Man that shop sounds dope, I love when people who work at places actually care about the thing itself instead of just the price tag. It's like how my buddy got me back into fishing, he showed me the quiet parts of the lake instead of just bragging about his biggest catch, now I get why people do it. Real talk, the stuff we keep because it means something always ends up mattering more than the stuff we keep cause it's worth something.

You ever see a guy snap a bolt off flush with the frame and just stare at the sky for a solid minute? My buddy did that on his old touring bike, the one he'd babied for years. He always slathered every single thread with thick grease, thought he was doing it right. Turns out the manufacturer spec for that particular bottom bracket shell wanted a specific torque and dry threads, not a grease bath. He torqued it to what he thought was right, but the grease let it over-tighten and it seized up something fierce. Had to drill the damn thing out and he never touched a grease gun the same way again. Now he reads the manual like it's a sacred text before he even picks up a wrench.