Originally Posted by
bradtx
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Point being that there is bound to be some intellegent cyclists touring that don't have any maintenance knowledge and won't realize it until something breaks, and of course if something is going to break, it'll be at the worst possible time and place in the tour. Maybe it's time for a thread to make some tourists aware?
Brad
As noted by others above, I agree that more knowledge is always good.
But, where do you stop? There is fixing a flat on one end of the spectrum and replacing a spoke on the drive side on the other end of the spectrum. And a long list of skills in between.
Unless you are traveling alone, there usually are other cyclists around that can help you fix something on a bike well enough to make it ridable to get to a bike shop. I have made a lot of emergency repairs for other cyclists in campgrounds and I thought nothing of it. And I rarely felt that the person I was helping should have had the knowledge that they lacked.