Mechanics

When I first started to ride bikes, I knew nothing about working on bikes, I was scared to even try and fix a flat tire. Today, I am building my own bikes from scratch. A lot has changed since, and I have learned a lot. Most of my learning was from taking things apart and rebuilding them. I learned from online and on books about mechanics. I still do not know everything and run into problems sometimes that only bike shops can fix. I think that every avid bike rider should know how to work on his bike. It makes you more knowledgeable  and keeps you away from emptying your wallet at bike shops.I personally enjoy working on bikes, and there is nothing more rewarding then riding a bike that you know you built from the frame up. I'm also very picky about how my bike is set up, so knowing how to make those precise adjustments is important to me. I have owned around 10 different bikes in the last 3 years, and so I am constantly changing my bike setup. It really helps to know how to work with the variety of bikes I get. After all, bikes are just metal and plastic, so things wear out and break, its only natural. Recently I bought a bike frame from Canada, and I built up the bike, putting all the parts on a bare frame. Riding it today is a rewarding feeling, knowing that I put my mechanical skills into creating a vehicle in which I can have fun on. The bicycle is a beautiful creation, and the improvements that have been made in the last 15 years have been phenomenal. From carbon bikes to tires that don't go flat, innovation is in the air for bikes.