wv_cyclist
11-26-2002, 11:23 AM
Ok, I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a tree stump. I bike. I have a lot of bikes and I inherited the contents of a well-stock and well equiped bike-shop when my husband passed, but I have no clue how to do anything as he was the maintenance guy and was supposed to always be there. Our LBS doesn't offer classes or the such (I know this all to well as my husband was the manager and they never got around to organizing them although a group of my friends begged him to have them) - my darling husband had intended to have private lessons for my little group in our home. Anyway, I'm now STUCK. I can put air in my tires, tighten a few things and change a flat on a good day, but I don't even know the recommended tire pressures for different terrains, he always took care of it. I feel like an idiot for not learning it while I could, but I can't change that now. Are there any good books out there that teach everything from tire pressure to truing a wheel to actually switching out components (I desperately need to install a shorter stem on a road bike, I have the stem but no clue how to install it) and even building a bike (I have a Rivendell frame on the way and will need to make it ridable ) Any recommendations on learning without classes would be appreciated. Right now, I'm to the point of trying tears at the LBS and hope they feel sorry enough for me and teach me! I have a feeling tears will have to be shed to get the Rivendell built anyway or some major favor requested.
Thanks in advance -- Lisa:confused:
Thanks in advance -- Lisa:confused: