Originally Posted by
ebr898
"But learning to do simple tasks like work on a chain and freewheel/cassette will pay off the next time one runs into a similar problem and having the right tools and knowing how to use them will be an investment that pays dividends for a lifetime of riidng" -Amesja
I would like to say +1 , and add It will pay off for a lifetime period. Similar problems will not be limited to bicycle problems, once you learn basic principals and practice them , you will see how it applies to the mechanical world around you. There are very few musical prodigies in this world, I have never heard of a martial arts prodigy , nor a medical one (Dougy Houwser Md dosn't count) so just like every other discipline, it takes practice. I would like to offer a word of encouragement -" Grease is the word, is the word it's got groove it's got meaning"
". (Musical enterlude over there is the bike flipper part of me that says : "Cool another Doctor in the world to toss out an RB-1, or Dura Ace equipt bike because they can't air up a presta valve")
You have taken the biggest step in your journey, The first. So may people live lives empty of challange because they cannot step out like you have.
I can not even BEGIN to tell you how many awesome things I got for Free or pennies on the dollar because they were just a
little bit broke.
Once I bought a truck from a guy who couldn't get it to run. He had replaced the battery, the starter, the starter relay and even the key. It just would NOT crank over but would push-start like a champ. He got fed up and and was selling it for $175.
After I paid for it when I went to pick it up I looked under the hood for 4 seconds, wiggled the frame ground and told my wife to crank it over. VROOOM! Drove it home.
Knowing how stuff works is nice.