Yea Me! (with crossed fingers)m but still have tire ?'s

[CorsairMac]

I could be wrong (often am) but it's my understanding you do Not want to over inflate your tires. If it says 90 psi, then you should only put in 90 psi. As for the axle issue, I can't much help you there but I know several women here wrench their own and/or others bikes. They might be able to help you better.

Goodonya for bike commuting tho. You might consider taking the bike into your LBS for a good going-over. Our shop will do a maintainence check for about $30, might be worth looking into just for safetys' sake.

[plantluvver]

I called one bike shop and they said $200.00 for a tune up. My bike isn't worth that.
The LeTour, (that I changed the tire on). I took to a repair workshop a few weeks ago. This is why I feel better riding it, than the other, better quality Schwinnn Traveller bike.

I have never ridden the Schwinn Traveller at all. I forgot I even had it. It was stuck in the loft of my garage. I bought it as a "spare" years ago. I had great trouble getting used to biking, and knew if I ever had a mechanical problem, I would be likely to drop out, so I felt a spare was good insurance. It was $50.00 at Goodwill at the time. Meanwhile, some of the cables got rusty (Maybe my garage roof has a small leak?)

I took it into a shop and they looked it over very quickly (for free) recommended some repairs, I bought the parts. On Saturday I will go to a bike clinic that is held weekly. Tried to go to one tonight (same shop that did the quickie inspection), but they had to cancel, because they were short staffed.

I hope to learn enough to take care of my own repairs. I have much more time than money. Besides, it will probably take less time to fix myself as to take it into a shop. Plus, there is the satisfaction of being self-sufficient, and taking care of breakdowns.

Once, my chain came off and jammed between the frame and rear gears. Since the rear wheel wouldn't turn, I had to carry the bike for over a mile.Bruised up my calf since the pedals kept hitting my leg If only I had had a wrench! Suburban highway area, so no pay phones (pre-cell phones).

I am angry at myself for not learning bike maintainence sooner. I guess that I always thought that if it wasn't broke, don't mess with it.

Maybe now that I am getting middle aged I am appreciating the value of maintainence

Mary