Newbie Question

"GL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I have a Trek 800 that I would like to perform regular maintenence on. I

am

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also having problems shifting it. It seems to be stuck in 1st gear on the large set of gears. As
you can probably tell by reading this, I don't really know anything about bikes. Is there a
resource online or a manual I can

pruchase

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that can take me through it step by step. I would rather fix and maintain myself than pay a bike
store.....thanks in

There is online help on bicycle maintenance, but somehow I get the feeling from your message that
you may need more than just something to read. Without any basic mechanical knowledge to start from,
perhaps it would be better if you signed up for some cycle maintenance classes or at least tried
showing the bike to your local bike shop and asking them to tell you what they think needs doing.
Indeed, given that it seems likely the bike has been out of use for some time, it may need more
doing to it than just fixing stuck gears and it may be advisable to get them to do a full service to
get it roadworthy - this time. Thereafter you can try fixing problems as they arise - these are
likely to be smaller jobs and will help you to gain knowledge and confidence gradually.

Rich

Thanks for the reply...I took it in locally and it's going to cost me $50. I checked around and
that's about average. This is for a complete tune-up. I am mildly annoyed that it's going to take
all weekend, as it doesn't seem to have very many problems. But, Oh well. I will run instead. I did
find some resources and will try and do maintenance to gain some knowledge. But this solution fixes
the bike quicker anad doesn't cause me as much frustration.

Thanks again

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"GL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I have a Trek 800 that I would like to perform regular maintenence on. I

am

Quoted message said:

also having problems shifting it. It seems to be stuck in 1st gear on the large set of gears. As
you can probably tell by reading this, I don't really know anything about bikes. Is there a
resource online or a manual I can

pruchase

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that can take me through it step by step. I would rather fix and maintain myself than pay a bike
store.....thanks

in

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There is online help on bicycle maintenance, but somehow I get the feeling from your message that
you may need more than just something to read. Without any basic mechanical knowledge to start
from, perhaps it would be better if you signed up for some cycle maintenance classes or at least

tried

Quoted message said:

showing the bike to your local bike shop and asking them to tell you what they think needs doing.
Indeed, given that it seems likely the bike has been out of use for some time, it may need more
doing to it than just

fixing

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stuck gears and it may be advisable to get them to do a full service to

get

Quoted message said:

it roadworthy - this time. Thereafter you can try fixing problems as they arise - these are likely
to be smaller jobs and will help you to gain knowledge and confidence gradually.

Rich

GL said:

Thanks for the reply...I took it in locally and it's going to cost me $50. I checked around and
that's about average. This is for a complete tune-up. I am mildly annoyed that it's going to take
all weekend, as it doesn't seem to have very many problems. But, Oh well. I will run instead. I did
find some resources and will try and do maintenance to gain some knowledge. But this solution fixes
the bike quicker anad doesn't cause me as much frustration.

Thanks again

It's still a good idea to learn to do some of the work yourself. Check out
sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.comOpen ↗ and don't forget to look at his bicycle glossary.

Also see parktool.comFAQindex.shtmlOpen ↗

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Chris Bird