Originally Posted by
coominya
Oh that's right, forgive me, I have just had a few bad encounters with bikeshop staff and tend to blame them for all the world's ills. I'm currently writing an essay about how they triggered the Great Depression and led us into WWII
It is because of that kind of thing I now do most of these things myself. Turns out it really isn't that hard (at least for Shimano brakes).