Hello,
I started riding recently and I'm loving it. The problem is that I'm a little afraid to add distance in my rides because where I live and the road I go on is very solitary. I ride on a road with a river on one side and empty farm fields on the other side. I'm starting to wonder what can happen if l go too far and my bike breaks down. I only see a car once in a while and in many parts there's no phone signal. Before you tell me to go find another place to ride, this is where l live and I could go maybe once a week or few times a month to the city but if l want to get on my bicycle daily I will have to do it here. So, I want to learn everything l need to learn about fixing a bicycle and buying the tools I would need etc to be safe. The only thing is that the only other person l know in my life that enjoys bicycles lives three thousand miles away and here I don't know anyone who could teach me. So, how can I learn? Should I get me an old bike and break it all apart and start figuring out how it works or something? Are there clases somewhere I could go to? Thanks