I've gotten lazy with my bike mechanic skills over the years as I have a very good shop that looks after my bikes for me.
While that is great, I've also become somewhat helpless, which is an awful feeling when something needs to be fixed. And now with COVID, my home shop is booked months out (literally). But the upside is that I am paying attention to this stuff again so I can be more self sufficient.
I'm getting a few tools to work on my modern bike parts. And I would say that manufacturers can be good sources of info on their own products. SRAM had a really good manual and instruction video I followed to tune up my rear derailleur. I need to give my Fox forks some love and Fox has good online resources that cover the basics.
April 21, 2021, 3:31 p.m. - LWK
I've gotten lazy with my bike mechanic skills over the years as I have a very good shop that looks after my bikes for me. While that is great, I've also become somewhat helpless, which is an awful feeling when something needs to be fixed. And now with COVID, my home shop is booked months out (literally). But the upside is that I am paying attention to this stuff again so I can be more self sufficient. I'm getting a few tools to work on my modern bike parts. And I would say that manufacturers can be good sources of info on their own products. SRAM had a really good manual and instruction video I followed to tune up my rear derailleur. I need to give my Fox forks some love and Fox has good online resources that cover the basics.