tales about a newbie ....

Pete Whelan said:

Student in the office buys a 2nd hand MTB to ride the 5 miles to work.
Sound OK. First day it takes him an hour ... this is someone who
professes to be fit and good at football... and complains his back hurt,
this hurt that hurt, etc.

Quoted message said:

Today, Iset the saddle height correctly, raising it 7 inches and getting
a large upward tilt of the saddle leveled off.

Quoted message said:

The cheap front tyre had seen better days, as most of the knobbles had
come off, leaving patches of rubberised canvas .... don't pump this up
any more, get a new tyre.

Quoted message said:

He asks a question about how to turn the lights on, as he can't find any
switches. There are no switches on reflectors ! Oh, are these not OK
then ?

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I've alsotold him to get a small rucksack to put his lunch and lock in,
instead of the flimsy carrier bag bouncing off the front wheel.

That's the problem with the Govt's ambition to get half the population
into university: a large number will be as stupid as that. Don't tell
me what he's studying yet, I haven't taken my medication.

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Chris Malcolm said:

Pete Whelan said:

Student in the office buys a 2nd hand MTB to ride the 5 miles to work.
Sound OK. First day it takes him an hour ... this is someone who
professes to be fit and good at football... and complains his back hurt,
this hurt that hurt, etc.

Quoted message said:

Today, Iset the saddle height correctly, raising it 7 inches and getting
a large upward tilt of the saddle leveled off.

Quoted message said:

The cheap front tyre had seen better days, as most of the knobbles had
come off, leaving patches of rubberised canvas .... don't pump this up
any more, get a new tyre.

Quoted message said:

He asks a question about how to turn the lights on, as he can't find any
switches. There are no switches on reflectors ! Oh, are these not OK
then ?

Quoted message said:

I've alsotold him to get a small rucksack to put his lunch and lock in,
instead of the flimsy carrier bag bouncing off the front wheel.

That's the problem with the Govt's ambition to get half the population
into university: a large number will be as stupid as that. Don't tell
me what he's studying yet, I haven't taken my medication.

Sounds like an engineer to me 🙂 Still he's not that stupid: He seems
willing to accept advice. Probably just a newbie who needs to learn.
It's the same is any area of activity:

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada
Oh I have to peel the potatos before making mashed potatos?