Hey there NC1234!

I say, join your local bicycle co-op. Make new friends with a common interest. After volunteering and becoming a bonafide member, start hanging out there. Take a class or two either at the co-op or at some LBS on bicycle mechanics. After taking a class, attach yourself to a bicycle guru. Find someone who just loves to talk about bike mechanics and is good at it! Pick their brain! You'll find that your bicycle lingo will expand, as well as you bicycle knowledge. After about six months or so, you'll be tuning up your own bicycle, whenever it needs it!

All you need is a Co-op, a Class, and a Guru!

- Slim