Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post

I guess I needed to get acquainted with the LBS here anyway. And a full-on tuneup is probably best done now rather than in spring...
Does the campus have a bike cooperative? I know some universities do. My DD uses the one at Portland State and she has learned quite a bit about taking care of her own bike. They helped her replace her brake cables - she didn't have a ton of miles either but the crude from the roads in Portland had trashed her cable.