Last night my daughter said 'I need you to look at my brakes'. Her rear brake was rubbing the tire. I was able to adjust it so it was off the tire, but then it was rubbing the rim. I called our bike mechanic and he came right over. (We don't have a bike shop, but there's a guy who does free lance bike repair, and he makes house calls!) He has been telling me that as much as I ride, I ought to be more self sufficient as to my bike maintenance. So he didn't just fix it, he showed me what to do.

Now I want to take the brakes off on all my bikes and see if I can fix them! But I will start on my daughter's old bike (too small for her now) and my husband's bike (he doesn't ride anymore), instead of a bike that gets ridden (mine).

I have been shown how to do brakes before. I've watched all the videos and read all the articles. I don't know if he's the first one to show me in a way I could understand, or if I'm just more comfortable with bike mechanics after a few years of riding, or what. Maybe I just needed to be shown & told ten times before I can absorb it.