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Farewell, Annette

Aug 22, 2025

Karen Miltner

8 mins

WomanTours Community

At the end of August 2025 we say goodbye to the legend, the myth, the only person who can adjust a derailleur faster than you can say "Wait, which cable is that again?" The soon-to-retire Annette Lein is such a great bike mechanic, Shimano calls HER for tech support. She could take a pile of rusty parts, a bent spoon and some duct tape and hand you back a brand-new carbon road bike. Annette is so…

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