[Mr Bear]

"Be prepared as a vendor to receive negative criticism. "

I'd add, watch out for bad advice too, regardless of whether or not you are a vendor. There is lots of good advice on here but some of the suggestions are in the realm of not helpful for anything but a 1/4 mile racer. Other times it just seemed to get nasty (I have been reading over a year now) A lot of the rest of it lately seems to be Show me threads....blue trucks, red trucks, green trucks, your wheels, etc. I prefer the well done how to threads better. There are plenty of color photos on google.

I keep reading but have decided to rely on my trusty old shop manuals for the bits that require wrenches and specifications.