Re: It's so good to have resources

On May 29, 8:40 pm, Jay Beattie <jbeat...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 29, 11:48 am, Tim McNamara <tim...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Congratulations! With some information, curiosity and a methodical
approach there is very little you can't learn to fix on your own.


I had completely torn apart my Dept Store "stingray" as a young kid in
the '70s, and thereby figured out the basic concepts of cup and cone
bearings, etc.

There are a few items that need tools beyond the average home mechanic,
but those are relatively rare. There are some tasks that are done
infrequently enough to make it not worthwhile to invest in the tools
(headset presses, for example) for home use.

Tools are a great value.

One of (my) life's most inarguable core truths.

A Park truing stand (including shipping) is
less than the price of one night at the Mariott in Jersey City.

I was incredibly lucky. I answered a CL ad for a touring bike (which
was already sold), but the guy had a really, really nice Park
workstand (which I needed). When I bought the workstand he threw in a
wheel truing stand (again, a really, really nice one), a big box of
parts, and a big bucket of tools - set me up really, really good.

For
the price of one night in a dive on Manhattan, you can get the Park
truing stand plus a headset press, drop-out alignment tool, dishing
tool and a star nut setter. Then you can build a bike, go on tour and
camp for cheap. -- Jay Beattie.

I don't live anywhere like Manhattan, but I often justify my
investments with the rationale that "I could be spending it on much
worse things" ;-)
.

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