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Originally Posted by m21sniper
I rode bikes all through my youth like any other kid. I'm an automotive technician for sillyness' sake. You really think bikes are beyond my capability to evaluate?
Geniuses.
"Well sir, i could certainly rebuild that engine for you, but i have no idea at all about this other gadget here with all of a dozen moving parts that you pedal around on. Is that alien technology?"
You guys, seriously...
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Have you commuted on a bike as an adult? How many miles has your dad put on his bike? How many miles have you put on a bike in the past 10 or 20 years? How many hubs or bottom brackets have you rebuilt? How many wheels have you built? Do you know the pros and cons of butted vs. straight gauge spoke?
I'm sure you are technically competent. But a bicycle isn't a car. There are specific needs and requirements and sometimes not so obvious things are important wrt reliability and maintenance. When I was a kid I'd use a crescent wrench and WD40 on my bicycle. Ran fine. Or so I thought at the time. Now I know better. And many of the parts have changed significantly since then.
Geniuses are usually smart enough to know what they *don't* know.