Doooh! You Idiot!

O.K., Saturday after I rode (more on this weekends riding manana) I decided to install my new color appropriate Chris King headset. While doing so it was also decided by the person in charge (me) to install a new star nut into the steerer tube of my fork. I have a great star nut installation tool but it is not as good at removing star nuts. So I decided to use a piece of threaded iron pipe I had laying around in the "half underground lair" to force the star nut out of the bottom of the steerer tube. It got stuck. No problem, I will use another piece of threaded iron pipe that I have laying around to force both the star nut and the stuck piece of pipe back out the other end. It got stuck. I wonder if I could get a job tuning forks for Push Industries?
I now have two pieces of iron pipe stuck in my damn fork! I want to ride tomorrow, but I can't with this Frankesteinian fork I have created.

Now I am forced to make my (seems like) daily trip to Lowes to purchase a $1.67 piece of 1/4" rebar to bang on a $600 Reba Fork. A 20 minute headset installation turned into 2.5 hrs of frustration and swearing. If you need any wrenching done on your bike I would be happy to charge you by the hour. I could become as rich and just as effecient as a remodeling contractor but without the over compensating big diesel truck and nail gun.

After banging on said $600 fork with aforementioned $1.67 improvised tool I am back to the original task of installing the headset. Ugh.

And it doesn't take long before Tang Flavored Niner is back in one piece and ready for the tasty trails of Racoon Mountain the next day.

Full weekend ride report tomorrow. With pics of course. Oh, how exciting!