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Public Forums => Outdoors => Topic started by: snowave on Aug 28, 08, 01:35:22 PM
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Anyone know of the closest place I can get my mtn bike tuned up? It's been in storage for 2 yrs and I want to get it going again.
Thanks
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Is it stored up here or in the Victorville area or down the hill in the Rancho area?
For my teenagers bike needs, I go to High Desert Bikes on Main in Hesperia. If going down to Rancho, I've gone to the Competitive Edge on Haven across the street from the Target center.
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REI in Rancho also has a very good bike staff and does repair and tune up.
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The bike is here in Wrightwood.
I'm a little surprised none of the ski shops in town have a bike/fishing/hiking/camping section for summer.. but then again, there's probably not quite the demand in town as they seem to only be open in winter anyway. I'm not a big fan of going down to civilization, but I know alot of you guys do that without second thought, and its necessary for many things.
thanks for the info so far..
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I have a drawer full of very specialized tools and equipment for working on, building, tuning, repairing, etc.
bicycles. I did all my own work, including building and truing wheels for years. Believe me, a "section" in a ski shop, is not where you want a bike tuned up. It is highly specialized work requiring special skills and knowledge. You want someone who lives and breathes bikes.
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I have a drawer full of very specialized tools and equipment for working on, building, tuning, repairing, etc.
bicycles. I did all my own work, including building and truing wheels for years. Believe me, a "section" in a ski shop, is not where you want a bike tuned up. It is highly specialized work requiring special skills and knowledge. You want someone who lives and breathes bikes.
I see your point, but it seems to work rather well in many other resort towns I've lived in and visited... but as I said, there is likely not quite the demand here.
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I agree with Clint to a large extent, but on the other hand there's no reason why someone who knows skis and snowboards couldn't know bikes also - although the biggest obstacle would be finding someone who knows both. Someone in town wouldn't need to do everything that a full service shop would do down the hill - they could get away without having to know how to build wheels, for example - but they would need to do most everything else, though.
In the past I would do all my own work, although nowadays with a family and busy work schedule, I tend to send repairs that will take me more time to do myself (such as truing wheels) to a local (OC) shop. I do keep a "second string" set of tools and spare tubes/tires at my cabin in order to avoid a trip down the hill.
When I've gone self-supported bicycle touring, I've always appreciated when there's a bike shop in a small town, even if it's some guy working out of his garage. Usually it was the chance to borrow a "real" tool, rather than having to use a smaller version of the same tool that I'd carry with me. The downside is that those folks can't really keep up with all the latest technology - not that the technology makes huge leaps and bounds, but there always seems to be some new development every few years that requires a new tool.
Unless there's a relatively large influx of mountain biking visitors to a town, a small town bike shop - even a part time one - is most likely going to lose money. Here, having a hardware store that stocks pumps and tubes is the best we can hope for.