That was the point I was trying to make by bringing my dad into it.
He has zero desire to learn about bikes- he'd rather outsource all knowledge of and working on to someone else, hence to him the LBS is good value.
He certainly could learn about bikes, he is a clever man, but he'd rather use that time for something else.
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That was the point I was trying to make by bringing my dad into it.
He has zero desire to learn about bikes- he'd rather outsource all knowledge of and working on to someone else, hence to him the LBS is good value.
He certainly could learn about bikes, he is a clever man, but he'd rather use that time for something else.