Hit 500 complete overhauls last week without realizing it

I was cleaning up my workbench and flipping through my old job ledger when I noticed I'd crossed 500 complete bike overhauls since I started tracking them back in 2019. The number really surprised me because it didn't feel like that many builds when you're just doing one or two a week between tune-ups and flat repairs. Has anyone else looked back at their numbers and been caught off guard by how much work they've actually done?

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terry119d ago

Flipped through my old notebook last month and found I'd done something like 450 wheel trues since 2020, which felt insane because truing a wheel is such a boring job you kind of zone out and forget you even did it. It's weird how the numbers stack up when you're not paying attention (sort of like how I didn't realize I'd burned through a whole box of spoke wrenches until I went to grab a new one and found the empty box). Makes you wonder what else you've done way more of than you thought, like I bet I've changed more tires than there are days in the year and that's a scary thought.

the_beth19d ago

What triggered you to start keeping that notebook in the first place? Curious if it was just a habit, or if you had a feeling those numbers were stacking up faster than they should. Tracking something that tedious seems like it would take a specific kind of patience.