Another opportunity for a rant. Any takers?

[Lee Levitt]

Huw writes:

>
> > > As I said, any reasonably successful independent shop ought to be able
> > > to handle tire mounting and balancing with aplomb.  Heck, if
> *I* can do
> > > it, anybody with a tire machine should be able to!
> > >
> >
> > I don't disagree with you Huw...but NTB isn't an independent shop, so
> > there's no owner to show pride in his or her work.
>
> Eh, it wheel balancing, I figure it's hard to screw up...

One would think. But the last time (and I mean the *last* time) I went to
NTB, they installed tape weights on the backside of the rim. My bad for not
taking them pristine wheels, but they were a bit dirty and the tape weights
didn't take. Could they have rubbed the area clean before they taped the
weights on? One would think so...they just had to do it again after I got
the wheels home, lost the weights and then cleaned the wheels for them...

Lee