About a year and a half ago, I was poking around the Bike Sport Michigan website and ran across an article Tom wrote about bike maintenance.
http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/bikes/outofshop.shtml
Tom wrote "For every one hour the bike is on the road, approximately 15 minutes of preventive maintenance is performed." Since I read this article I've become obsessed with bike maintenance. Mind you, I do all my own work so I'm not spending any money, but I'm now a freak about washing my bikes and ensuring that they are always in perfect mechanical condition.
Of course, I'm now much more familiar with how everything works on the various bikes I own and ride. Nothing small and mildly annoying turns into something big and expensive. I rarely get flat tires because they're always inflated to the proper pressure and meticulously inspected for cuts and debris. Essentially, every part of my bikes lasts twice as long and works twice as well as they used to.
My life is completely ruined....
- Ken Velarde
http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/bikes/outofshop.shtml
Tom wrote "For every one hour the bike is on the road, approximately 15 minutes of preventive maintenance is performed." Since I read this article I've become obsessed with bike maintenance. Mind you, I do all my own work so I'm not spending any money, but I'm now a freak about washing my bikes and ensuring that they are always in perfect mechanical condition.
Of course, I'm now much more familiar with how everything works on the various bikes I own and ride. Nothing small and mildly annoying turns into something big and expensive. I rarely get flat tires because they're always inflated to the proper pressure and meticulously inspected for cuts and debris. Essentially, every part of my bikes lasts twice as long and works twice as well as they used to.
My life is completely ruined....
- Ken Velarde