Or rather… ‘why I shouldn’t be allowed to fix my own bike’.

It seems every time I try to fix my bike, do something simple, it always turns out to be a pain in the butt. In this case I was putting new pads in the front callipers ready for September - I didn’t want to be riding the length of France, Spain and Morocco on brand new pads - and I completely screwed the retaining plug for the pad pin… this was the result

Broken pin

Then to add insult to injury I ordered a replacement off ebay from a breakers up north and they sent me this

Unknown Calliper

If you can tell me what bike this part is for I’d be grateful - because it ‘aint for the CBF! New (correct) part should arrive today - so hopefully I’ll be back on the road tomorrow.

However, given I plan to do an oil change this weekend - that could be short lived!