Originally Posted by 3alarmer

Interestingly, after about 20 or 40 people here in Sacramento, we seem to
have used up the available pool of interested students. Given the current
state of assembled wheels selling more cheaply than the individual components,
I guess all but the hard core bike nerds are losing interest in the subject.

. . . we usually wait until we have six or eight
or ten prospective students before we run one.

Otherwise, I've actually taught people during the course of the regular work
shift if it's slow enough and they are sharp enough.