well i finally droped it! help

[Druid]

On 2006-05-08 20:26, aaronb_dsn wrote:
i tried to bend the brake lever out and f*$%ing broke it!!!
so im down for a week until i get my levers.

Before trying to bend aluminium heat the parts up to stop them breaking. A blowtorch or a gas cooker will do fine, rub soap on the metal first and heat it till the soap goes black, should bend quite easily.

The advice is a bit late for you, but hoefully it will save somebody else some grief.

[leggeman01]

Boy I am glad to hear that you're OK. It could have been alot worse. Try to keep it up.

[13]

from jdub3...
"...they were probably all freaked out and then were like, oh, this guy knocked his bike over. little did they know the horror you went through was probably worse than other reasons you might have screamed. ouch."

Yea, they're interrupted boinking (hopefully), expecting a rabid raccoon on the make to see some smart jackass screaming at a bike on the ground near sunrise (yur supposed to ride it upright stupi)... Actually, they felt my embarrassment by the looks on their faces, quickly shuffling back in tent. Thanks!

Btw, what druid (heat metal before working it) & jdub3 said is spot on. Nuthin anal about safety b.s. (I always think: what if I'm passing a cell-phoned-maked-up-big-haired-chick-drivin-a-big-rig-nodding-nearby and my clutch/ brake levers go because I didn't have the foresight to replace em?). Gotta understand what evil lurks my friend- those good fairy bells only help if you use yur coconut for more than a hairpiece? Can you say "moneys no object".