Around the Shop

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted a few of the random things we get to see in the shop.

First off- warranty stuff. It happens. Parts (including frames), for whatever reason, don’t work, for no apparent reason. We call the manufacturer, they’ll send us a new part, and either want the old one back or, in the case of some large items, ask for only part of it back… like a bottom bracket from a frame:

 

Sometimes, people like Dave Cornthwaite come into the shop with weird projects like a broke-down bike car. Repairs done to this included (but were not limited to) re-cabling and adjusting the driver-side derailleur and converting the passenger side to singlespeed (its derailleur was exploded into a pretzel, and the mounting setup was very custom, so we couldn’t replace it. Instead, we hooked up a SS tensioner).

Subsequently, on day 1 of the Bike Car’s journey towards Miami, a vehicle hit both the follow van and the bike car, knocking it off the road. Everyone was OK, but judging by the video, the bike car needed some repairs outside the scope of the bike shop. We haven’t heard back from Dave.

Finally, here are some cute armadillo babies I saw while going on a “ladies only” ride on my day off…

 

4 thoughts on “Around the Shop

  1. Hey was this with us yesterday? When did you see the baby armadillos? Must’ve been that last section where you waited for us to catch up…

  2. Haha cool. I’m glad you got to see them! It was a good animal sighting day!

  3. Armadillos usually have triplets, so that must be Monny and her triplets.

    I love those things because they eat yellow jackets!

  4. The bottom bracket thing always make me SMH. Back in the day (my old ass day) Cannondale released the 2.8 frame. This was a huge improvement over the previous 3.0 frames (3.0 inch downtube) because it had variable diameter tubes and was a feathery 2.8 lbs (1,271 grams for you metric folks)- light for the day. You could trade in an old frame for the 2.8 and get a super discount. But, instead of actually doing anything with your frame trade-in shops told me that C’dale wanted the shops to cut off the BB and send it in. Ya know, it’s not like someone out there could have used a bike- WTF?

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