What's your highest skill level of DIY (do It yourself) bike repairs and maintenance? Rank yourself 1=Useless / 12=Grand Master

pikey's picture
1. DIY? That’s what bike shops are for.
4% (4 votes)
2. I can change a bike tube out on the trails.
4% (4 votes)
3. I can re-join a broken bike chain.
1% (1 vote)
4. I can adjust the air pressure in my shocks.
6% (6 votes)
5. I can change my brake pads
2% (2 votes)
6. I can adjust my gear cables to stop them either jumping or missing gears.
6% (6 votes)
7. I can replace my derailleur and get the gears working again.
3% (3 votes)
8. I can replace my cassette and/or cogs.
12% (12 votes)
9. I can unbuckle my rims.
0% (0 votes)
10. I can change my bottom bracket.
9% (9 votes)
11. I can strip and replace the bearings in my hubs
6% (6 votes)
12. I can bleed my hydraulic brakes.
30% (30 votes)
13. I can service my shocks.
16% (16 votes)
Total votes: 99

I can...

PIVOT MACH 5's picture

2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 12. Smiling
10 should be simple as they are only press fit bearings but i haven't tried yet.

All of the above

craigs's picture

Cmon Greg, where is the "all of the above" radio?

Hey Pivot

pikey's picture

I'd say you could then be called a junior Grand Master then Eye-wink

Pikey

Well "all of the above"

pikey's picture

If you can do up to number 13 you would be a Grand Master!

Be careful people

MDOldFart's picture

I sense Pikey's bike is in need of a major service, including shocks, and he is trying to work who to ask ;-0

Pikey

PIVOT MACH 5's picture

Call me the mini master! oh and you did say level 12 was the grand master. so what does that make level 13?

You left out 14

Heckler's picture

Build your own wheels & keep them true,Eye-wink

and I read it three times

pikey's picture

OK a level 13 + 14 = Lord Master Mechanic (plus at that level their just showing off ....and have a bloody good set of tools)

And if you can cut tube and weld your own frame then I bow before thee!!! Smiling

Greg

None apply if...

PIVOT MACH 5's picture

You work in a bike shop!

Pretty much nailed the order

herzog's picture

Pretty much nailed the order of difficulty.

Pikey's grand master mechanic [pic]

Hans's picture

Pikey

I can put you in touch with the right guy to service your ancient piece of machinery. Eye-wink

Met him on the trail in the Vietnam Highlands...he'll do a shock service for less than $ 10 bucks!

LBS: Local Vietnam Bike Shop!
MTB'ing in Northern Vietnam - featuring SPECIALIZED spares!

He even beats the bush craft of the bike whisperer!

Rgds, Hans

__________________
May all your lines be the right ones...

He could be Gazza's next 24 hr support member?

pikey's picture

You have to love getting your hands dirty Smiling

http://nobmob.com/node/497

Greg

What if I make my own tools?

Whisperer's picture

Pikey, what have you started....?
Blowing my trumpet, but now that I have a lathe, I make my own 'special' tools for fitting bearings & headsets, pretty handy with a TIG welder, spray paint frames, and used to do custom machining for a frame builder, build wheels, once built ultralight racing wheelchairs as a job for paraplegic athletes, and of course all of the above.

I worship you Lord Whisperer!

pikey's picture

At this early stage of voting you are going to be hard to beat.

Anybody here worked on the space shuttle? Eye-wink

Greg

Note to self, never buy a second hand bike from whisperer

MDOldFart's picture

there's a good chance it'll be a "cut and shut"

sh$t, too late, what have I done?

Eye-wink

Hammer and wood

LetThemEatCake's picture

I thought the special tool for fitting a headset was a hammer and two blocks of wood Eye-wink

Am I capable as a No. 5?

unclebullbar's picture

Thinking of putting on some new cranks, but as a no.5 on this list, should I give it a go or leave it to the pros (CRC way cheaper than LBS)? Also, I have a new XT BB, but want to install SLX cranks, will they be compatible?

BWOAR!

I work on......

Grifter's picture

.....gas/steam turbines, turbo compressors, pumps etc. what number is that ?????

...built my own Hadron Collider

Hans's picture

I've built my own Hadron Collider from some parts I had laying around...does that count?

Rgds, Hans Eye-wink

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"I thought of that while riding my bike."
Albert Einstein, on the theory of relativity.

Hans.

PIVOT MACH 5's picture

That looks like my old second hand particle collider that i threw out last week. you didnt build that at all! Smiling

Looking at ......

Grifter's picture

.....this information we should be building spaceships not bikes......Mars anyone ?.... no Rangers there !!!!!!!

football field

Slowpup's picture

But with no trees either, wouldn't Mars' singletrack be a little like the football field analogy from Rob?

S'pose it would be like Stromlo 12 months ago?

Olympus Mons...

hawkeye's picture

... = biggest DH run ever. So big the summit pokes outside the atmosphere. Laughing out loud

but mars needs guitars...

flynny's picture

but mars needs guitars... Bikes wont help

A poll for bike shops

pikey's picture

As this is the highest responded poll in our history I wonder how many bike shops have taken note ?

Greg

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The home mechanic (acording to bike shops) are Evil and must have their arms broken Sticking out tongue (I could be wrong)
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Derailleur hangar re-threading

Whisperer's picture

I stripped the thread in my fixed hangar on the scummer last week....
Here's the story how I fixed it:

http://nobmob.com/node/9841

Level 14

Rob's picture

It is why they call him the Whisperer!

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