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Originally Posted by Spanner Man
Morning all.
Good point there Rictus, as you say there are few people who cannot learn the basics. I have only ever come across a couple of people who shouldn't be allowed to own spanners  .
Obviously it's lack of confidence & fear of the unknown that puts people off giving it a bash, not to mention the cost element if they bugger something up!
Even now I find it quite rewarding when someone who literally knew nothing, thanks to my tuition progresses to the stage where they can undertake some of the more complicated jobs such as fork seals etc.
I taught an adult education class in bike maintenance at Twickenham college some years ago, my pupils ranged from a young lad with a souped up scooter, to an elderly lady with an SH50 (she called it Mortimer ). All my pupils felt that they had learnt something from the course, & more importantly they all enjoyed it. It's a shame there aren't more such vocational courses available.
I've always maintained that it's important to know at least the basics, for one would at least be able to recognise when something was going awry, & also when some of the more unscrupulous members of the trade were trying to have one over.
Cheers. |
Yes, very good. However, the only thing you really teach these days is "how to make the dodgiest coffee in the world, sonny". Told you before, i wouldn't believe a word you say cos you don't know what you are talking about.
That said, this guy is only in NottingNam and could quite easily pop along and watch, like you stated above, while you work on peoples bikes. That way he could learn whilst making coffee. If you make it a Friday afternoon / Saturday morning, you also have the added bonus of meeting the most fabulous person on this forum, moi
Seriously though, i have built my own bikes in the past, messed around with my own bikes, i even have a city and guilds qualification for vehicle repair and maintenance (A mechanics papers basically) but what Spannerman don't know about fixing bikes, to be perfectly honest, isn't worth knowing. There are things he "just knows", when everyone else is fuddling around trying to work out what's wrong, he's already figured it out and knows a way of fixing it :P
So, again, it might bode you well to pop over and make the coffee and watch the man at work.
Thats enough Pen!s rubbing for now, i have to go and shower. I feel dirty.
Love you lots Stewart darlink
Sean
P.S I'll be over with the plates tomorrow.