[RosieCotton]

I should learn to do bike maintenance. Trouble is, I used to ride with a bunch of guys who were *total* bike geeks...always drooling over the latest unobtanium parts that shaved x grams off a typical components weight...stuff like that. And they were happy to replace cables for me or tweak derailleurs or whatever. I've seen a lot of stuff done, but don't *really* know how to do it.

[Oberon]

I should learn to do bike maintenance.

Shouldn't be hard to manage...bikes aren't all that complicated compared to, say, a Windows XP installation. =] Just find somebody who knows how it's done, and ask him to show you how to do basic stuff, i.e. adjust the shifters, swap out a tire, and so on.

[Lil'freeper]

The general care stuff isn't too complicated. Changing out tires, tightening up brakes, keeping things oiled are things you should learn to do. Egggspecially if you have to do repairs on the trail.

The derailleurs are more tricky and I always took the bike in to the shop for that kind of work.

Of course this was ten years ago and twenty pounds ago. *sigh*

Izzit time to go home yet?