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Originally Posted by Sliver
I've had such bad luck with the shops tuning my bikes. Last year I brought all of my family members' bikes to a shop and they came back no better than when I dropped them off ($400 later). I'm just learning how to do bike maintenance myself now to save the hassle of going to a shop only to be disappointed. YouTube is insanely helpful - these bike guys make really informative, easy-to-follow tutorials so it's probably worth trying that.
This week I've straitened a wheel (really easy to fiddle with the spokes to do this), adjusted my wife's derailleur because her chain kept falling off, and I'm fixing my daughter's brakes (cable just arrived last night so I'll put that in tonight). Never done bike stuff before and all this has been super manageable.
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Good on you for that. It saves so much time when you can take 5 minutes and fix it yourself. Do yourself a huge favour and get a bike stand. The Feedback Sports ones are affordable, and life changing. Takes a lot of the frustration out of working on bikes.