Your point about shop groms made me realize how important that was to my life long infatuation with cycling. I worked at a bike shop when I was 16 and while I started with flat repairs and box builds, I ended up learning how to build a bike from the frame up as well as my first few sets of wheels. Those skills led to a shop job throughout college which allowed me to afford mountain bikes on a very limited budget, something that probably wouldn’t have happened otherwise.
Feb. 18, 2021, 3:12 p.m. - Craig Wu
Your point about shop groms made me realize how important that was to my life long infatuation with cycling. I worked at a bike shop when I was 16 and while I started with flat repairs and box builds, I ended up learning how to build a bike from the frame up as well as my first few sets of wheels. Those skills led to a shop job throughout college which allowed me to afford mountain bikes on a very limited budget, something that probably wouldn’t have happened otherwise.