#401: Three (More) Meditations on Maintenance

Julia and I have been taking an eight-week bike maintenance class at a local non-profit bike shop. Every Tuesday night, we go in and spend an hour watching the instructor demonstrate the process for a specific part or set of parts. Then we spend a second hour tuning up those parts on used kids’ bikes that are to be given away as part of the shop’s youth programs. There are six of us in the class, including me and Julia. We’re constantly joking about not screwing up our project bikes for their ev...