No great story. I really wasn't so much into cycling, but had a friend that was. And his older brother owned a bike shop. At one point, he needed some help offloading imported bikes off of a truck and into his warehouse, and we used to make a few bux doing that.
Then he got into the business of importing the frames and building out the bikes in the US. I worked there on summer, and built bikes on an assembly line.
1. At one point or another, I got to learn about all the was to building out a bike.
2. If I ever had the notion of doing manual labor for a living, that experience cured me of it.
3. If I ever had the notion of working on an assembly line for a living, that experience cured me of it. Especially with the time clock staring me in the face.
4. We were paid well ... about $5 an hour back when minimum wage was $1.65.
5. I could have got a bike for his cost ... about 1/4 of retail. But I wanted a car. Doh!
6. When the bike boom ended, so did the business. That was a shame.
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