African mechanics

Photographer: Bobbie Nystrom
From: From the floor of a RETSULAUNT in Karonga

African mechanics

Taking apart every single part of my wheel, dropping them in the sand, and then trying to put them back together again with no recollection on how they were connected. That's the technique of African bicycle mechanics. It's no wonder why all the Africans always stand with their bikes broken on the roadsides all the time, they never get fixed properly.