Day 9 - Fit and build a bike

We started the day with discussions about the various aspects of bike fitting. Essentially, what it comes down to is comfort. If you don't enjoy riding the bike, you won't ride it. Adjustments in crank length, seat height, stem length, handlebar width, and rails position on the seatpost can help "dial in" an appropriately sized frame. Starting with the right frame is critical.

Today was also a complete bike rebuild. This is what used to be a bike

Essentially, we took the bike apart and started with a bare frame and lots of parts on the bench. We then repeated every procedure we did over the last 8 days on this complete bike rebuild. Surprisingly, it went pretty fast. The learning must have been retained. By day end we had the complete bike reassembled with cables changed, wheels trued, derailleurs installed and re-adjusted, and prepped for "customer delivery".

The partially finished bike with Victor, my bench partner for today.

Cranks and pedals installed and ready for final checks.
I've done this before on our own bikes at home, but I feel a lot more confident now and learned a few things that I need to do correctly! Lots of great stuff on bikes, and paying attention to maintenance and torques will pay off for a more reliable ride.
We wrap up tomorrow and I will be heading up to Portland for a Saturday trip home to Rochester.