A customer dropped off a Racing ZERO with me.
They're swapping out from race-spec carbon tubular wheels
back to these daily-use wheels,
and there's brake shoe replacement and other work involved,
so they wanted to watch me do it all,
but when I "while I was at it" checked runout and centering,
both front and rear were out of true.
The rear wheel is one thing, but the front wheel looks like it's been off from the start.
↑As usual, this reverse-threaded right end nut came loose by hand.
When it's loose, the reference surface for the centering gauge sticks out,
so I've developed the habit of checking this first thing whenever I touch the rear wheel.
It's the limited edition with CULT bearings.
Along with the wheel swap, I re-adjusted the bike's shifting and braking,
but a considerable amount of work I'd specified in the past was skipped.
Even though there's not a single pointless motion or step in the job itself.
If they can't understand the reasoning behind what needs to be done,
I'd at least want them to execute everything I've told them to do without dropping anything.
There's clearly some lost knowledge in this work,
but going forward, the result of "thinking through" the job
won't bring about any possibility of them independently rediscovering the work tasks I once specified.
If there were the mind to arrive at that understanding, they wouldn't be cutting corners like this from the start.
Well, apparently they're "not a bike shop" anymore anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Good luck with the jersey sales and hospitality rides.
I switched to first-person "I" partway through, but whatever.
↑The problematic phrasing in the text isn't there.
They're swapping out from race-spec carbon tubular wheels
back to these daily-use wheels,
and there's brake shoe replacement and other work involved,
so they wanted to watch me do it all,
but when I "while I was at it" checked runout and centering,
both front and rear were out of true.
The rear wheel is one thing, but the front wheel looks like it's been off from the start.
↑As usual, this reverse-threaded right end nut came loose by hand.
When it's loose, the reference surface for the centering gauge sticks out,
so I've developed the habit of checking this first thing whenever I touch the rear wheel.
It's the limited edition with CULT bearings.
Along with the wheel swap, I re-adjusted the bike's shifting and braking,
but a considerable amount of work I'd specified in the past was skipped.
Even though there's not a single pointless motion or step in the job itself.
If they can't understand the reasoning behind what needs to be done,
I'd at least want them to execute everything I've told them to do without dropping anything.
There's clearly some lost knowledge in this work,
but going forward, the result of "thinking through" the job
won't bring about any possibility of them independently rediscovering the work tasks I once specified.
If there were the mind to arrive at that understanding, they wouldn't be cutting corners like this from the start.
Well, apparently they're "not a bike shop" anymore anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Good luck with the jersey sales and hospitality rides.
I switched to first-person "I" partway through, but whatever.
↑The problematic phrasing in the text isn't there.