Originally Posted by
JoeEasy
good job, you must be the wizard of bike repair. why don't you come out to portland and i'll give you a job. well you risked it and ended up sounding like a total ******. you are the type of customer that i hate. the guy that thinks he know more than the person who has spent years behind the bench dealing with **** you couldn't begin to know where to start. you think you know more than 90% of the mechanics in Austin about road and fixed gear bikes?? are you ****ing ********?!?! seriously, are you? i would feel bad if you had some mental problems.
I do work on my bike that other mechanics can't do. I have done most of the maintenance that there is to do on a bicycle. Recently I went to the LBS b/c I was having BB problems on a 1991 Specialized Sirrus (non-cartridge BB). keep in mind, this is one of the "best" LBS in Austin. None of the 3 mechanics who were working even knew how to service this type of BB.
Here's the deal: bicycle maintenance is not very complicated. Bicycles are the simplest machines I have ever worked on. Try rebuilding the motor of a DI, supercharged jet ski. So, yeah, when I go to a LBS and some guys there don't even know how to service a BB, I laugh at them. I'll admit, I have botched several bicycle jobs in the past, but I learned from those mistakes. I haven't messed up any maintenance in a while, and I've done some of the "hardest" work there is to do on my FG and road bikes.
You think I want a job at your ****ing bike shop? Haha, like I would ever work at a bike shop.
EDIT: I said 90% b/c I'm will to admit that there are a FEW old timers at the LBS who have been wrenching for +20 years that definitely know more than me. But, the vast majority of mechanics at our LBS are 20-something y.o, idiots. Don't take your frustrations out on me just b/c you were stupid enough to open an unnecessary business in an over-saturated market.