Bike-related services include tune-ups, repairs, bike builds and parts installs, suspension service, and anything else that requires labor to keep your bike running.
0 labour cost here. I buy the tools and do any work myself…its part of the enjoyment of cycling for me, since autos went so electronic/computerized that the old shade tree wrenching has all but died.
I ran into a biker one weekend morning as I walked my flat tired bike into our apartment building. He was heading out, and said “oh know bummer, and the bike shop is closed till Monday”. I said it was no problem I was just coming back to change the tube/tire myself. He looked at me like this was some new mystical revelation to his brain.
I do a lot of work myself too, but there are things I go to the LBS for help. Either it requires a very specialized tool or I am too weak to remove/install some parts
0 labour cost here. I buy the tools and do any work myself…its part of the enjoyment of cycling for me, since autos went so electronic/computerized that the old shade tree wrenching has all but died.
I ran into a biker one weekend morning as I walked my flat tired bike into our apartment building. He was heading out, and said “oh know bummer, and the bike shop is closed till Monday”. I said it was no problem I was just coming back to change the tube/tire myself. He looked at me like this was some new mystical revelation to his brain.
Yeah I do all the labor myself. If I don’t know how, there’s someone on YouTube that’ll teach me.
I do a lot of work myself too, but there are things I go to the LBS for help. Either it requires a very specialized tool or I am too weak to remove/install some parts