I did a minor restoration on a bicycle that a friend had let sit around for eight years without being used.
It’s not one of the worlds great bicycles and frankly I doubt if he’ll be able to sell it for much more than what he paid me to fix the thing.
Now he’s an old friend, He’s my fishing and shooting buddy, and he’s loaded hundreds of rounds free for me over the years.
I would fix his bicycle for free anytime.
But he said something that rubbed me the wrong way. I mean here’s this crusty bicycle that he wouldn’t bother to even wash.
Anyhow I sent him a picture of the coaster hub disassembled and I said, “Buddy, look, if you can build an AR then you can fix one of these. It is no more difficult.”
He sent me back a message that says, “I don’t do bicycles.“ Like some snooty French maid!
So as a punishment, I took the chrome acorn nuts off his bicycle and put them on my bicycle.
I put plain black nuts on his bicycle (Which he has not looked at for eight years. All his hardware was just black with oil and dirt before I polished it.)
When I returned the bicycle (stripped, polished, greased, reassembled, new tires) I told him, “ You wanted me to repair your bicycle but you didn’t even bother to wash 8 years of dirt off the thing for me.”
“So I stole something off your bicycle.”
He looked and guessed and he couldn’t figure it out. He begged me to tell him what it was but I refused. I told him, “Hey, keep looking, and if you can’t tell what’s missing it will have to remain a mystery.”
He will never figure out what it is either.
It’s not one of the worlds great bicycles and frankly I doubt if he’ll be able to sell it for much more than what he paid me to fix the thing.
Now he’s an old friend, He’s my fishing and shooting buddy, and he’s loaded hundreds of rounds free for me over the years.
I would fix his bicycle for free anytime.
But he said something that rubbed me the wrong way. I mean here’s this crusty bicycle that he wouldn’t bother to even wash.
Anyhow I sent him a picture of the coaster hub disassembled and I said, “Buddy, look, if you can build an AR then you can fix one of these. It is no more difficult.”
He sent me back a message that says, “I don’t do bicycles.“ Like some snooty French maid!
So as a punishment, I took the chrome acorn nuts off his bicycle and put them on my bicycle.
I put plain black nuts on his bicycle (Which he has not looked at for eight years. All his hardware was just black with oil and dirt before I polished it.)
When I returned the bicycle (stripped, polished, greased, reassembled, new tires) I told him, “ You wanted me to repair your bicycle but you didn’t even bother to wash 8 years of dirt off the thing for me.”
“So I stole something off your bicycle.”
He looked and guessed and he couldn’t figure it out. He begged me to tell him what it was but I refused. I told him, “Hey, keep looking, and if you can’t tell what’s missing it will have to remain a mystery.”
He will never figure out what it is either.
