Originally Posted by wolfchild

With all the information that we have today on internet it's pointless to enroll in bike maintenance classes. It's so easy to go online and find everything you need that's related to bike maintenance...The first time I worked on my bikes was way back in 1983 when I was just 13 years old. I decided to convert my bike to a singlespeed. No internet back then, no books on how to work on bikes... I used a hammer and a punch to split a chain and join it back, didn't even know anything about bike specific tools. It worked. Shortly after that I repainted my bike with a rattle can paint....Bikes are very simple, you don't need to go to school and take courses. Any person who is mechanically inclined can work on bikes.