A friend of mine saved a motorized scooter from the trash heap last week and is in the process of fixing it up for her sister. I love that there are other people out there that are willing to at least take a chance to keep things running rather than throwing them away. Especially when there are things such as batteries and at least if it can't be fixed, recycle the stuff instead of chucking it in the garbage. People are just lazy.
I don't normally mess with motorized stuff, but for a friend, why not. There were a couple of broken spokes and a flat tyre, not a huge deal to fix. The biggest problem being that I don't have access to a spoke cutter, something I would like to own, but do not have the extra $3000 to throw at it. I was trying to have this completed today, which meant finding spokes on Sunday. It felt a little strange calling a local shop and them telling me that there was no mechanic there that could cut a spoke. That's something that would never happen in my business plan for a shop. But I digress. It was also a bit strange that when I did find someone who could cut spokes for me that day, it took them well over 15 minutes to do so. I know it doesn't take that long to cut and roll spokes, so I can't help but wonder if there was a little sham going on there in order to force me to look around a bit longer. Hard to say.
None the less, the wheel turned out great. I daresay it is one of the truest 12" wheels in the area. It makes me feel good to do such a small repair, that will hopefully bring some big fun for years to come.
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