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Well, as a bike geek - who wrenches on them, changes old bikes to different configurations etc - I can visualize every part because I've dealt with all of them.
by MarkusWandel 2y ago
Well, as a bike geek - who wrenches on them, changes old bikes to different configurations etc - I can visualize every part because I've dealt with all of them. I can tell you, for example, that ancient Shimano downtube shifters are held in place by an M4.5 bolt. M4.5? Try to find something to fit that at your local hardware store (when changing said bike to handlebar-mounted shifters). Or which way the opposite sides of a BSA bottom bracket are threaded (from memory! Which side has the backwards threads?) Or the whole stack of bits and pieces that make up a headset (both threaded and threadless).
Whereas a pro rider can probably tell you all about the biomechanics of how to optimally interact with the bike, the right foods to eat and how much to sleep and when. But the actual wrenching around with them? That's the pro mechanic's job.
- olddustytrail 2y agoWhy don't you share some of your videos where you draw these bikes?
- bsammon 2y agoI'd have to agree here that success at this drawing test/challenge is strongly correlated with experience repairing/maintaining (one or more) bicycles, a lot more than it is correlated with riding them. I also suspect it strongly correlates with knowing the term "diamond-frame". In addition to bicycle-repairers probably knowing the term, it's also used among people who like/know other frame styles--in my case recumbent bicycles.
- stevage 2y agoHa, I'm pretty into bikes, to the point where at least I understand the questions here but the most complex things I have ever done were changing a normal BB and set of cranks, and replacing some STI cables.