TwinCam

I stuck a juicy 7 lever into my thigh like that back in august. It only went in an inch but yeah whatch out those things will getcha.

Hi guys! Remember my sick silver Viento? yeah it got stolen but I found it just this week! I had a little roadblock to recovering it thanks to some inattentive mods another forum but i went crying to Chelboed and he fixed that right up.

I'll get to put my stuff back together soon and i'll throw the new build in the rigs thread.

Hi fives all around.

Dannihilator

Yeah you can see it right along that ridge.

dminor 

Good to see you again, TwinCam.

electrik

No dabbing allowed either!

-_RebelRidin'_-

I wont be riding anytime soon..
Fractured my ankle...


edit:
Doc said I have an Avulsion fracture.
Piece of bone broke off and I have tendon/muscular/ and or ligament damage as well.

TwinCam

sorry to hear, rebel. get well soon.

-_RebelRidin'_-

Thanks.

Had to sit on the sidelines today for our soccer game =(

Oh well.. we still won 5-1 =)

mzeffex 

Rebel: FFFFUUUUU

I'm going mtbing tomorrow! Woo woo!

electrik

Don't feel too bummed, maybe you can get some riding near the end of season?

I blame the school system feeding kids malk instead of milk!

Dannihilator

Ouch sorry to hear rebel.

RIC0

I"ve been running a DUKE XC 100mm for years now. Not a bad fork at all, I usually rebuild it myself yearly thanks to those manuals you spoke of and can't say anything bad about it. It's lightweight and stiff. It's actually the 2nd DUKE I've owned I also had one on my Hardtail. It is not a U - turn and the only downfall to this model fork is you can't find parts for it, I've used 0-rings from Lowes when doing rebuilds.

-_RebelRidin'_-

what's with the FU part?

-_RebelRidin'_-

This just sucks, cause im out for the rest of the soccer season... only got to play the first two games...
and now since I'm out, I lost my chance to go to the European Championship. (Think of it as nationals back in the U.S) All the D.o.D schools over here play against each other..

AND I can't bike for a while.
And I can't run, which is hurting because I have a Physical Training test for AF ROTC when I get to college, and if I don't pass with a high enough score, bye bye scholarship.

mzeffex 

Not F U. It's like the actual word, just extended. FFFUUU (like shucks, man)

I spent 3+ hours on the trail today. I'm tired.

dminor 

Sorry to hear you're laid up, RR. Just be good to that ankle, do everything the doc tells you and do your PT afterward religiously. Work on your upper body, do leg curls and any muscle groups that don't require stressing the ankle. Keep positive - - you should be fully knitted in time to get trained back up for that test. Good luck.

mzeffex 

So I got (for the second time) asked to work at a local bike shop. For those who don't know, I work at another local shop. I'm terrified and really feel un-adult like now. There's a lot of reasons to move there, but I'm just really scared.

Pros:
-better pay - good for stuff obviously and for college september 2011
-I like that shop a lot
-closer
-better pay
-top rated store - top 100 in country (don't know what place though)
-better pay

Cons:
-Learned everything I know where I am now, like boss, but scared his temper might flare up. There's only a few people at my current shop, and I don't know.

Advice?

dminor 

He'll get over it or he won't. If he won't - - especially to the point of making you fear a temper outburst - - he's not the sort of person you should be working for any longer than you have to. It sounds like the other shop has so many positives going for it that you would be doing yourself a disservice to pass up the opportunity. That maybe should be your overriding consideration in weighing a switch.

Keep it in perspective of going to school. As I told my kids when they were in college: college student is your number one and primary 'job' right now. That is what is most going to shape the rest of your life. EVERYTHING you do should complement that mission and goal. Decide which one of those shop jobs best supports that goal and come down on the side of that. If that means leaving your current boss and he cannot accept it from that standpoint that is his problem and definitely not yours.

craigcraigcraig

^ +1 sounds like a better deal to me. You may have learned everything at the other shop but now you will learn even more at a new one.

mzeffex 

Yeah, I know all the guys at the new one. I'm going to go for it. I don't necessarily have the job, but I am a long time customer (still buy food there to support them while working at the other shop), know everyone, and was recommended by both the wheel builder and a salesman/mechanic. The manager happily printed out an application for me. I think that sounds good.

Having a year of experience helps too.

TwinCam

WEIGHT REDUCSHUN


UGLY!!!!!!! D :< D:|

TwinCam

C'MERE, YOU


HOLD STILL


THIS WILL HURT LOL

TwinCam

TAKE A LOOK AT THE L A W - M A N


BEATING UP THE WRONG GUY


A A W M A N


WONDER IF'LL EVER KNOW


HES IN THE BEST SELLIN SHO-O-O-O


IS THERE LIFE ON


M A A A R R S ?

TwinCam

CHAIN JAIL


INVISIBLE CHAIN JAIL

mzeffex 

lolwutsrongwithulol

Grimlock

If I were you, I would give your current shop a head-up. Tell your boss you have another job offer and give him the chance to make you a counter-offer. Ask for more money than the new shop is willing to pay you in order to offset the difference between the benefits "better" shop and where you work now. If your current boss says yes, you get a hefty raise. If he balks at that number, you go to the new shop. The benefit to doing it this way is that your boss (thinks he) has the chance to keep you around and that your departure is in his hands. Your resignation will be a mutual decision and you won't burn any bridges at your original shop.