I shave my own head because I’m a lonely bastard.
I cut my own hair for decades, but in the last year have finally capitulated and started going to the salon down the street. It’s worth a bit of money each month to know that my neckline isn’t all crooked and horrible looking.
dude what
even with the beer that seems astounding to me.[/quote]
I paid that in Iceland for one. It was worth it. One of the best tourist things I did.[/quote]
$60-70 is pretty standard for a women’s haircut in pdx or boulder area, i’d expect that to translate to much more in the bay area. i pay $70 IIRC + $15 tip. but this is for like a 90 minute appointment and includes a shampoo and dry. most salons offer a ‘men’s haircut’ for less, like $40 or $50.
i wish i could cut my own hair, but i have way too much hair and it takes a really long time to cut it and make it look decent.
that being said, have given haircuts to nearly every dude i’ve dated over time. my mom even made me give her a haircut when i was home for christmas… great way to save money if you’re not picky.
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[quote=ShartAttack]So the two main things I go to bike shops for now are headset installs and wheel-building stuff.
I brought a hub in to the shop next to work to get it built into a wheel. Probably cost about as much as buying a new wheel but I want to support these guys. I drop back in two weeks later to check how it’s going. The guy was about to call me because they ordered the wrong length spokes and the guy was mumbling about having an hour and a half into the wheel already.
Now I feel like a jerk because they are probably losing money on me bringing that hub in lol[/quote]
What kind of shop can’t cut/thread spokes?
Sounds like you need to find a better shop.
A shop without a super expensive tool that is used 90% less than it was 20 years ago.
First shop I worked at had it and we used it 2-3 times a year. And that was usually just for a few spokes. Why would you cut a whole wheel’s worth? That would take forever.
Second shop did 10x more business and didn’t even bother with a spoke tool. It was hardly ever a problem.
Yeah, you shouldn’t feel bad because some shop can’t figure out the right length of spoke. And how can they really be so busy in February that they couldn’t finish a wheel in two weeks?
My shop has the junior tool. I used it maybe 3x last year. We also have something like 2000+ spokes in stock.
Not sure how your shop hasn’t figured out spoke length. Even the qbp calculator, with all of it’s “close enough” measurements, gives acceptable numbers with minimal effort. Maybe they looked at the numbers for the wrong lacing pattern? Or perhaps there were too many cooks in the kitchen and there was a communication error. If you live in a place that has a real winter two weeks doesn’t seem that crazy. We do half as many parts orders (if even) after snow falls.
I just stopped cutting my hair completely. i’m scrooge mcduck style swimming thru piles of gold and dollar bills from all the money i’ve saved
I split the difference. Store-bought haircut every six months, DIY ear lowering and back of neck maintenance in between. Hybrid like a fox!
I split the difference. Store-bought haircut every six months, DIY ear lowering and back of neck maintenance in between. Hybrid like a fox![/quote]
My current place says they’ll do neckline for $10, but I feel like I should go a few more times to be enough of a regular to take advantage of that. I’m also realizing that a pro haircutter can trim so that things grow out nicely. I can do a pretty solid fade to flat top on my own, but it just grows… up.
I guess I’ve just been super spoiled by a shop that’ll cut spokes while you wait and shoot the shit and fondle the new open pro.
It’s not the best bike shop in the city but it’s the best bike nerd shop in the city.
If it’s the shop I think it is, I’m not surprised. Good dudes, lots of weed and Hi Life, not much gets done.
[quote=TimArchyLime]A shop without a super expensive tool that is used 90% less than it was 20 years ago.
First shop I worked at had it and we used it 2-3 times a year. And that was usually just for a few spokes. Why would you cut a whole wheel’s worth? That would take forever.
Second shop did 10x more business and didn’t even bother with a spoke tool. It was hardly ever a problem.[/quote]
The only two shops i’ve worked in both had the phil wood spoke cutter.
the first one used it all the time. The second one, not as much, but it was the only location in 6 that had one, so i guess in theory it might have gotten some use for other locations that needed spokes cut - but i wasn’t around back enough to see if it got used very often. Definitely more than 2-3 times a year.
Also it takes like 5 minutes to cut 32 spokes.
I’ve literally never worked in a shop without a high end spoke cutter. I cannot imagine life without one, especially the Morizumi, now that I am used to it.
And yeah, I can get a wheel’s worth of spokes in five minutes.
How many wheels are you guys building a month / year?
I believe that I mislead about the time it took to cut spokes. I never actually saw it being done, but was told we never used it because it took forever.
Just depends, really. We built a lot more when the staff was more skilled, but because the shop is such a poorly mismanaged shitshow that’s circling the drain, basically everyone who knows anything has quit (including me, who is part time-ish, now). With a bunch of groms doing work and a few hapless managers who spend the whole day at the coffee shop, fewer things like wheel builds get checked in.
But back when I started, in the summer, it would often be several per week.
If it’s the shop I think it is, I’m not surprised. Good dudes, lots of weed and Hi Life, not much gets done.[/quote]
lol I think you know the right one. I think they mostly stay in business selling sw8 single speeds to college kids
I was over at the local cargo / family / brompton shop a couple weekends ago and checked out their fancy spoke cutter in the back. Asked if they used it much and they said they use it all the time since so many tiny wheel cargo & bromptons needing dynamo or electric hubs come through.