Bicycle Mechanics - Spring Tune-ups

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ehayden71
04-15-02, 01:08 PM
Where is a good, all incompassing, place to learn how to do tune-ups? The local shop charges like $56 a pop, which is fine for once a year type stuff, but I should probably learn how to do this stuff myself.

thanks for the help,


tim.

mike
04-15-02, 01:13 PM
A couple of months ago, Bicycling Magazine had a good issue on tune-ups. Check your library for back-issues.

Otherwise, get a book and get crackin.

Tune-ups are easy like Earth girls.
a2psyklnut
04-15-02, 02:37 PM
www.parktool.com and click on the maintenance tips or some button like that!

There are a lot of great description and pictures to show you what they're talking about!

L8R:beer: :crash: (insert bike pic)

mike
04-15-02, 07:02 PM
Originally posted by a2psyklnut
www.parktool.com and click on the maintenance tips or some button like that!

There are a lot of great description and pictures to show you what they're talking about!

L8R:beer: :crash: (insert bike pic)

If there is one drawback of the Park Tools instructions, it is that it appears you need a special tool for every job.

There are some nicely written books out there that show you how to get the job done with Sunday-handy-man tools.
Joe Gardner
04-15-02, 08:06 PM
Originally posted by mike
There are some nicely written books out there that show you how to get the job done with Sunday-handy-man tools.

Mike, can you reccomend some of these books?