How to Maintain and Repair Your Own Bike
You may well think, 'why are they telling us to repair our own bikes? Why aren't they encouraging us to bring them in the to Deers Leap Bikes' own state of the art repair facility?'.
Well, cycling is all about a lifestyle and a mentality that is diametrically opposed to that type of thinking. We'd love you to come to us, but we really don't want you to waste your money - there are many things on a bike that you can do yourselves. When it gets a little more complicated or you just don't have the time come and see our expert mechanics at Deers Leap and we'll do the rest for you.
There are several websites which have video tutorials, and these are often the best way to learn about mending your bikes Here's a selection:
http://bicycletutor.com/
Nice clear videos; they're all free. The site does try to sell you tools and so on, but not irritatingly.
Sheldon Brown is one of those old beardy guys who has a very well known site:
http://sheldonbrown.com/
Quite a lot of 'personal' type sites, but with a lot of information and pictures or videos:
http://www.jimlangley.net/wrench/wrench.html