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Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2019 18:18:31 No.1415940 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1416027 >>1416132 >>1416153 >>1416163 >>1417511 >>1417513 >>1419384

I don't know shit about bikes but, I really enjoy riding them.
Hoe did you learn about the different types of bikes, repairs, and proper pricing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2019 18:31:05 No.1415946 Report

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Riding mine, fixing mine, going to bike shops, and talking to other riders.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2019 20:19:28 No.1416027 Report

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>>1415940
I learned almost everything I know about bikes from sheldonbrown.com

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2019 23:00:54 No.1416128 Report

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Asking tons of stupid questions in /bqg/, googling, browsing bike shops craigslist and brand websites.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2019 23:11:31 No.1416132 Report

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>>1415940
I got sick of the LBS fucking up my own bike's repairs and started asking /bqg/ and googling things

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Nov 2019 00:17:29 No.1416153 Report

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>>1415940
this book will explain most of what you need to know in a funny tone

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26245090-the-ultimate-bicycle-owner-s-manual

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 07 Nov 2019 00:22:36 No.1416157 Report

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxBTVU9JDrA

Relax one day and watch this film. You will learn a lot about the spirit of cycling.
don't try looking for a version with subtitles for the start either, it doesn't exist, and there's mostly english narration.

Sieg !NP2jUmGKeo

Sieg !NP2jUmGKeo Thu 07 Nov 2019 00:39:36 No.1416163 Report

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>>1415940
I had an eg Honda Civic at 16 years old, street raced with it, installed nitrous ND then later a turbo

Then later swapped in a k series

Once I grew up and got into cycling it was less mechanically complex that my computer drive. Honda da enginew

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Nov 2019 02:19:40 No.1417327 Report

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>>1416163
you are so full of yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Nov 2019 14:11:22 No.1417492 Report

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>>1416128
this
and just spend your free time reading/watching interesting stuff about bicycles

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Nov 2019 15:23:40 No.1417507 Report

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> the different types of bikes
Road bikes fast. Other bikes not fast. That's all you need to know.

>repairs

>buy shitty bike because I'm broke
>it breaks
>try to fix it with $3 chink tools from amazon
>fuck it up
>take it to shop to fix it for me
>it breaks again
>buy more chink tools
>fuck up again
>take it to shop to fix it for me
>it breaks again
>...
>get more money
>buy better bike that doesn't suck and doesn't break all the time
>buy tools that aren't garbage
>take it to the shop when something goes wrong and stop trying to do anything myself that's more complicated than changing a tube

>proper pricing
Shit's expensive yo, but 90% of the time cheaping out is asking for pain and/or a disaster. Just suck it up and never buy anything from Alibaba or Amazon unless it's from a known, reputable, non-chinese brand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Nov 2019 15:38:20 No.1417511 Report

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>>1415940
learned most of what i know from RJ the bike guy on youtube. sheldon brown's stuff is great ofc but i'm a more visual learner.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Nov 2019 15:43:32 No.1417513 Report

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>>1415940
I bought a vintage road bike off Craigslist, ruined a rim, payed out the ass for a repair and vowed never to pay bike shop chucks for work I could have done myself ever again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2019 07:28:20 No.1417816 Report

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>>1417513
You felt capable of performing a rim trueing but you still took a Craigslist special to a bike shop for repair?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Nov 2019 03:52:36 No.1419384 Report

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>>1415940
My wife passed away 4 months after we got married so I needed something to consume myself with so I wouldn't kill myself. Now I know a lot about bikes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Nov 2019 11:26:26 No.1419531 Report

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experience, mostly

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