Quote Originally Posted by Geonz View Post
.... it happens every season - a rider or two will come along who gets into the sport, gets a fast bike, and gets going fast - but doesn't have the knowledge & skills to support it...
We have a wealthy friend who has a $7,000 road bike and just ordered a second one because he "wants one without a rack" -a rear rack that he attached to the first bike. We like him, but it's funny how he does not take the time to learn ANYTHING about taking care of his bikes. He can't change a tire --got as far as cutting his old tube into two pieces in order to pull it out using a screwdriver (without pulling one side of the tire bead out first, needless to say), and then aborted mid-project when he realised he'd STILL have to remove the rear wheel in order to get the new tube on! Too funny. I asked him about his stem and he had no clue what a stem was. Gotta love him. He sure can ride fast though!