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Shoutout to the guy who taught me to check headset bearings before replacing the whole fork on my Trek in Denver
Was working on a customer's bike last fall, felt this weird clunk in the front end. Immediately thought the fork was shot, had the guy ready to drop $300 on a new one. Then my old boss walks over, takes one look, tightens the headset, and the clunk is gone. Felt like a total idiot. He just laughed and said start small and work up. Now I always check the simple stuff first. Has anyone else been burned by assuming the worst part was broken?
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taylor_young24d ago
Honestly that mechanic saved you from an expensive lesson a lot of us learn the hard way.
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olivia_allen24d ago
Yeah exactly. I had a place try to sell me a whole new transmission once when it was just a bad sensor. Getting a second opinion saved me like three grand.
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