I don't know if you noticed but it was stupid warm out today. Normally, I love beautiful weather like today's, but I was unfortunately stuck in the grease pit working as the only mechanic for my shop. I'll be honest and admit that it wasn't super busy. There was a pretty steady stream of customers, some friendly faces and others not so much, but all had the same thing in common. They wanted to ride. Most were pretty simple walk-in jobs; tube replacements, derailleur adjustments, mechanic harassment. Some simply wanted to prepare for the upcoming season and get a tune-up. Others still wanted said tune-up so they could ride tomorrow.
Um.
It might be difficult to imagine, but I think about bikes a lot. I know. Strange. But because of this condition, there are some things that average bicycle users do that I simply cannot begin to comprehend. I have to stretch my imagination to understand what someone means by a "bike in need of adjustments." (My bikes are always tuned up, albeit sometimes not perfectly.) What really blows my mind is the thoughtlessness of some "cyclists" who simply want to take advantage of a fair weather phenomenon. I like riding in nice weather as much as the next person, but those days are just the icing on the cake. They don't make or break my decision to ride. So if you just want to ride your bike on a gorgeous day like today or tomorrow, when you're just going to stow the bike away again as soon as the weather drops below 50-degrees, why exactly do you need me to tuned it up? You're just riding to do something in the nice weather. You could probably walk your bike by your side in the nice weather and probably still enjoy yourself. Or just fucking sit outside on a bench with aerobars. It's like having your mommy tie your shoes the night before you go to the playground. If you're that anxious about it, your dumbass better get some velcro shoes.
In conclusion, if your interaction with your bike mechanic is governed by a thermometer, I hate you.
1 comments:
but..froms a bitness prospectives dudes like that pay the billz.
so tell him his pads are worn and he needs a new set of tires too. oh and windex the damn thing down to get the dust off. he'll love you for that one. then in the end compliment him on his choice of bikes while handing him over to your hot chick co worker who can work him over in the clothing dept before ringing him up. hot chicks can sell the living shit out of padded shorts to men.. all she has to do is show him the pad and TOUCH it. works 100% of the time..anyhow good luck with all my free tips. cheers
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