Karen Bike Repair Gadgets.MPG

7 Responses to “Karen Bike Repair Gadgets.MPG”

1. onteamvideo on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   Such small hands for so many gadgets!

2. kyuzo555 on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   he’s dressed really nicely

3. djbohniii on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   I don’t understand truing stands. I’ve trued wheels forever on the bike. the cog set wrench isn’t necc either.

4. golefevre on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   Yeah, it all comes off a little condescending but probably not intentionally. I think the interviewer was really more fascinated by the process of truing a wheel. Visit your local bike shop some time and ask to watch them build or repair a wheel with spokes. It is actually a very eye-for-detail process and kind of fascinating. One of the things I love about bicycles is how simple they are and it is relatively easy to do most repair work yourself.

5. turnoffski on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   Very nice, but so what. These people eat live and sleep bicycles, of course they are going to have to make tools to do the jobs when they don’t have the resources to purchase the proper tools. What can I say…

6. Aaron16 on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   I agree, I was going to make a truing stand in my metal shop class just never got around to it, these people live in a third world country so we think of them as dumb? So if they do something like this, it’s really “inspirational”. I made a bike stand with adjustable clamp and everything like a stand you would buy, I have a video on my youtube showing it. Can I have a article written about me? Oh wait, I don’t live in a third world country. So no one cares.

7. golefevre on December 15th, 2009 8:07 pm

   A wheel truing stand isn’t that original, but the cog set wrench is clever. I think a chain whip would be less likely to damage the cog wheels when changing out a cog set.

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