Originally Posted by
sstorkel
If you can do #1-7, you'll never be at the mercy of clueless bike shop mechanics. I took it once step further, though: bought a TIG welder and learned to build frames from the ground up. After doing that, the rest seemed like child's play...
I thought the question was asking what someone on a ride needs to be able to do. If you're building frames while you're out on a ride, you're Batman.