Who here wrenches on their own rides? I was replacing a couple broken spokes on my commuter after work today, and I commented to my wife that I'm like the Tim Taylor of bikes. My guess is that I'll have four broken spokes tomorrow after my sorry ass attempt at truing/rounding my wheel. So far I'm not so bright when it comes to deraileurs, repacking hubs & headsets (for my commuter), changing/servicing bottom brackets and dealing with my hydraulic disc brakes, not to mention my front shocks. Hehe, it's sad. I had a go at my deraileurs a couple years ago, but after a near fatal (to my bike) experience which ended up with a bent hanger on my bike and a blown rear deraileur, I don't dare touch them. I'd love to be able to tune up my rides by myself. Any tips? or Any books or websites? Park Tools website is the best I've seen.
Do It Yourselfers
- Thread starter jinks
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Art and Zinn of Mountain Bike maintenance is pretty good, try that. I try and do a lot of my stuff but still have a lot to learn.
noirb74
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I just took a basic maintenance class @ REI in Santa Ana. It's free and the tech will answer almost any question. They also offer an advanced classed that cost's $75. You bring your own bike to work on. I'm sure that some LBS's offer a class.
It's funny that I posted this last night. On my early morning ride at El Morro, I had the nastiest chain suck. I had to break my chain to get it out, but as I did so, I pushed the pin/roller out too far, and it dropped out all the way. My bro and I were trying to get the pin back in when along rides a friend of ours. I didn't know he was going to be out there. He just happened to have a powerlink and I was saved, hehe. My front derailleur needs adjusting.
i was thinking about those REI classes. You think it's worth it? I'll have to look at their schedule and see. I didn't know they had free classes too.
i was thinking about those REI classes. You think it's worth it? I'll have to look at their schedule and see. I didn't know they had free classes too.
noirb74
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jinks said:
The free class is a basic maintenance and the one that you pay is 5 hours, so they say. I haven't tried the 5 hour one yet. There is a long waiting list.