The Smallest Change, The Biggest Improvement

Small changes for me are generally getting things not slightly wrong but just about right, like small repairs that I used to get just wrong but later learned how to do ever so slightly better that I was actually happy with the result. I re-wound my bar tape the other day, having got it wrong the first time around (didn't put double-sided tape under it, so it slipped). That annoyed me on every ride since it had slipped, and I'm now so much happier with it, simply by virtue of having paid a little more attention to it. It's similar with adjusting brake blocks, the aforementioned tyre pressure and saddle angle, chain tension, etc. I'm never going to be a good mechanic, but I can do these to my satisfaction now.

Want to come around and help me with this front mech which required minor adjustment and is now COMPLETELY FUCKED?

Last working bike too... Gonna have to spend the afternoon cobbling together some transport. :(