pmcdonald
Well-Known Member
This is a broad question that will no doubt generate a range of answers, but what bike maintenance tasks would people consider within the skill of the average Joe or Josephine?
Some background: I've ridden analog bikes all my life. I've been fortunate that my bikes up until recently have been extremely simple and low maintenance (read that as I've done nothing but change the odd tyre and they've survived my neglect just fine). I've got by with the occasional tyre and calliper brake change and puncture repair.
All that changed with ebikes: 1) I'm riding dramatically more than I did, 2) the speeds I do are harder on the components, 3) these components are more complex than I'm used to.
So to expand on the original question, given many of us are pretty useless with our hands and haven't built up a workshop of tools, what maintenance tasks are straightforward enough to tackle at home with the help of Park Tool videos and cheap and easily purchasable tools, and which should be sent to the LBS? (For context, last time I had to repair the tube in my previous rear-hub equiped ebike it took me 2 hours
so I'm not joking about the all thumbs thing)
Some background: I've ridden analog bikes all my life. I've been fortunate that my bikes up until recently have been extremely simple and low maintenance (read that as I've done nothing but change the odd tyre and they've survived my neglect just fine). I've got by with the occasional tyre and calliper brake change and puncture repair.
All that changed with ebikes: 1) I'm riding dramatically more than I did, 2) the speeds I do are harder on the components, 3) these components are more complex than I'm used to.
So to expand on the original question, given many of us are pretty useless with our hands and haven't built up a workshop of tools, what maintenance tasks are straightforward enough to tackle at home with the help of Park Tool videos and cheap and easily purchasable tools, and which should be sent to the LBS? (For context, last time I had to repair the tube in my previous rear-hub equiped ebike it took me 2 hours