Originally Posted by
bovine
LBS made way more sense back before the internet. Now, for any given scenario there are at least 100 people who have had the exact same issue you are having and have posted about it online with an ultimate solution. It's not so much winging it any more as doing 20 minutes of research.
But I love fixing stuff and DIY, and recognize that some other people might not. For those people, it's great to have an LBS handy. Which are you, OP?
I agree 100%. I'll never let someone else do the work because the amount of information on the internet is amazing. Having said that, some people do not have the mechanical inclination or desire even if a video spells it out. That is what the LBS is for. Unbelievably that seems to be the case more often than not since all the ones around here are a minimum of 2 weeks behind on any given day.