Dieter works at our local social enterprise bike shop, and we’ve talked him into bringing us a few of his more ingenious and interesting fixes, alongside whatever commentary he might like to get off his chest. UPDATE! We just spotted that Happy Days Cycles, where Dieter works, is up for a Bike Biz award! Nice one! Voting link here if you feel so inclined… After years working in the industry I can honestly say I’ve never enjoyed my work more than working where I do now. Happy Days Cycles (another shameless plug, let’s see how many of these I can get away with!) has been a real breath of fresh air in my mechanical life. After feeling pretty burnt out on the industry’s relentless push to make last year’s parts and bikes obsolete as soon as you’ve bought them and keep you locked in to the endless cycle of consuming, it’s certainly refreshing to spend my days getting to keep stuff going however possible. While the shop is still a for profit enterprise we can count our motivations as...
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