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[Catrin]

Thanks for this, I will check. I actually have no tools at this point but this is going to have to change. If I am going to share my home with beautiful bikes then I need to learn how to at least do the basics, and I do believe this counts as a "basic" I already have the cleaning and chain-lubing down, which is a great start!

[OakLeaf]

Actually I wouldn't necessarily count pedal installation and removal as a "basic." Once you settle on which pedals you want on which bike, you never really need to take them off unless they wear out (tens of thousands of miles - which you'll probably hit next year ) or you're packing the bike for shipment. There's nothing to it mechanically (except for remembering which pedal installs in which direction ) but if you need to buy a tool for something, you may as well figure out whether you'll really be using it often enough to worry about.