That's the nut of it. I don't think GP insists on riders trying things over their head or delving into bike repair as a means to save money or earn their chops as a cyclist, it's a more of an ethos.
I do my own work but I count myself one of those with whom the physical and mechanical stuff clicks. I am rebuilding an old house and it reminds me all the time how few people are tool savvy or confident about measuring and cutting a piece of wood yet alone many of the more ambitious construction tasks I do without introspection or hesitation in this pursuit., GP seems to be focussing on the desirability to overcome a lack of cyclo-mechanical confidence or that it is a weird zen practice involving sitar music and incense. I know my first steps toward wheel building was to buy Jobst Brandt's book after feeling like the guy holding that skill out as some unattainable eastern practice left me with the desire to prove that a big farce (he had no tensiometer; "tuned fingers"). Reminds me of the thread about an article title something like "the benefits of shop class". There is not enough self-reliance out there and the inability of the younger population, unaware of a "pre-internet" age, seldom appear to have introspective thought before tapping out and inquisition on the smart phone. Different from accumulating learning, seems like surmounting a task to get around it as an obstacle like a rock in the trail you avoided. I relish seeing representatives of that group in a local shop with loaner tools and stands actually surmounting the complexity of their hipster fixies and dumpster SSs, makes me feel better about the world. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh. On Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:02:41 PM UTC-4, dougP wrote <...Basic mechanical survival instruction > could increase the comfort level of many riders.> > > dougP > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/r-Ke-HeR3ZcJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
