OK, story time
Ive been working on my own bikes for about 10 years, a matter of pride more than money - there is smth cucky in lettting other people do work you can do yourself.
Since I was NEETing at the moment, Ive decided to apply for the work at bike shop. Supreme lack of organisation:
>no spoke tension measuring tool - we dont have it since the main mechanic can feel it by hand>lack of the most basic cheap tools like torx keys etc.>no antisieze paste - they put basic grease on aluminium trough axles during assembly of a new bike and it got siezed on the threadsall this shit wasnt done by some noob college poseur but by experience sheldon type mechanics, that being said I learned A LOT in that short period, from "good enough" home mechanic level to proper execution. But people working at bike shops, son I...
>>1341143>obese boomers going 5mph on mountain bikes or cruisers, but nothing really wrong with that.these guys are bro tier actually, lycra boomers is what makes industry produces weird bikes
>>1340946>99 out 100 so-called 'bike mechanics' are *HACKS* and fuck up more shit than they actuall do correctly. Prove me wrong.I dont think that is true, most of them are very unprofessional but they also have knowledge most people dont have.
>>1341751>if you hate these type of encounters, you are not fit to work in a bike shop. I would fire you from my shop immediately with your attitude.I talked to people at my LBS who mocked people that give basic questions like "I want a bike, give me smth to buy", I dont see how is that a bad question from a customer. Most of LBS people are total autists.
