learn how to fix a flat, fix your chain, repair your chain if it breaks... take a bike maintenance class, I did!! It's a great confidence booster. I ride alone all the time... 80 mile trips, out on bare roads alone. I am, at times, afraid a little... but I know... if my bike breaks beyond repair, I have money and a phone. If it's fixable, I can fix it

I had just got out of a relationship 6mo earlier to a very smart cyclist. I didn't need to know how to fix a flat, I had him After we split, I swore to never depend on anyone again for my bike stuff... except the hard stuff. I signed for a bike maintenance class to learn how to fix a flat, fix my chain, tweak my derailer(sp), etc, etc.

I signed up for the class... the only female in the class... being single again, I was feeling powerful, glad to be back on my own. I swore off relationships... I was done.

Guess who I'm now engaged to... the bike maintenance teacher, LOL!!

You just never know what you're gonna get by wanting to learn new things... might turn into a double winner, like mine