Originally Posted by
dahut
Not to sound indelicate, but before our society became awash in throw away income, we actually did things ourselves. Its only in recent times that we have come to believe we must give our money to others - to do the things we should be doing for ourselves.
meh, bike mechanics gotta eat too.
i do most of my own bike maintenance and repair, but there are some things i'll still let a professional handle, things like wheel truing. i could get a truing stand and ask god for the patience to soldier through the learning curve of the art of wheel truing, but my wheels go out of true so infrequently that for the few and far between times i need a wheel trued up, it's just not that big of deal to me to pay some money to let a mechanic handle it.