Is there anything more anoying...

[Devil2575]

...than dropping your bike and scratching the new bit you've just fitted

Brand new rear derailleur now scratched.

[45Flipper]

Yes. How about hanging your bike on a new bike stand and then it collapses because you haven't done the screw up enough. Then when the bike hits the ground the holder falls on the top tube and a butterfly screw takes chunk out of the paintwork!!! Grrrrr

[Devil2575]

Agreed, that is worse

[S10GTA]

A wasp in your helmet

[mikees]

S10GTA said:

A wasp in your helmet

Please tell me you mean cycle helmet

[JQ]

3 punctures on my commute home from work in sub zero temperatures has been at the top of my list for a while. After the 3rd puncture I phoned my wife, asked to get the kids out of bed and come and pick me up, I was broken.

[WinstonWolf]

Yup, being clipped at the time you drop it

[neil-935ql]

I got off my turbo trainer after a session with jelly legs kicked my 'good' road bike buckled the wheel and the bike landed on my caterham's front wheel arch and put a big crack in it , not very happy ! What a joey , I am a lot more careful now

[Devil2575]

neil-935ql said:

I got off my turbo trainer after a session with jelly legs kicked my 'good' road bike buckled the wheel and the bike landed on my caterham's front wheel arch and put a big crack in it , not very happy ! What a joey , I am a lot more careful now

Ok, so my scratched derailleur was clearly a non-event

[Devil2575]

S10GTA said:

A wasp in your helmet

Isn't there a website for that...

[gazza285]

Looking forward to loads of racing coming up, then falling on some icy steps on Saturday night. Not sure if I've broken a rib or if it's just soft tissue damage, but it hurts bad...

[Fluffsri]

3rd ride of your brand new Orange E8 hardtail, finding a tree stump in the dark and writing it off there and then and not even 3 weeks old!

[Dannbodge]

This is why my new bike is getting covered in paint protection film, Well the frame and other scratchable bits.

[CharlieCrocodile]

S10GTA said:

A wasp in your helmet

Unfortunately I can top that, a wasp behind my glasses that gets stuck and does what wasps do best.

[Vipers]

mikees said:

S10GTA said:

A wasp in your helmet

Please tell me you mean cycle helmet

Had a wasp in my cycle helmet once luckily it didnt sting me.

[Johno]

Ripped tyre puncture, tubeless can't seal, no issue.
Put in a tube.
Saddle bag zip breaks
Puncture repaired.
Inner tube develops slow puncture
Pump at home, 2 cylinders used, none left
Chain suck in soft sand gouging frame badly after getting back on after repairing puncture
Ride 3kms further on beach on flat to be rescued
Get rescued by missus and daughter.

That was Saturday's disastrous beach ride. Soft sand and then this little lot of thrillers.....

Edited by Johno on Monday 6th February 20:35

[Vantagemech]

How about your gloss black unmarked bike is laying down in the back of a large van, your fried decides that rather than lay his next to it, puts it on top and a pedal grub screw gouges a thick chunk of alloy and paint from the top tube.....

[neil-935ql]

Devil2575 said:

Ok, so my scratched derailleur was clearly a non-event

Well would have peed me off as well , my wheel is now true again and it was the perfect excuse to purchase new front wings for my caterham in a lovely black colour , all is happy and well again in the house!