My boyfriend pretty much put my bike back together for me when I arrived home. He used some instructions on the internet and advice over instant messaging from a friend. It was challenging riding my bicycle around my local neighbourhood because:
1. The bike wasn't as well tuned as it was when the guy at the bike shop did it. I'm going to have to learn this myself. I should also find a local bike shop.
2. Sydney has hills! I'm going to have to learn to ride on them, ie pace myself appropriately.
3. I pumped up the tyres with a hand pump and I knew this was a poor effort but I did try really hard. I was pleased my local servo now has a digital readout with the air pump so I used it to pump up my tyres. My tyres should be pumped up 45-65 psi. I had only pumped them up a paltry 15 psi.
4. I discovered my front tyre was on backwards so I turned it around today. I'm now proficient at taking the front tyre on and off. I now have to learn to do the back one.
I'm quite bad at things mechanic but I do want to learn how to maintain my bicycle. Here are some good resources:
- Bicycletutor.com has videos of how to do repairs and maintenance of your bicycle.
- Sydney community college has courses about commuting around Sydney and beginner's bicycle maintenance
I have to buy a few things including a puncture kit (and learn how to use it), a set of allan keys and other maintenance tools and a bottle cage.
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