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Rob Morley

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More options 3 Jan 2008, 04:06

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From: Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 04:06:56 -0000

Local: Thurs 3 Jan 2008 04:06

Subject: Re: New front chain rings - not able to use small one

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In article <bcf16e8e-c2d4-4e76-ad1e-
8abff5e18...@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, naked_draughtsman
googlea...@petereverett.co.uk says...

> On Dec 23 2007, 2:35 pm, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > They should have road tested it anyway - there's no way you can tell if
> > brakes or gears will work under load without trying them.

> If I've been working on my gears/brakes they always work perfectly in
> the 'shop' but needs lots of adjustment after riding around on it.
> Unfortunately I don't think I've *ever* found a bike shop who seem to
> do this (on one occasion they actually made the problem worse) - hence
> I prefer to do this sort of work myself.

When I was a full-time mechanic[[1] I'd never knowingly return a bike to
a paying customer (or consider a PDI complete) without a road test.
It's easier if you have a good hill near the shop, but even without a
hill you can still check performance under load by pedalling and braking
at the same time.

[1] Except at one shop where I worked for a while, where they thought I
was strange for wearing lycra and riding club events, and the stock
consisted of brands like Emmelle and Free Spirit, but I prefer to forget
that episode.

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