Shop Class As Soul Craft

No Worries · 07-28-2009, 01:02 PM

Anyone read "Shop Class As Soul Craft" by Matthew B. Crawford? It's about the once common craft of making and fixing things with our hands. He uses his experiences of working on old, I mean vintage, motorcycles in the book. Working on bikes can't be outsourced to India or China. So Crawford shows examples of the challenges and pride of finding out what's wrong with a bike, and the satisfaction of fixing it yourself. I did the Talking Book version and enjoyed it more than "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

askmrjesus · 07-29-2009, 10:37 AM

I've been meaning to pick it up, I saw him on Colbert.

JC

Cruzergirl · 07-29-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by No Worries

I did the Talking Book version and enjoyed it more than "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

(Did you mean "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig?)

Blasphemy!!

Might have to check that out...

07-28-2009, 01:02 PM	#1
No Worries Keyboard Racer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mile High City Moto: Old Superbikes Posts: 1,016	Shop Class As Soul Craft Anyone read "Shop Class As Soul Craft" by Matthew B. Crawford? It's about the once common craft of making and fixing things with our hands. He uses his experiences of working on old, I mean vintage, motorcycles in the book. Working on bikes can't be outsourced to India or China. So Crawford shows examples of the challenges and pride of finding out what's wrong with a bike, and the satisfaction of fixing it yourself. I did the Talking Book version and enjoyed it more than "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

07-29-2009, 10:37 AM	#2
askmrjesus Soul Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Everywhere, all the time. Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit). Posts: 6,481	I've been meaning to pick it up, I saw him on Colbert. JC __________________ The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me.