TankBoy wrote:
Pay whatever salary you have to pay to have an honest-to-God pro mechanic on staff.This.
I don't want someone who works on beach cruisers working on my tri bike. I've had bad service. It was clear the mechanics didn't care about what they were doing. Tires mounted with a flathead screwdriver. Forgot to replace bar tape like I asked them to. Crooked shifters. Wrong torque. One time they sliced a tire and covered it up by pumping the pressure to like 30 psi. Tube exploded as soon as I got home and pumped it up. Lame. This was a well known shop staffed with 4-5 busy "mechanics". Mostly young guys dreaming of riding in TdF one day. Plus one old guy who's bee there forever. I swear he's the worst at sloppiness.
They need to care about what they are doing. If they don't it may be okay for casual bikes, but it's going to turn into a problem on a race bike.