Thursday, September 6, 2012

Day 1: Volunteering


On Wednesday afternoon, I dove right into the bike community project by disassembling my first bike. Their mentality: if you can take apart a bike, you can build it back together again. So wheels were taken apart. Wrenches were turned and dropped (thankfully not on feet). Time was spent looking for the fitting hex keys. Various other tools used to turn, crank, and jiggle to disassemble the bike to its bare frame. Success was measured through bike grease smeared all over my hands at the end of the day.

I will attempt to volunteer at the shop weekly to pick up as much bike knowledge as possibly before assembling my bike.  But I’m still going to do my homework before then. I turned nuts but why was that nut attached to that bolt? That cable came from where? Hopefully I can get a solid bike background before I go back and really understand what I’m disassembling. Until next time, bike grease. 

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