tim- i used to work on lots of bikes with homeless people when I lived in Tucson. (IMHO:) don’t worry - you are more than qualified. People are just so happy to have any kind of assist with their bikes at all.
Is it just you doing the bike part of the event?I could put you in touch with some local people who could help. kim On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 4:09 PM 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I'm soliciting advice from the group. I volunteered to do some bike repair > at an event designed for helping homeless folks here in Tucson. I have > always described myself as a "mediocre" mechanic, but in reality, I've > built up 3 Rivs and do almost all of my own repairs and my bikes all work > just fine, so maybe I'm more than mediocre. But after volunteering I nearly > backed out, worried about being ill-prepared, but I sucked it up and am > going to do it. Mostly I was/still am, worried about what I may encounter. > I talked to Will about this and he felt like flat tires and poorly adjusted > brakes/shifters would be the main things needed. I tend to agree. I have a > few tires that I was going to sell here but instead I will take them with > me and give away and mount, if needed. I'll be in the Bay Area Thursday and > am visiting Riv (gotta ride a GBW at Shell Ridge!) and plan on buying 2-3 > sets each of brake and shifter cables, plus several patch kits to give away > and show them how to patch a tube. The event is March 27th so I plan on > going to a few LBS to ask advice as well and perhaps see if they'd be > willing to donate anything. I'll bring some lubricant as well. I know most > of the bikes will be Huffy-type rides so not too worried about electronic > shifting and dick brakes, of which I know absolutely nothing. I know I > can't be prepared of every eventuality but is there anything that anyone > thinks I've ignored/overlooked? Thanks in advance! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/35e55213-64f3-4b77-8ae5-177ea9c328e5%40googlegroups.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAG55tTYOVW_yZ%3DLOqJYLJq5_h9-mHjig%3DzBU4yUqqSpMjo8RDA%40mail.gmail.com.
