[Bikeshopguy]

I’ve recently got a job in a bike shop and its made me realise how little I know. I have been on and off cycling for the last 5 years, lower end mountain bikes and mid/low road bikes but I don’t know things like different expensive wheels, helmets, or even which expensive bike is what. Obviously I can see the brand on the frame but knowing which specific bike it is I’d be totally lost. 

 

Should I just quit or should I see what I can learn and go with it? 

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[Tommytrucker]

Err…
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[Boatsie]

I apologize if Im rambling on
I apologize if Im rambling on and on….
If you like your job (love it), then you are a winner from my point of view!!!

I had the weirdest day, I received a picture of my girlfriend, I had a hard start to the day, not getting much sleep, pissing in the dry shower yet staying up nearly 7 hours, my pb. I figured my legs improving due to cycling, just cycling the crank, no rush. Then grandpa died. Diagnosis clinically dead. Currently revived in a coma. Morning will tell. I’ve died twice, a cousin that granddad saved has been dead, chances were better then while young of age, granddad 90+.
Then I was thinking…. Displacement theory is a beautiful basic principle. Displacement theory hydraulic makes towards some excellent brakes, d.t. pneumatic makes towards some very easy to ride fast handle bars, wheel sets and frames, d.t. light can make towards some very powerful, efficient and environmentally clear propulsion systems. Please avoid d.t. solids; that not nice unless fun is riding a bicycle at 100kmph into a brick wall is deemed reasonable and responsible and then multiple that with mass.

The best thing to know might be a job you like doing. I admire mechanics, I guess some of you guys are up there with watch makers.
I’m out of here, gone riding…
God bless you

[Boatsie]

Just tired, stoked, happy
Just tired, stoked, happy to spin cranks.
No pro bike mechanic yet dosed up on smiling juice because I’ve been riding cheap bikes and cost is well below car fuel and much lesser when months without registration.
So stoked that LBSs are around, happy learning, being a worker and a longtime cyclist (on/off) I’m happy to know what I want and recognize that leaving the bike with a mechanic for an hour costs the same that I earn per hour yet they do the job twice as quick AND PROPERLY.
I fitted my own brake pads;) bike stops in less than 400metres now, I like the local hill.
Bikes and kayaks the same. Brace hands, push leg, go stronger, go faster, go longer, legs provide majority muscle. As a human, tension with right leg will open energy channel that torso twists right. Left right left

[Canyon48]

Pilot Pete wrote:

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand a word Boatsie has just posted?

PP

Nope, I’m clueless too.

Too many drinks, perhaps? 😉

[hawkinspeter]

Woldsman wrote:

Pilot Pete wrote:

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand a word Boatsie has just posted?

PP

I understand every individual word, just not the particular purpose they are intended to serve in combination with each other. 

To be fair, the cut-up technique (to which Boatsie subscribes) has somewhat fallen out of favour. Can’t all you hepcats just dig it?

 

[Anonymous]

“I am playing all the right

“I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order”

[Woldsman]

Pilot Pete wrote:

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand a word Boatsie has just posted?

PP

I understand every individual word, just not the particular purpose they are intended to serve in combination with each other. 

[Pilot Pete]

Am I the only one who doesn’t

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand a word Boatsie has just posted?

PP

[Boatsie]

I keep giggling. .. Having
I keep giggling. .. Having no idea what a Boardman is, when my bike was stolen 10 years ago I replaced it with my brand newie at $199. Usually hangs around a couple of years a few times. Been sitting on a 2nd hand component set yet just keep smiling cos me ain’t wearing the strong, cheap heavy stuff out, have never even trued the 36 spoke rims although laughing that the walls exist. Usually hangs
Replaced pads last week at $15 a set.
You guys are pretty gifted if you can understand the mechanisms.

PS. I admire your Boardman. I like GT and can’t figure out if the small triangle helps bite in due to less compression upon metal lengths. Had 1, think it was also stolen or I gave it away, glad to ride a cheapy. Too much effort to the lazy idiots.;)
Figured out how to check sti shifter. Donor has cracked headstem, either a double or a triple cog when look occurs.

[Daveyraveygravey]

DaSy wrote:

Natrix wrote:

DaSy wrote:

 

I have worked in bike shops for years, as a mech,

 

 

Front or rear mech???

 

I started out as a rear mech, but time served and experience gained, I was allowed to progress to a front mech.

Oh dear, future looks grim for you then, what with the insidious advance of 1x drive trains, you’ll be out of a job soon.  Can you retrain as a clutch or a disc brake?

Not sure what the moan earlier about Boardman’s was.  I still ride my 10 year old Boardman MTB, it’s served me very well.   We can’t all stretch to £3000 plus for a bike…

As for working in the bike shop, try and get your head round the hierarchies.  Groupsets all come in different levels, probably easiest to understand Shimano’s and what makes Ultegra cost more and work better than 105 or Claris.

[Dnnnnnn]

DaSy wrote:

Natrix wrote:

DaSy wrote:

I have worked in bike shops for years, as a mech,

Front or rear mech???

I started out as a rear mech, but time served and experience gained, I was allowed to progress to a front mech.

Was it shift work?

[CygnusX1]

brooksby wrote:

CygnusX1 wrote:

KendalRed wrote:

I presume when you say the shop is owned by Halfords, it’s a Cycle Republic?

Or Tredz/Wheelies

Are they Halfords too?!?

Yes, since mid 2016. http://road.cc/content/news/191102-halfords-buys-tredz-and-wheelies  

[brooksby]

CygnusX1 wrote:

KendalRed wrote:

I presume when you say the shop is owned by Halfords, it’s a Cycle Republic?

Or Tredz/Wheelies

Are they Halfords too?!?

[Boatsie]

DaSy wrote:

DaSy wrote:

Natrix wrote:

DaSy wrote:

 

I have worked in bike shops for years, as a mech,

 

 

Front or rear mech???

 

I started out as a rear mech, but time served and experience gained, I was allowed to progress to a front mech.

I admire your posture DaSy.
I know not much, I wonder. I converted my flatbar to a dropbar. Booked it into LBS. No work was done because I was told the shifters weren’t compatible being from an 8 speed as I run a 9 speed.
Retrieved bike, bought new shifters then played with the old ones. They feel alright, clicks 8 times (9 speed), now I am wondering how to check if front mech is double or triple. I’d rather ride too. Just servicing own garage which makes me laugh because on the wall from many years ago is a rusty metal sign, ‘ bicycle repair shop. ‘
Lol
Nowadays I think along the lines of now’s the best time to learn or relearn how to ride.

[Anonymous]

Natrix wrote:

DaSy wrote:

 

I have worked in bike shops for years, as a mech,

 

 

Front or rear mech???

 

I started out as a rear mech, but time served and experience gained, I was allowed to progress to a front mech.

[Author]

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