Originally Posted by
Piff
Buy a bicycle repair book (park's big blue book of bicycle repair is $10 used), read the relevant section to your job at hand, watch a bunch of videos of people doing the repair job, and then go to the co-op to attempt what you want to do. If you decide to buy all the tools necessary to do a full overhaul of your bike then you could quickly go over budget, and that's where the co-op comes in handy. If playing around with old bikes is your thing then buying the more expensive tools outright is a good investment.
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polymorphself
truth......a good book or two and the appropriate video or two or three and try it..
most everything is reversible........the best thing about it is that if it doesn't work, some help is available at the co-op.
I have a reference books around all the time.
It doesn't hurt to do a quick review of the process before you start.
Take it a step at a time.
Also, plenty of great folks here to help if you get stuck as well.