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Do you work on your own bike?

By RL Policar
December 2, 2009 1 Min Read
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Can I get a show of hands of people that do and people that don’t?

If you’re not sure how to do stuff, leave a comment asking us what it is you would like to learn, and we’ll do our best to come up with a tutorial for you.

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5 Comments
  1. Loegan Fagawi says:
    December 2, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Hi RL,

    long time, but here in Japan our space is very limited. so that means that I don’t get to work on my bicycles as much as I would like. Or at least to the degree that you guys do.

    My bedroom is the size of your bathroom and that’s where I do all my work. Sometimes I’ll bring my tools with me when I ride so I can work on my bike outside.

    I just got a new fork, what’s the best way to cut the steerer tube?

    LoeGan

  2. RL Policar says:
    December 2, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Eric,

    I hear ya. I know how to true, but only enough to get them close to being straight.

  3. Eric says:
    December 2, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Hi RL,

    I do everything on my bikes except truing wheels. I never did spend the time to learn to do it right.

    Eric

  4. Paul Dixon says:
    December 3, 2009 at 5:07 am

    I do my own. I spent several years as a bike mechanic and it seems fitting to keep doing my own work despite the arthritis that caused me to stop doing it fulltime this spring. In the midst of a custom 96er commuter.

  5. Matt says:
    December 6, 2009 at 9:02 am

    I try to do most of my work. Recently on a frame swap I got everything switched over and just could not get the deraileurs set up right. I finally broke down and brought it to a shop. Its shifts perfect now.

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