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Went to a bike co-op in Portland last week
Walked into the Community Cycling Center and saw a guy using a park tool chain whip on a 20 year old freewheel that was caked in rust, and the volunteer just said 'that's a Tuesday' like it was normal, has anyone else dealt with a shop that has zero standards for tool care?
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the_beth11d ago
Oh boy, that really gets under my skin. I took my old Schwinn to a co-op in Eugene a few years back and watched a kid use a chain whip that looked like it had been through a war. The teeth were all bent and they just shrugged when I pointed it out. Said something about "character" on the tools. It's like these places forget that bikes are precision machines, not junk you can just hammer at. I understand they're volunteer run and budgets are tight, but there's a line between using stuff up and just being careless. Takes all the fun out of fixing your own bike when you're worried the tools are going to strip your parts.
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