Late to the party, but anyway! I learned how to build bikes by jumping in
headfirst and making all the mistakes possible before I was 18. And I was
ambitious: had a project for a while, circa age 17, 1972, to build a
recumbent out of a section of heavy irrigation tubing for the backbone (we
lived
What comes to mind in reading this:
'Tools? We don't need no stinking tools!'
The India episode gets my vote for the Bike Hacking Extraordinaire medal.
-JimD
On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:09 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
Late to the party, but anyway! I learned how to build bikes by jumping in
headfirst and
I'm about to embark on the adventure of putting together a bicycle for
the first time, and I find myself anticipating all manner of
difficulties arising from my lack of experience. I've got my
brand-new A Homer Hilsen and a large assortment of parts, doo-dads,
and associated accoutrements, and
