Your first paragraph is exactly what he said well pretty much.
"Stupid machine built bikes, thats why they use em see, bloody stupid idea, ill whip em out pack it full of grease and shove a load of bearings in, should sort you out nicely. Bloody stupid caged bearings."
I have BB removers and crank pullers and all sorts of schnanigans as part of that bike toolkit I bought a while ago, just if I do something myself it takes months... I start doing it, break something, or get bored then do nothing for months, seems easier to shove bike in in the morning.. get bike back in the night and it all done.
Brake adjusting, gear adjusting... now that is a five minute job, tyres and wheels... again 5 minutes, but things that involve stripping things out and gunk, I will just f**k up somewhat im sure of it.
Got on my bike today for the first time in 2 months, despite the clanking (dont care now I know its getting done tomorrow), its was such a bloody brilliant ride down here, didnt last nearly as long as Id hoped. Higher average speed too... think I was happily "stuck in a rut" of 9th and 10th gears for riding around, today I knocked it up 2 notches and my average on the ride to work was 15.7mph. Gonna see if I can keep it that way. May even ride it to the Gym later for kicks, instead of a "ah crap work" I got a "Woo!!! bike ride!" feeling
