[AT] OT Bicycle program

[Stephen Offiler]

I suppose you're kidding, Brian?

For the record, today's high end mountain bikes have significantly greater
quantity and quality of suspension travel than my 1970's vintage
motorcycle, hydraulic disc brakes, tubeless tires, and derailleurs that
shift electrically.  They are made of exotic materials: ultra-high-tensile
aluminum alloys in grades you've probably never heard of; titanium; and
carbon fiber.  These high-end modern bicycles are more like Ferraris and
the bikes you refer to, when you were a kid, more like Model T's.  So, yes,
bicycle mechanic is definitely a vocation.  Not very lucrative, as we've
already discussed.

SO


On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 2:36 PM Brian VanDragt <bvandragt at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I didn't know there was a such thing as a bicycle mechanic.  I had a few
> bikes when I was a kid and I didn't need any school to figure out how they
> worked or how to fix them.  To me a bicycle mechanic seems about as
> necessary as a wheelbarrow mechanic.  Are there any wheelbarrow mechanic
> degrees?
>
> Brian
>
> On April 12, 2019 at 1:35 PM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> So true. This link lists a couple of vocational bicycle mechanic programs.
> The problem such programs have is that everybody who pays for the course
> expects a completion certificate, regardless of the skill level they end up
> with. The link does mention that big earnings should not be expected.
>
>
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> https://forums.mtbr.com/tooltime/highest-regarded-bike-mechanic-school-north-america-827055.html
>
>
>
> The recently exposed college admissions cheating scandal is possible
> because once admitted, the overrated students will get good enough grades
> to graduate.
>
>
>
> [Stephen]There is no such thing as an Associate Degree in Bicycle
> Mechanics.
>
>
>
> The program in the link provided is not intended to train bicycle
> mechanics.  It uses the bicycle as a case study in modern manufacturing,
> encompassing welding and fabrication of a variety of materials (advanced
> high-alloy steels, aluminum, titanium) plus composite (aka "carbon fiber")
> techniques, plastic injection molding, CAD design work, etc etc.  I find it
> a very clever way of engaging the students.
>
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