Originally Posted by
Revanon
unfortunatly the place i am moving to has... NO... bike shops! the closest is about an hour and a half away from there. I have about 6 weeks until i move, so I was hoping to pick one up here to try it out and have a shop ready for any immediate problems (there are quite a few shops close by)
OK, in that case, pick a shop where you are now and tell us what they are selling. If you have the time, you could ask that shop to show you some basic wrenching.