|   Barnett's school | Knuckles
Mar 27, 2002 12:04 PM | | Any one have first hand experience with Barnett's? I'm thinking about taking my wrenching to the next level. Is it worth it? |
| How to be a good wrench: | fixeyfreeride
Mar 27, 2002 12:57 PM | | If you can build a new Huffy or Walgoose and have it work absolutely perfectly (by real shop standards in less than 20 minutes than you're wrenching on the next level.
Don't spend the $ on Barnett's, just go down to your local wally world or toys r us they'll pay you by the bike to get good wrenching skills.
Really, I'm serious, if you can get a POS to work right, you've made it to the next level, and think of all the unsuspecting people you'll save from injury from dangerous, poorly assembled bikes. |
| impossible. | Stick
Mar 27, 2002 1:14 PM | | "If you can build a new Huffy or Walgoose and have it work absolutely perfectly (by real shop standards) in less than 20 minutes than you're wrenching on the next level."
Careful assembly from start to finish and 'Absolutely perfect' performance are not attainable in 20 minutes or less, ESPECIALLY when starting with inferior products (poorly built wheels, etc). I don't care who the mechanic is. |
| Yeah but it's fun to dream isn't it? | fixeyfreeride
Mar 27, 2002 1:46 PM | | |
| Or was it a dream? (more) | Drewpy
Mar 27, 2002 2:01 PM | | A shop close to work just hired a new kid. He was working at Toys R Us (Yes, the GT is there already). He was expected to build 6 bikes an hour. |
| insane. . . | Stick
Mar 27, 2002 2:14 PM | | but beside the point. 6 bikes an hour is only possible w/ total disregard for quality, safety, etc. Besides those bikes arrive at stores partially assembled already (by the factory).
I'm assuming the original poster in this thread was interested in learning tricks of the trade for careful, precise, 'from the ground up' assembly and tuning of quality bicycles. Profit-driven slopping together of hi-ten, malaysian made tanks @ dizzying speed is a different animal altogether. |
| Depends (not the adult diaper) | HUGE-GENE
Mar 27, 2002 2:25 PM | | on what he is "building". If the guy is putting the seat on and slamming the stem with handlebars (with shifters, levers, grips already on) into the fork tube, yeah, you could do that in 20 minutes.
They should be checking torque on everything else as well, and I really doubt that gets done at K-Mart, Wal-Mart etc.
6 an hour IS really insane though. |
| 10 minutes to: | Drewpy
Mar 27, 2002 2:29 PM | | Install pedals, seat onto post onto frame. Install and calibrate shifters, install brakes and run cables (rim & disc)tube & tire front and back, bar/stem/headset/fork combo.
10 minutes each.
Wham bam thank you maam. |
| Ok, ok. You ride it first, though. | HUGE-GENE
Mar 27, 2002 2:48 PM | | Took me three days to properly build my last bike, (before my Specialized that is now in bike heaven). |
| Someone else pointed out that | berrywise
Mar 28, 2002 7:09 AM | | The Bikes that Walmart and Kmart get are not the same as the ones you get a bike shop. They come more assembled and packaged in huge bundles shrink wrapped together. So there is less assembly.
No matter though six bikes an hour is a bit much.
bw |
| When I worked at REI... | Drevil
Mar 27, 2002 2:33 PM | | I think they gave the mechs 3 hours per bike build! |
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