Are you a Nerd or Geek?

[King blitz]

I allways was under the impression that a Nerd was a very smart person.thats what we called the smart kids in school.the ones that dressed like one with pocket pen holders and ..my son calls me a nerd when he seese me wrenching on my RC's.. when he sees me working on 1/1 cars at the shop he says that's cool but yet I'm called a nerd for wrenching on Smaller scale..I don't get it . I ain't no nerd ..I ain't no geek or dork .these are not names that belong in this hobby .

 

[rotauq]

I like to build frame up custom build bicycles. I built up a nice one with a Donor Trek Frame for my son. Paint and all.
His friends call me a Bicycle Nerd. I don't get it. I'm just a gear head all around, that has all the tools you would find in a High end bike shop. I can build bicycle wheels... with my Park Tool Wheel truing machine....that makes me a Nerd???

Oxford dictionairy definition of nerd:
"a person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest."

Custom build bicycles is certainly a niche interest

I'd call myself a "maker". i like to modify everything just for the sake of it. I tend to get quite knowledgeable quickly on anything that catches my interest, but never to a full extend. The 'obsession and enthusiasm' doesn't stick like it would with a 'true nerd', though it sometimes returns.
I rather pickup something new again and see if i can combine all previously obtained knowledge.

As i spend 42 years like this i've become quite knowledgeable about so many random things. I don't mind being seen as a nerd. But i am a nerd on so many subjects it certainly isnt 'particular'

 

[Robbbbbb66]

I like to build frame up custom build bicycles. I built up a nice one with a Donor Trek Frame for my son. Paint and all.
His friends call me a Bicycle Nerd. I don't get it. I'm just a gear head all around, that has all the tools you would find in a High end bike shop. I can build bicycle wheels... with my Park Tool Wheel truing machine....that makes me a Nerd??? Not many bicycle shops can even build wheels any more, Just quick to sell you a new wheel when one spoke snaps.

Yeah, cuz Feedback stand is better. lol

 

[SrC]

Sorry no Feedback here.
"SPIN Doctor Deluxe" all the way. With Scale and all.
My lightest Road bike weight weenie build was 24.6 pounds. Shaving off the last aprox. 2 more pounds off the OE setup is what cost the most $$$.
CF and Ti hardware is what it takes.
BTW I am a firm believer in Parrafin Hot waxing bath NIB chains out the gate. And using Dupont Chain Saver for chain maintenence. Shifts are always quick, clean and on point. Chain stays clean. Less wear on the Jocky's and cassette.
Connex chains all the way. Shimano or Sram when funds are short. I like to cut my own chains just right, using the Chain stay length/ cassette size formula.

 

[Robbbbbb66]

Sorry no Feedback here.
"SPIN Doctor Deluxe" all the way. With Scale and all.
My lightest Road bike weight weenie build was 24.6 pounds. Shaving off the last aprox. 2 more pounds off the OE setup is what cost the most $$$.

I think my lightset mtb weighs.... uhhhh 38 pounds. Kicks azz downhill though.

Spin doctor is for sheep??? lol

 

[Dutch]

I guess I'm a Gord (geek dork nerd)

 

[EJunlimited]

BTW I am a firm believer in Parrafin Hot waxing bath NIB chains out the gate.

Oh, youre one of those people.

 

[Robbbbbb66]

BTW I am a firm believer in Parrafin Hot waxing bath NIB chains out the gate. And using Dupont Chain Saver for chain maintenence. Shifts are always quick, clean and on point. Chain stays clean. Less wear on the Jocky's and cassette.
Connex chains all the way. Shimano or Sram when funds are short. I like to cut my own chains just right, using the Chain stay length/ cassette size formula.

I normally run my chains till they get filled with dirt, then slap some dry lube on.

Oh, youre one of those people.

What do you use?

 

[SrC]

Yeah Hot waxing chains can be too much work for most. A lost technique IMHO. Chain removal etc. But for the last 20 years I been doing this with longer chain life. No chain stretch. My Pedro's Chain stretch gage doesn't lie. The chain roller pins don't wear out when dirt can't stick and get into them in the first place.
But a Dry lube def. makes the chains last longer. However you fly.
Dupont Chain Saver spray is the best Dry Formula IMHO. Designed for Motorcycle chains. It lasts for 3k miles in a motorcycle, so you know it works great with Bicycle chains. And it has for me.

 

[Robbbbbb66]

Yeah Hot waxing chains can be too much work for most. Chain remova,l etc. But for the last 20 years I been doing this with longer chain life. No chain stretch. My Pedro's Chain stretch gage doesn't lie. The chain roller pins don't wear out when dirt can't stick and get into them in the first place.
But a Dry lube def. makes the chains last longer. However you fly.Dupont Chain Saver spary is the best Dry formula IMHO. Designed for Motorcycle chains. It lasts for 3k miles in a motorcycle, so you know it works great with Bicycle chains.

Chain checkers are nice, I have a Park Tool one though.

 

[SrC]

Most any will work. Park Tool checker is also nice.
Just the fact that you own a Chain checker makes you a Nerd!
Myself included.
Many bike shops don't even use them or know how to check a chain. They look at it and tell you that it is rusty and want to sell you a shiny new BS chain. One shop looked over my bike, and said your chain looks TOO dry , let me spray it with some WD40 for you.
I said no way , unless you want to get shot.
I told him why my ConneX chain "looks" dry and waxed dipped. He never even heard of it. The owner.
Wax dipped chains are always clean to the touch. Dry Lube or wax is only needed and wanted inside the rollers/pins.
A chain should always be dry of any lube where it contacts the Cassette and crank teeth. Flooding chains completely and leaving it with wet lube just mucks up every thing. Attracts dirt on the outside links and wears everything out including the Crank, cassette and Jocky wheels.
Am I a Bicycle Geek or a Nerd?
I am not sure which one.

 

[LibertyMKiii]

Is there a 3rd dimension of the diagram for makers? I have learned over the years that there are not many like me who constantly have to be making / creating. (P.S. iPhones suck)

 

[Jerold]

I like to build frame up custom build bicycles. I built up a nice one with a Donor Trek Frame for my son. Paint and all.
His friends call me a Bicycle Nerd. I don't get it. I'm just a gear head all around, that has all the tools you would find in a High end bike shop. I can build bicycle wheels... with my Park Tool Wheel truing machine....that makes me a Nerd??? Not many bicycle shops can even build wheels any more, Just quick to sell you a new wheel when one spoke snaps.

Maybe that's just thrifty, which falls in to the Nerd category.

Not so much any more but I used to see a bunch of engineers running around Silicon Valley with cars that smelled like french fries. They would recycle the french fry oil into biodiesel and run in their old ass Mercedes diesel.

Not sure if they were cheap, just though it was cool or both... Naw they were cheap you should have seen their shoes.

 

[djrahbee]

Bunch of nerds on this forum...it's a bit intimidating at times..

 

[King blitz]

Bunch of geeky ass dorkys and a whole lot of nerds here it seems

 

[Johnny b]

It would be an honor to be a geek or a nerd. Just not smart enough.

 

[Jerold]

It would be an honor to be a geek or a nerd. Just not smart enough.

So ... Stalker? No judgement.

I think you underrate yourself sir.

 

[Johnny b]

So ... Stalker? No judgement.

I think you underrate yourself sir.

Your right...not a stalker. Just an old school baby boomer that this world has outgrown.

 

[LibertyMKiii]

It would be an honor to be a geek or a nerd. Just not smart enough.

Nerd in training

 

[Jerold]

Your right...not a stalker. Just an old school baby boomer that this world has outgrown.

Well it is simpler to program a VCR than make a call on iPhone these days.

As I tell my wife, some child, half way around the world decided I need these three extra steps to make a phone call. I'm guessing they must be very important steps or they wouldn't have added them.

Fancy ≠ Better