Originally Posted by visitordesign

catano! if that had been the case, i'd say, "jeez, you lazy *******. why'd you let someone else build up your bike? i know you have tools." which is the usual line i take with all of my tight bros.

when i know they don't have tools, the line is the slightly different but essentially equivocal, "jeez, you lazy *******. why didn't you just take everything over to times-up or come by my place and grab whatever tools you needed to do it yourself?"

i still read the post as a warning of minutae that a lot of new bikes built with non-custom pre-built wheels suffer from. when the cranks get a little loose in another couple of days--as is par for the course--i'll be waiting for another thread of happy-times.