Originally Posted by roccobike

I perform about 90% of the maintenance on my bikes. I don't bleed the hydraulic brakes on my MTBs, don't rebuild forks and don't true bladed wheels otherwise, I pretty much do it all. I've done several frame-up builds, lost count how many. Some of it is trial and error so you have to be willing to live with an occasional "OOPS" or "AW Crap" and a few cuss words. There's also learning something new each year. As an example, I just learned this year that Mavic freehubs require occasional maintenance/lubrication. For the most part it's fun and rewarding.