Clever Solutions to Stupid Mistakes

#1 Rear Wheel Misalignment
Okay, this is not so much of a clever solution. It's more a stupid solution to a stupid mistake.

The rear wheel must, of course, be mounted with the gears on the correct side of the bike, so it lines up with the gears on the crank set.

Once I did that, my problem went away.

#2 Chinese Crap
This solution is more clever. It turns out that the biggest problem with the bearing set was that the parts had been tightened too much. Once I loosened appropriate nuts, the sensation of riding on a cog railway went away.

Okay, a better solution would be to throw the Chinese crap away and buy real bike parts. This is a poor man's clever solution.