What I learned at UBI

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Oh, I loved this info! Who knew cow magnets existed

To toe in brake shoes (necessary on linear pull brakes), put a folded business card under the rear 1/3 of brake shoe and tighten flat against rim.
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I was once told to use a match. It works ok, but something flat is better.

If removing bars to work on headset, strap the bars to the bike with a toe strap.
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NIce - I was just wondering where the heck to do with the bars and all their attending cables when changing my stem recently!

Little things that don't really matter but indicate professionalism: hub labels readable while sitting on bike (and through the valve hole), tire label at valve stem and on drive side, bar wraps are mirror image R/L, bar plugs with upright graphics, headset cup logos lined up.

I mostly lurk on a Norwegian mtb forum, and it's had a hilarious style police thread full of stuff like this, which way to have your decals etc, what colour socks and how long they should be, etc. Lots of bike builders and bike shop people there.