05/08/2003 Archived Entry: "Assembled"

I finished putting my dad’s new bike together last night. It’s a beautiful Raleigh Century SE with some nice V-breaks. I’m quite jealous.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved putting things together. I find it’s a lot of fun, especially if you don’t bother with the instructions and try to intuit your way through the assembly. Granted a bike isn’t the hardest thing to assemble but it was still fun. The hardest thing I’ve ever put together, without instructions, was a garage opener at one of my friends’ house way back in high school. I was and still am impressed that I was actually able to pull that off.

Here’s a rant. Why is it that most things that need putting together require at least 2 screwdrivers and 2 sizes of wrenches? It would be so much easier for us if we only needed 1 screwdriver for a whole job! But NOOOOOO, it HAS to be difficult! Ridiculous. Honestly. I think I needed around 10 different tools just to put that bike together. Jeeez!

Replies: 2 comments

With respect to your rant, doesn't that just make you enjoy putting something together even more?...if you're one to enjoy such things...

Posted by dAN @ 05/09/2003 05:28 PM EST

Theres a big difference between assembling something that's hard because it is complex and something that's hard because its tedious.

Posted by Rayne @ 05/10/2003 04:35 AM EST