Another tuition payment
I just made another tuition payment to the bike mechanics department of the school of hard knocks. My son asked me to lace up a lightweight (1300 gram) wheelset for him with bladed spokes. I was surprised at how much the bladed spokes twisted, how much untwisting them affects the wheel trueness, and how easy they are to bugger up while trying to un-twist them. That's a mistake that I won't make again.
I just ordered the proper tool to keep the spokes from twisting. I also reordered a new set of 24 bladed spokes for my son's front wheel. SIGH. On the other hand, life would be pretty uninteresting if we weren't continually learning new things. |
That could be an expensive lesson if the spokes are CXrays. :(
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
(Post 12358862)
I was surprised at how much the bladed spokes twisted, how much untwisting them affects the wheel trueness, and how easy they are to bugger up while trying to un-twist them. That's a mistake that I won't make again.
I just ordered the proper tool to keep the spokes from twisting. |
Originally Posted by t4mv
(Post 12360170)
You mean you can't just use a mini vise grip to keep the spoke from twisting?
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Originally Posted by BluesDawg
(Post 12359829)
That could be an expensive lesson if the spokes are CXrays. :(
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I seem to remember taking the same class two years ago. My LBS mechanics had a laugh, supplied me with the right tools, and I graduated with honors.
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Originally Posted by BluesDawg
(Post 12359829)
That could be an expensive lesson if the spokes are CXrays. :(
Ha. HA! You guys are penny ante. When I read "tuition," I thought "college." I've got one more semester of that left (according to my daughter, who's had "One more semester, Dad" for two years). For what she's cost me just in the last two years (since she would have graduated if she weren't on the six-year plan), I could have bought a semi truck load of spokes and a mechanic to install each one. |
Originally Posted by Velo Dog
(Post 12360666)
Ha. HA! You guys are penny ante. When I read "tuition," I thought "college." I've got one more semester of that left (according to my daughter, who's had "One more semester, Dad" for two years). For what she's cost me just in the last two years (since she would have graduated if she weren't on the six-year plan), I could have bought a semi truck load of spokes and a mechanic to install each one.
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Originally Posted by Velo Dog
(Post 12360666)
Ha. HA! You guys are penny ante. When I read "tuition," I thought "college." I've got one more semester of that left (according to my daughter, who's had "One more semester, Dad" for two years). For what she's cost me just in the last two years (since she would have graduated if she weren't on the six-year plan), I could have bought a semi truck load of spokes and a mechanic to install each one.
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I had three tuitions going on at the same time but thank goodness that is behind me now......when that was over I bought myself a new bike for somehow managing to just get from week to week without the creditors barking too loudly! My parents always said they didn't know how they did it but they put 4 of us through school. I'm not sure how we did it either but I only have one more to go!
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Originally Posted by Velo Dog
(Post 12360666)
Ha. HA! You guys are penny ante. When I read "tuition," I thought "college."
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Originally Posted by jppe
(Post 12360895)
I had three tuitions going on at the same time but thank goodness that is behind me now......when that was over I bought myself a new bike for somehow managing to just get from week to week without the creditors barking too loudly! My parents always said they didn't know how they did it but they put 4 of us through school. I'm not sure how we did it either but I only have one more to go!
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Double undergrad tuition? Gad Zooks! I never thought I'd ask this but do you suppose it's possible that lawyers actually do deserve to make more money than bike mechanics? |
Law school tuition has more than doubled in Canada over the last 5 years. For what you are getting, it's still a bargain in the long term.
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Originally Posted by TheHen
(Post 12360705)
I remember when bikes were expensive and college was cheap. (My community college was free and the University of California only charged $274.50/quarter.)
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I went to college on the super economy plan. In the early 60's I managed one full year - fees, rent, meals and books for under $1,000.
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
(Post 12365632)
I went to college on the super economy plan. In the early 60's I managed one full year - fees, rent, meals and books for under $1,000.
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Originally Posted by alanknm
(Post 12365848)
That was a lot of money in those days, especially when you consider what starting salaries were back then.
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
(Post 12365632)
I went to college on the super economy plan. In the early 60's I managed one full year - fees, rent, meals and books for under $1,000.
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Originally Posted by Velo Dog
(Post 12360666)
Ha. HA! You guys are penny ante. When I read "tuition," I thought "college." I've got one more semester of that left (according to my daughter, who's had "One more semester, Dad" for two years). For what she's cost me just in the last two years (since she would have graduated if she weren't on the six-year plan), I could have bought a semi truck load of spokes and a mechanic to install each one.
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