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In article <bcf16e8e-c2d4-4e76-ad1e- > If I've been working on my gears/brakes they always work perfectly in [1] Except at one shop where I worked for a while, where they thought I
8abff5e18...@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, naked_draughtsman
googlea...@petereverett.co.uk says...
> On Dec 23 2007, 2:35 pm, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote: When I was a full-time mechanic[[1] I'd never knowingly return a bike to
> > 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.
> 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.
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.
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.