Maintence Poll

[Veronica]

So am I cheating in this poll since I manage a bike shop?

Nope, but I did look up your profile after seeing you could put an entire bike together.


V.

[Tuckervill]

I wish I had someone I trusted to do the maintenance on our bikes. Since the bike shops are so far away, we do it all ourselves. No shop has stood out as really worth it to make the drive every time.

Since we rebuilt son's bike from scratch, I feel pretty confident I *can* do it all. (We haven't relaced wheels, but we have a truing stand.) I don't always want to.

Karen

[bike4ever]

Veronica - I actually might be able to build up my new Salsa Ala Carte frame this week. I am just waiting on my X.9 components. Some stuff moves from my current bike; however, I am completely excited about the new Sram. I am definitely having way too much fun with this mountain bike craziness.

[SadieKate]

There's a big leap between truing wheels and building a bike from scratch, but I went ahead and checked it because I probably could. I can't press in a headset and I can't chase a bottom bracket. Mostly, because I don't have the tools (and they're too expensive to amortize against the number of bikes we build).

I still let experts take on some of the job just to get the absolute best touch. A very experienced mechanic can do it so fast and so much better, but then I love the feeling of having built it up myself (or a team effort with my sweetie).

[Tuckervill]

I don't work on modern bikes, so I don't have to worry about pressing in a headset.

I do have a lot of specialized tools, though. Some of the tools my hubby has for automotive stuff has been useful on the bikes, too.

Karen

[OakLeaf]

These days I draw the line at adjustments and replacing the wear items.

But once when I was young and stupid I took apart a freewheel just because. Holy cr*p that was a PITA getting it back together!

[mimitabby]

I'm pretty pathetic. I do some stuff, but not what is listed on here.

(I clean my bike, i have done tires and tubes but don't always)
I also do touchup paint on all bikes in the house