Fear of wrenching...

[Becky]

+ a bajillion!

Working on your own bikes is empowering, and can garner you a lot of respect.

[Irulan]

I want to add that it is immensely satisfying, and soothing too. There are days when being out in the shop and detailing a dirty mountain bike is just the best thing to do.

My most recent project was converting a nice old Ti hardtail to a singlespeed...whee.....

[Fujichants]

Hey, that's my comment!

Irulan, can you come over to LA and show me how it is done?

[Irulan]

you can get group long distance support here.

Seriously, I was so freaked out about getting started, but then I decided to just DO IT. Worst case scenario is I'd have to pay someone to put it back together, which hasn't happened yet.