Originally Posted by Grinch

As some of you may have notice I've spent rather lot of time working on me bike, from which I have learn't a few important things that had never occured to me.

1. Getting a bike through the house into the back garden is not a one person job.
2. You never have the tools you need to do the jobs you want, many trips to the shop will stop play.
3. Sometimes you'll even have to manufacture your own, namely a 5 quid 27mm socket cut down to fit a castle nut.
4. The job is never easy as you would hope.
5. After 4 years riding and 2 years layed up, lots of bolts will need to be cut off and replaced.
6. A big hammer is your friend, but two are a god send.