In hot water with stepdad

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Ok so I've spent the whole week at my moms house, which is pretty unusual for me. 2 of my cousins work at the Culver's nearby so I decided to take one of the bikes(there's like a handful of them in the garage)out with me to sneak up on him and get lunch there. My mom had told me to take one bike in particular and not either of the ones my step-brothers use. The seat on the bike she told me to use was too tall and I couldn't adjust it. And all the other ones didn't exactly fit me as well, so considering that and that she would probably understand my reasoning for supposedly "disobeying" her, I took off with the bike that made me most comfortable(because hey, it's just a bike, right?). On my way there, one of the parts near the wheel(hope I described that correctly)came loose. After I sat outside of a building for a bit, a lady was nice enough to give me a ride home. My mom then told me that it shouldn't cost much.

A day later, my mom told me that my stepdad(who was out of town at the time)was pretty upset with me "ruining" it, and that it would actually cost a lot of $ to repair it. Now today, my mom had decided to go as far as not letting me drive for the next few days as a result of this. A few hours later, Ravin comes home and tells me that when I get a job(don't have one yet), I'm going to need to pay for those "damages".
Ok so all I did was I took a bike that I was comfortable with, and just because it broke, my Indian stepdad got so butt hurt about it. And just because he's so butthurt about it, I'm pretty much screwed. And all it was was that something has just came loose. I pretty much can't stand my stepdad! He acted as if he was a police officer. He doesn't understand that accidents freaking happen!

Does anyone side with me on this? And also, how much should it cost to get that part of my bike in particular fixed if I go to a business of sorts?

I think your step-dad might be being sort of a hard-ass about this. How much would it actually cost to fix?

Your mother had a reason for you to take a certain bike. I sense that she knew the other one was broken. You should have, in this instance, took the one your mother said you should take.

I hope they are just using the incident as sort of an "object lesson" for you, and that your step-dad won't make you pay for the repairs. I hope you've learned a lesson from this. Many times, adults aren't trying to be hard-asses--they tell you things for your own good.

I hope you get a job soon, so you can have your own money. This means more than you think. You'll get more respect this way.

Things happen in life. People make mistakes. People learn from them. Unless your step-dad is really a jerkoff, I would think that he will calm down, perhaps give you a lecture or something, and won't make you pay for that loose thing-a-ma-jig that came off that bike.