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Old April 6th 05, 06:09 AM
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I am researching an article for a bike magazine.

Wondering what the most common repairs are for a bike shop and if any are
out there mobile bike service?

Maybe you can give the top 10 services you guys provide, the tops for
difficulty and also exactly what you cover in atune up.

thanks

Brian


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Old April 6th 05, 06:21 AM
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B wrote:
I am researching an article for a bike magazine.

Wondering what the most common repairs are for a bike shop and if any

are
out there mobile bike service?

Maybe you can give the top 10 services you guys provide, the tops for


difficulty and also exactly what you cover in atune up.

thanks

Brian


Most common repair? Fixing flat tires, of course.

There's a guy local to me that operates a mobile bike shop out of a
Sprinter van.

Jeff

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Old April 6th 05, 01:59 PM
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B wrote:
I am researching an article for a bike magazine.

Wondering what the most common repairs are for a bike shop and if any are
out there mobile bike service?

Maybe you can give the top 10 services you guys provide, the tops for
difficulty and also exactly what you cover in atune up.

thanks

Brian


Most common? The one that 20 years ago didn't exist...can ya adjust my
rear shifting?

Most diffucult and most ignored, good wheelbuilding. Many people build
wheels, not a lot of 'wheelbuilders'.

I think the type of shop will determine your responses. For the 'take
'em outta the box, get 'em sold', vs the type that focusus on service as
we and others like Andy Muzi does. Then you will get somewhat of both
with Mike J.
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Old April 6th 05, 05:28 PM
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maybe I worded it incorrectly...
what I would like is the 10 most common repairs that come through the shops
and on top of that the most difficult and time consuming.

Brian
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B wrote:
I am researching an article for a bike magazine.

Wondering what the most common repairs are for a bike shop and if any are
out there mobile bike service?

Maybe you can give the top 10 services you guys provide, the tops for
difficulty and also exactly what you cover in atune up.

thanks

Brian

Most common? The one that 20 years ago didn't exist...can ya adjust my
rear shifting?

Most diffucult and most ignored, good wheelbuilding. Many people build
wheels, not a lot of 'wheelbuilders'.

I think the type of shop will determine your responses. For the 'take 'em
outta the box, get 'em sold', vs the type that focusus on service as we
and others like Andy Muzi does. Then you will get somewhat of both with
Mike J.



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Old April 6th 05, 05:54 PM
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B wrote:
maybe I worded it incorrectly...
what I would like is the 10 most common repairs that come through the

shops
and on top of that the most difficult and time consuming.


Repairs don't come through shops, problems do: "I've got a flat. I've
got a wierd noise. I can't shift. I want to be more upright."

Difficutly has little to do with the type of repair, everything to do
with the specific circumstances (age/type of bike, parts on hand,
customer's time and financial constraints, etc.). Same for time
required per repair.

-Vee

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Old April 6th 05, 06:39 PM
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:09:55 GMT, "B" wrote:

I am researching an article for a bike magazine.

Wondering what the most common repairs are for a bike shop and if any are
out there mobile bike service?

Maybe you can give the top 10 services you guys provide, the tops for
difficulty and also exactly what you cover in atune up.


I'm not a bike shop operator by trade, but quite a few bikes go though
here on their way to a new home, most of which had lots of problems
when they arrived. Ignoring the issues that are simply due to long
storage and intentional misrepair, the top items are flat repair,
shifter adjustment, wheel truing, brake adjustment, hub bearing
repack, chain replacement, cable replacement, and brake pad
replacement. I seldom see a bike pass through which needs less than
three items from that list, and many need them all. The frequency
ordering varies. All other repairs are less common.

By the way, while tire replacement would be in there near the top of
the list if I was including things that were needed simply due to the
age of the bike, I don't consider that to be typical. Most of the
bikes I see have either been ignored and left to gather dust for many
years or have been grossly abused and patched together with no regard
for proper repair techniques. The former group's tires are typically
rotten, but often show little or no wear. From what little I see of
the bikes brought in to the local shops, they're almost all units
which are actually in regular service; I doubt that very many of their
tires get replaced due to the sidewalls having crumbled to dust.

If I were doing tune-ups on other people's bikes, I'm not sure what
I'd include at the basic level and what would go at the more thorough
level; this is the sort of thing that should be developed as a result
of experience with the realities of the specific market. I suspect
that it would vary somewhat with local conditions.

As for what is the hardest repair from a technical standpoint, I have
to say that there's not much on a bike that qualifies as inherently
difficult if you know what you're doing. Of course, my opinion may be
colored by the fact that I spent some years turning wrenches on
foreign cars; by comparison to an old Peugeot V6 or VW Diesel, nothing
on a bike is a challenge at all. The real obstacle, in my estimation,
would be persuading the bikes' owners to do all of the repairs that
are really needed.



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Old April 6th 05, 08:15 PM
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

Most diffucult and most ignored, good wheelbuilding. Many people build
wheels, not a lot of 'wheelbuilders'.


Just curious. What separates them?

Mike


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Old April 6th 05, 09:14 PM
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:41:18 -0400, Strayhorn wrote:

In article ,
Werehatrack wrote:

The real obstacle, in my estimation,
would be persuading the bikes' owners to do all of the repairs that
are really needed.


That's also true of autos: I was always astounded by people who would
buy a $50k Porsche and then budget no money for maintenance or repair.


And IIANM, today that's a *cheap* Porsche. (I still think the very
concept of a Porsche SUV is just ludicrous; it's no more logical than
a Winnebago sports car. Of course, the neoPorschephile isn't as
likely to be buying the vehicle for the performance as they are to be
getting it for the Image.)

Perhaps worst are the people who lease a Porsche, and then scrimp on
the repair budget for the car that they end up driving for the last 10
months of the contract term because they've maxed out the mileage.
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Old April 6th 05, 10:08 PM
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Werehatrack wrote:
I still think the very
concept of a Porsche SUV is just ludicrous; it's no more logical than
a Winnebago sports car.


I'm picturuing a nice two-seater with a 'fridge in the glove box and a
toilet under the driver's seat. Could be a great car for a fast, long,
cross country trip.

Oh, and a ladder on the back to strap the bike to.

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Old April 6th 05, 10:28 PM
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:15:44 -0400, "Michael Dart"
wrote:

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

Most diffucult and most ignored, good wheelbuilding. Many people build
wheels, not a lot of 'wheelbuilders'.


Just curious. What separates them?


A wheelbuilder knows what works and chooses components accordingly,
where others will assemble and/or sell whatever they have. A
wheelbuilder will stress-relieve every spoke, where others will
overlook or be unaware of the need for this step. A wheelbuilder will
deliver a wheel that's really ready to use, where others will deliver
something reasonably round which, after a little additional work, may
or may not be ready to be ridden for many thousands of trouble-free
miles. The difference is in the details, and there are sometimes more
details than you might think.


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