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You’re the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby AUbicycles » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:04 pm
On friday, the tyre dynamo on my wife’s bike fell apart and the request was to have it repaired immediately because a light was needed. No mention that a crucial spring was missing (connector) and a plastic part was dethreaded.
The weekend arrived and I have a box if upgrades for the bike ready to install. A crucial nut for the front drum brake, splash guards, new rubber grips for the lever (rod) pull brakes, a new runner for the dynamo.
I also had a new tail light for my commuter bike which has found its way onto my wifes bike and not my own.
It reminds me if a neighbour we used to have who knew technology inside out. When our washing machine died he took it apart right down to the circuitboard which was fried (and not possible to replace). But we had to promuse not to tell any of the other neighbours otherwise he would be the goto man for every whitegoods problem.
In any case, I have to order a new dynamo and there will be know thanks because I am the bike person which means it is my responsibility.
Blame autocorrect!
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby eeksll » Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:16 pm

handy guy to have around

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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby Cardy George » Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:59 pm
bychosis wrote:Nice work. I try to fix stuff around the house, mostly successful. My kids sometimes gets upset when I tell them it’s betond repair because in their eyes I can fix anything.
Same here, except in my case it's SWMBO who also thinks I can fix anything, therefore I have a never ending list of jobs, none of which include bikes, Kingswoods or Vintage Caravans

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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby outnabike » Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:36 am
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby Baalzamon » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:03 am
Shhhh I've got a park tool's truing stand not widely known
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby bychosis » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:08 am
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby hamishm » Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:27 am
eeksll wrote:your also the IT guy as well![]()
But neither of you are the apostrophe people apparently

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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:59 pm
bychosis wrote:...and when you are the 'bike person' you get handed all sorts of BSOs with a request to repair/adjust them... and it makes you feel a bit dirty.
Yes! This, exactly this. They see me ride nice bikes, most recently a rebuilt Shogun Samurai. What is there in that picture that makes someone think I want to work on their Reid POS ?
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby tcdev » Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:31 pm

I use the PC as a tool to do my job. I have zero interest in the intricacies of operating system versions/drivers/slow-downs/crashes, viruses and anti-virus software, or Office/Outlook. I'm not even up on the latest hardware; my PC is about 10 years old and I'd have to look up what type of memory it has installed in it.
But try telling all that to people that just know "you work with computers". Some of them even think my job is "fixing computers". It's difficult to say 'no' when these mates have done favours for you in the past, like tile your shower and fix your/wife's car on several occasions.
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby trailgumby » Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:53 pm
hamishm wrote:eeksll wrote:your also the IT guy as well![]()
But neither of you are the apostrophe people apparently



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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby AUbicycles » Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:24 am
Side note, my smart phone doesn’t come with punctuation or grammer so I am kindly excused from scrutiny of the literacy Police.
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby Cardy George » Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:20 am
10speedsemiracer wrote:bychosis wrote:...and when you are the 'bike person' you get handed all sorts of BSOs with a request to repair/adjust them... and it makes you feel a bit dirty.
Yes! This, exactly this. They see me ride nice bikes, most recently a rebuilt Shogun Samurai. What is there in that picture that makes someone think I want to work on their Reid POS ?
I get paid to do it.......

Still, it pays for real bike parts.....
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Re: You’re the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby silentC » Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:37 am
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby Duck! » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:33 pm
AUbicycles wrote:
Side note, my smart phone doesn’t come with punctuation or grammer so I am kindly excused from scrutiny of the literacy Police.
Well that's not very smart!
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby eeksll » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:17 pm
trailgumby wrote:hamishm wrote:eeksll wrote:your also the IT guy as well![]()
But neither of you are the apostrophe people apparently
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Talk to sisters a fair bit on chat (interstate), they pick this up on me all the time

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Re: You’re the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby HyperHorse » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:50 am
Standard except for Serfas Drifters Road tyres..
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Re: Your the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby hamishm » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:16 am
AUbicycles wrote:Side note, my smart phone doesn’t come with punctuation or grammer so I am kindly excused from scrutiny of the literacy Police.
I thought the autocorrect would have fixed the spelling though (grammar, cough).
Apologies, carry on..
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Re: You’re the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby OnTrackZeD » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:17 am
silentC wrote:I But I fixed one neighbour. I broke her computer and she had to buy a new one. That'll learn her...
That's one way no one will ever ask you again to fix anything once the word gets around, lol.
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Re: You’re the “Bike person”... fix it
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Dec 25, 2017 9:43 pm
I get called on for plenty of other stuff too, whether or not it falls under my areas of expertise. It might not be pretty, but it will usually work

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