Taking over the bike shop...

[Gwylan]

Oh, good heavens. There must be perfectly good spikes in there. 🥴

Daß war ironisch gesprochen

 

[Andy in Germany]

Wheels delivered although I kept the one @classic33 mantioned and a couple of others. I also brought back a few with hub dynamos; so I'm -50 wheels but +10. The battle continues.

 

[classic33]

Wheels delivered although I kept the one @classic33 mantioned and a couple of others. I also brought back a few with hub dynamos; so I'm -50 wheels but +10. The battle continues.

Do I get a "finders fee"?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Do I get a "finders fee"?

I'll sell it for a discount if you collect in person.

 

[classic33]

I'll sell it for a discount if you collect in person.

Fair enough.
1100 UTC next Monday okay?

Should be easy to recognise.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Fair enough.
1100 UTC next Monday okay?

Should be easy to recognise.

It's carnival ("Fasching") season locally; you'll probably fit right in.

 

[Gwylan]

It's carnival ("Fasching") season locally; you'll probably fit right in.

Oh! Resign yourself to getting nothing done and having an excuse for it. Or join in the pre Lent party.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Oh! Resign yourself to getting nothing done and having an excuse for it. Or join in the pre Lent party.

Thankfully we have enough clients who want nothing to do with the Fasching shenanigans.

 

[Gwylan]

Thankfully we have enough clients who want nothing to do with the Fasching shenanigans.

Ask the Protestant north, they get very snobby about the southerners dodgy habits.

 

[Reynard]

Yebbut faschingskrapfen...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ask the Protestant north, they get very snobby about the southerners dodgy habits.

We're in a fascinating place where some towns were Austrian*, and therefore Catholic and some were protestant, and that's before you factor in the Black Forest and France, so we get a lovely mix of the two.

In other news the workshop currently looks like a rather low class pigsty but most of the excess wheels are gone and the wheel store is looking neat of a little empty. Even better, I actually know what wheels I have now...

*Don't ask me, I just live here.

 

[Jameshow]

Thankfully we have enough clients who want nothing to do with the Fasching shenanigans.

What's the German word for precipitation?!!

 

[classic33]

What's the German word for precipitation?!!

Niederschlag

 

[Andy in Germany]

Yesterday was the self-imposed deadline for getting the store sorted, which I have to admit, got me moving a bit faster than my usual "Never mind we can do it tomorrow" type of speed. As a reminder this is how the store looked before, despite my best efforts:

Even this was after I'd got rid of some of the most dangerous/useless items.

With the H&S inspection looming I had another opportunity to clear out more rubbish. I started on the strange construction in the corner including the Shelf of Evil, launching point for cycle components to attack unsuspecting bike mechanics:

The area below the Shelf of Evil was a safe haven for many unmatched and broken pedals, chain wheels, and a mudguard colony that self-identified as a kraken.

This took a day of sorting out broken parts and the discover, amongst other things of a box full of assorted wheel rim tapes and basket attachments...

However, eventually I found the floor...

And replaced the odd bins with a pair of tables borrowed from another part of the store:

Meanwhile the wheel breeding colony had long been developing territorial ambitions:

Thanks to my current client who patiently helped dismantle and remove the remaining wheels therein, I was able to replace those very dodgy hanging rails and finally get the colony under control:

The 'handlebar rack" came about after I tidied the rack by the entrance and realised it was held up by two screws, a cable tie, and presumably, skyhooks, so a replacement had to be built, and fast.

On top of this my very accommodating client helped dismantle the rest of the Shelf of Evil and then removed the very strange contraption for storing seat posts, so I was -just- able to finish tidying up the opposite corner by the end of the working day yesterday:

This isn't the end, merely a step to make sure the store room passes the H&S inspection. The next step will be to take some donated kitchen units and place them around the room, with the wheels hanging above from brackets on the wall, as H&S are understandably touchy about my original plan to hang them off the ceiling.

You'll also notice I've not added pictures of the workshop itself; this is because it spent the week being a dumping ground/tool store for what we were doing here and looks like a pigsty whose occupier lost interest. Once it is vaguely presentable I'll show the changes we've put in there...

 

[DRM]

Blimey that's a marked improvement, I suppose like everyone else I moan about the 5S system at work, yet what you've done in the stores has shown it's actual benefits, well done & good luck with the upcoming H&S audit