The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Shoot back at them, "well now we know why it was fucked in the first place!"I service bikes as a bit of a cash in hand extra job, just a couple of local bike hire businesses and a few word of mouth customers
I am good at it but I have been told I can be a bit anal.
I am very fussy with my own bikes
What I f&*king HATE is when I have spent their money and my time sorting a troublesome rear derailuer only to have them pick the bike up and the conversation goes like this:
Me: You needed a new cable and the hanger was bent, all fixed though. You will notice a massive improvement with just the new cable alone, the old one was corroded and gummed up. Shifting will be really slick and you wont have to push as hard on the shifter.
Customer: Great!
They then proceed to shift up and down the range with the bike stationary!
Having just shifted across 4 ratios at the back they then proceed to jump on the bike and pedal as the cassette and chain desperately try and catch up with their ham fisted shifting, always accompanied with crunching, grinding noises.
I have had a customer then say "I thought you said you fixed the shifting"
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
- DONOT play with you shifters when the bike is stationary
- DONOT change under load
Have a little mechanical sympathy for Gods sake!