Yeah, those barbies are little beeatches.. so badly made it took way longer to fit a given part to them (its been a long time so I can't remember specifics!!) than it would to a "proper" bike. Too fiddly by far.

I worked in a bike shop for about a year, I was supposed to be sales staff and in charge of reordering things, building bikes for the showroom etc. I got it by hanging around alot and one day the boss gave me a bit of a puzzle to work out, that was my interview of sorts.

It was a good place to work although the pay was crap. I hardly ever took a decent wage home tho cos its so tempting to order new parts every time a rep came in and all my money went on that! I learnt a lot while I was there, including how to build wheels so it was a good experience for me now cos altho I had always worked on my own bikes before, now I can do more or less anything and everything except service shocks, as long as I have the correct tools... and I also learnt what the correct tools are.