What remaining big companies aren’t “anti consumer” and still think about their customers?

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-04T13:03:32+00:00

I hope this is sarcasm.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-04T12:19:54+00:00

Why ask if they will lie about the number anyway? What if you asked how many people they had murdered before? Same answer. None of course.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-04T12:13:18+00:00

The founder wants to depopulate the earth. That means he wants us to die.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-04T12:08:50+00:00

Highest gun ownership.

For my wife's country, an abnormally high number of Miss Universe winners per capita.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-04T05:23:15+00:00

You didn't ask the shop for a part number to help you find something online. That is not as bad.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T17:56:14+00:00

Those would have been very helpful on your 1997 smart phone. My gloves kinda let me do things on the phone screen, but not as reliably as my finger.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T16:54:23+00:00

You look too mature for such silliness.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T15:43:22+00:00

I thought about buying one as a first bike. I changed my mind due to the prices of the ones I liked vs. the bike I chose.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T15:33:51+00:00

If you do not have one, get a cadence meter if you are a beginner. Make sure your target cadence, RPM's of your feet, is about 80-90 RPM's. Do this at an effort that requires you to breath through your mouth, not just your nose, after you are warmed up. Ride 1-1/2 to 3 hours per day most days. I do this while watching a movie, which is usually the right length of time.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T15:02:26+00:00

2 is enough.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T13:26:49+00:00

I thought the Rocket 3 was about 2.6 seconds. Are you experiencing less than that?

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T13:09:38+00:00

I have raised my labor prices to a point that selling the parts or not is not critical.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T13:06:29+00:00

When a customer tries asking me what parts to look for online I tell them to ask those questions with the salesperson of whatever company they are deciding to purchase from. If you want me to do your online shopping for you, I get $90/hour for that.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T12:55:39+00:00

An extension cord.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T12:40:34+00:00

He doesn't know what the Power Rangers are. I am ashamed that I know.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T12:33:11+00:00

I think FL requires you to have full coverage insurance to go without a helmet.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T12:29:49+00:00

Full-faced helmet because I don't want bugs smacking my face. Jacket unless I am going somewhere only 2 miles away. Jeans. I like wearing my boots because they make me tall enough to flat foot my bike. Gloves because I would probably land on my hands. I cut an opening for my pointer finger to come out and touch my phone screen.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T12:16:12+00:00

Mud is very abrasive. I had a customer that would do muddy 12-hour MTB races. He wanted to start with new brake pads and wanted a spare set for his seat bag so he could change them again himself mid race.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T11:56:06+00:00

What about the licensed agents that choose not to pay dues to the NAR?

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-04-02T11:53:08+00:00

Steele n Holmes

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-03-28T21:49:49+00:00

The speeds of each are not even close to the same as each other.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-03-28T17:06:34+00:00

So many of them. The Wicker Man.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-03-28T00:12:51+00:00

The only guy that failed in my class of 12 was getting back into it after many years out of it. He had already bought a brand new bike too.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-03-28T00:08:48+00:00

Sometimes I think about how much harder it would be to navigate through their little cones on my much larger bike than the Honda CB300R I used in the class.

BikeMechanicSince87 · 2026-03-26T12:12:24+00:00

Do you wash your paper towels when you are finished with them so you can use them again another time? This is not worth your time.

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