Wednesday 16 March 2011

Cheaper and more efficient than a jiffy. Really?

So no doubt some of you guys and girls saw this article on Bikeradar.
.http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/chain-reaction-cycles-behind-the-scenes-29496

And after spending some time lost in my imagination, running round the warehouse grabbing as much as i could carry, I got on to the section about the way the machine they use to package our items up automatically cuts down the box and seals it. This is supposedly more efficient and cheaper than having some one put a small part in a jiffy bag, this may be so, but i had to order a brass hydraulic hose olive from CRC earlier this week which turned up in this.
I mean, really cheaper and more efficient maybe but when i saw the, shall we say massive box i got all excited, maybe they had sent me something much more exciting than a tiny little brass olive.
Alas this was not the case and fitting resulted in a tiny bit of brake fluid on the tongue.

Luckily i was wearing safety goggles?!

Oh by the way, whilst on my imaginary trolley dash round the, In my opinion, greatest warehouse in the world I worked out I could probably carry. Four frames, two forks, two wheelset and then just fill my pockets with. Chains, cassettes, chain rings and Brake pads. The latter are all things I hate spending money on. They are boring items, yes, and i would be tempted by other shiny blingtastic bits but, chains, cassettes and pads just start to die the moment you use them. It's like money falling out your pockets every time you crank it or brake.
Ouch!.

ReatinRides on.