• I am a fucking idiot.

    Whilst rebuilding my sisters old shopper for the missus, I managed to thread the BB cups into the wrong sides thanks to my awesome strength and massive stubborness. The non drive is all the way in, after some swearing and plenty of slips of the spanner. The drive side is only half in, but I have destroyed the pin spanner getting it that far, as I popped an extender on there to get enough torque. I remembered they were a bugger to get out, so didn't consider that I was quite that much of a retard that I'd put them on the wrong fucking sides

    I only realised what I had done after I had given up in a strop and thrown everything back in the shed.

    I haven't owned up to it yet.

    Fixed it yesterday afternoon. I managed to get the cups out using the damaged pin spanner, and then they threaded in the other cups pretty easily. I put the rest of the bike back into working order, apart from the rear brake, where the pads won't reach due to a combination of large mudguards and thin rims. Time to break out the tin snips I think. What could possibly go wrong?

    I now have a way of remembering BB cups: "Right is wrong, so it gets fixed."

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