Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Opinions vary but I believe we're better off doing maintenance as needed and dispensing with bike shop tuneups altogether. I'm sure it depends on riding conditions and how you ride. It's pretty wet here and having a bad habit of riding in rain and through water I really need to grease bearings every few months. I can't see paying for regular tuneups when most of it is a repeat of your pre-ride checklist.
+1.
Last tuneup I got was halfway across the country a couple years ago. It was nice that they had a checklist to check lots of things. It really sucked that they didn't have a couple things on the checklist that my bike needed, so I had to do it myself after paying $$.