Bicycle Maintenance, where to learn how?

Learning how to fix a bike can be easy, if taught the right way.  Don't take lessons from just anyone, take them from someone who has been doing it for a while and is from a bike shop whether it's a local out of town bike shop or online.

• If you have questions about repairing something on your own about say your house, you'd go to a hardware store, right?  well when you have a question about repairing your bike go to the most trusted place, your local bike shop.  they can answer all of your questions for you and may even demonstrate for you so you know what your doing.

• There's also Repair and Maintenance classes that are taught by bike shops every so often, and some of the prices can be pretty high at times, depending on who is teaching and the skill level of the class.  Prices can Range from about $30.00 to about $90.00 per class.

• Then there is online videos. You can go to "YouTube," InTown Bicycles website, or Go to the Repair Videos Tab on this blog and i have put some videos there from YouTube and InTown Bicycles and will be putting more videos up later on next week.

• you can also go online and find Non-profit bike shops in your area, a lot of them will demonstrate for you and help you fix your bike, they may also show you how to do and then put it back the way it was and have you do it as well.  

• Experimenting on an old worn out bike is good to do also.  That's how i started out, i found an old bike that didn't work, and i tore it apart.  i didn't get it back together at first, but i did the second time i tried it. 

I think is a lot better to be hands on, but also have someone there that is able to help you if you screw it up.  When i started out doing repairs 3 years ago, i didn't have someone to help me, i relied on remembering where things went, and the internet.  It was not easy!  the first bike that i worked on was an old 1940's Schwinn 3-speed step through frame.  i had gotten it to work after awhile, but when me and my mom moved, it was never taken with us, i had to leave it by the dumpster.  I still morn the lost of that classic Schwinn, but there wasn't much i could do at the time, we didn't have any room to take it with us, sadly. I have moved onto other classics, and given them to people who need them, and that is what makes my day.  once you get into repairing them, whether it's a hobby, or a for fun, or for a job, you will feel really good at the end of each day that you give or sells to people, knowing that you are putting on more bike on the road, and putting one more car in it's garage.

Thanks for listening, In my next post I will be talking about what is the right type of tire for you and your bike?

Keep on Biking....