Christopher, how can I learn your technique? I cover excess QR compression in my maintenance class with a teaching aid of a front hub showing galled races. I would really love to expand both my own skills and then pass them on to others. Perhaps as a minimal impact on your time, if you could get someone to snap some phone pictures as a start and sent to me, I'd be pleased to work through the dialog and get it all posted to the Bike wiki.

Thanks,

Ron

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:16 PM, <christopher@holisticcycles.com> wrote:

I asked a simple question to a person who owns seven bike shops, I said how long does it take you to adjust a front wheel hub. He said 10 to 15 minutes. I asked if he could adjust for the compression force of the (QR) Quick Release. He said "No"
I showed him how to do six hub adjustments that measured and accounted for the force of the QR in 9 seconds. I taught him how to adjust the hub for the QR force in 30 seconds. I taught him how to do a better adjustment in 1/20 or 1/30 of the time it took him to do it poorly. Yes I did do the procedure in 1/60 to 1/90 of the time it had taken him in the past.

How long does it take you to adjust a hub???? Can you measure the force of the QR on your bearing?
If not then it really does not matter how long you work on an overhaul, if it is not correctly adjusted for all forces.

After all we are in the business to improve cyclist ride experiences,

I would be happy to teach any and all of you how to be better mechanic, better advocates for cycling, and better at sales to make your programs last longer and do greater things with youth and adults. Just ask

Christopher Wallace
Holistic Cycles/ Bicycle Guild
773 490 0683
Oak Park, IL. 60304

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [TheThinkTank] How much time spent on overhauls?
From: <DCoppley@intercitytransit.com>
Date: Tue, July 07, 2015 10:09 am
To: <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>

Greetings fellow bicycle enthusiasts and all-around do-gooders,

We run an earn-a-bike program, though in our program, which is relatively short in duration, the students receive a used bike which has already been reconditioned. Consequently, I am currently overhauling/refurbishing bikes for use in our fall classes.

My question is… how long (# of hrs) do you typically spend on a complete bicycle overhaul? What does it include? Do you always put in new cables/housing, and do BB/headset/hub rebuilds, or just on the extra crunchy bikes?

Thanks in advance,

David

David Coppley

Walk n’ Roll Program Assistant

Intercity Transit

360-705-5817

PO Box 659 Olympia, WA 98501

dcoppley@intercitytransit.com

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