Hi Adam, nah I don't work as a mechanic but I've always worked on my own bikes over the years. I passed a city & guilds in bike mechanics doing a night course but unfortunately bike shops don't want to hire a 44yr old apprentice so my workshop experience on different machines is fairly limited.
I've been a great admirer of yours since I came across this website & I think your answers are shit hot. I just wish I had your brains, experience & got paid for doing something that I love working at.
It can be quite demoralising on this website when you go out of your way to answer folk's questions & you get no thanks but I hope you keep up the good work as I learn from you all the time.....
Steo
November 2009