Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
You know, I really can't envision it, but as someone at the opposite end of the bell curve, I find it very easy to accept. If I can take one look at a wheel and frame and swingarm and instantly understand exactly through which opening and at what angle the new shock has to go in, why shouldn't there be people on the opposite end of that aptitude scale, too?
Thank you

I also struggle with remembering how things are arranged, tho' perhaps not as far along the spectrum as Crankin. I *still* get the sequence out of whack changing tires -- and since I ride 8-10,000 miles a year, I do it fairly often -- if I don't read the box the tube comes in. (I only know that because it happened yesterday.) With this particular tire, I had first tried to put the new, nice 35mm tyre on and ... when it just wouldn't cooperate and seemed to &*( big, I put it away and grabbed an old tire ... but it was really, really old and so went flat the next day. Happily, it happened *not* out on the 20 mile club ride, but just got soft on the errand to the farmer's market a mile from home... which inspired me to load up that big new tire and the other hopefully not quite as old tire onto the back of the bike and then pump up that tire and figure it would get me the mile to the bike coop where I volunteer just so I can keep seeing how things work and know a ***little*** more... and I'll do triage and answer questions, so the people who like wrenching can spend more time doing that.
Oops, it *didn't* get me there... so I hopped off to walk it... but the ancient spineless tire even came free from the rim and the tube wrapped itself around things... so I had to toss it upside down in the road and jam it back in and then take all the parts to my bike blender out, since it was the weight that caused the problem, and limp it the rest of the way in.
Once in, with a little coaching, the "big fat" tyre wasn't too big. But I still put the tube in the tire before getting the tire halfway on the rim, which mattered.


... and this one **is** a lot easier to change upside down, because then all its skirts flop down so I can see things. If your bike doesn't have skirts, though, it doesn't matter as much.