ウエストコーストチョッパーズのインスタグラム(popeofwelding) - 9月19日 01時02分

Little Sunday light reading a wrote for the New issue of @heavy_duty_mag ....
Plugs and oil.

So you want to be a bike builder? I get tons of requests for advice on how to become a bike builder. It's pretty crazy to me because 25 years ago when I quit my job to build bikes everyone thought I was fuck'n nuts. Not one person thought it was a good idea, but I did it anyway. Back then there was no TV and no internet. The best hopes I could have was magazines for recognition. I purely wanted to do it for me. So I forged ahead and started plugging away figuring it out as I went. Bike building wasn't really a glamorous occupation. Most of the old school builders were products of the 70's & 80's. Which means they did some speed and worked on bikes all night. Usually waiting till the very last minute to get things done and ultimately fucking things up pretty bad. These guys were real characters and really showed me the way to Not do things. Most are gone now, but a few are still semi in the bike building game. By the looks of how fat they are I assume they have kicked the crank habit. So bike build customers really didn't have a grasp on what it took to make things the right way back then. Most probably just got paint and bolt on stuff done by the dealership. This meant the price had to be reasonable or the jobs didn't come in the door. When most customers got their bill I could hear them gasp from across the room. A few like Mike Taylor from Barnett Clutches gasped so much that they stuffed me on the bill. All good lesson learned (Never use Barnett again). A good friend once told me that the only way to make good money in a shop is by selling tires and plugs and oil. Those jobs are in and out very fast and has a great profit margin. I didn't listen because I wanted to build shit. The pitfalls along the way of fabrication are many.........(next post)

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