'm not sure I've used it more than once!), I'm not inclined to spend any more... though, come to think of it, I do seem to recall seeing a spare gear cable kicking around somewhere...