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A program to train young bike mechanics...
Young Mechanics graduate from the Summer program at Recycle-A-Bicycle.
Next year's class is wide open, will your child learn bikes inside and out through the program? Read on about Recycle-A-Bicycle's training program: http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1174 |
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A program to train young bike mechanics...
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spdrecrd wrote: Young Mechanics graduate from the Summer program at Recycle-A-Bicycle. Next year's class is wide open, will your child learn bikes inside and out through the program? Read on about Recycle-A-Bicycle's training program: http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1174 Worst. Vocational training. Ever. -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook. Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing |
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A program to train young bike mechanics...
On Oct 30, 12:16 am, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
In article . com, spdrecrd wrote: Young Mechanics graduate from the Summer program at Recycle-A-Bicycle. Next year's class is wide open, will your child learn bikes inside and out through the program? Read on about Recycle-A-Bicycle's training program: http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1174 Worst. Vocational training. Ever. -- Ryan Cousineau / "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook. Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing Eh? John Kane, Kingston ON Canada |
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A program to train young bike mechanics...
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nmp wrote: John Kane wrote: On Oct 30, 12:16 am, Ryan Cousineau wrote: In article . com, spdrecrd wrote: Young Mechanics graduate from the Summer program at Recycle-A-Bicycle. Next year's class is wide open, will your child learn bikes inside and out through the program? Read on about Recycle-A-Bicycle's training program: http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1174 Worst. Vocational training. Ever. Eh? I was thinking the same thing: Eh? This isn't even vocational training, it's just a summer activity. And isn't it nice that young people get a chance to get acquainted with cyclery? How old are these kids, 12, 14? They are just having fun with fixing bikes and learning skills at the same time! I read the article, according to which some of the lads even seem inspired to make a profession out of it. So if they are indeed serious, they will probably choose the vocational training that will allow them to become expert mechanics some day. "The seven week summer program prepares these very enthusiastic kids for real jobs in bike shops, if that is what they choose." More motivated people in the bicycle industry can only be a good thing, in any country around the world. To discover that they can be good at something also gives young people a sense of self worth and self respect (a little ego boost, sometimes much needed) that may prevent some of them to make unwise decisions in their lives. We all know there are *lots* of unwise decisions that urban adolescents could make... Heh. I think it's great these kids are learning bike mechanics, but I was thinking more about the idea of training for a career that, in most of the world, is a pretty seriously underappreciated and underpaid trade. I say this as a person with a pretty serious dedication to bike mechanics as a hobby! Like, seriously, I love bikes, I love bodging bikes, and had I had the chance to do this program as a young team, I likely would have jumped at it. But as a job? Maybe sheet metal work instead? I didn't really mean my comment all that seriously: I salute our bretheren who toil unceasingly in bike shops. But for most young people, you could hardly prepare them worse for their working lives if you gave them acting lessons. Or a creative writing program, -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook. Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing |
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A program to train young bike mechanics...
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:57:27 +0000, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
I didn't really mean my comment all that seriously: I salute our bretheren who toil unceasingly in bike shops. But for most young people, you could hardly prepare them worse for their working lives if you gave them acting lessons. The idea isn't necessarily to give them a trade. The idea is to get the kids used to the idea of a job, and all the things that go with it: showing up on time. Doing your work. Doing it right. Being responsible. Following directions. The aim is more work-ethic-formation rather than direct vocational training. -Luigi -- Luigi de Guzman http://ouij.livejournal.com |
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A program to train young bike mechanics...
spdrecrd??? wrote:
Young Mechanics graduate from the Summer program at Recycle-A-Bicycle. Next year's class is wide open, will your child learn bikes inside and out through the program? Read on about Recycle-A-Bicycle's training program: http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1174 Do they teach greasing tapers before crank installation, or dry tapers? Spoke tension "as high as the rim will bear", or set to manufacturers specifications with a tensiometer? Oil/grease or an adhesive such as Spoke Prep on the spoke threads? -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia When did ignorance of biology become a "family value"? |
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