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I'm lazier than most, and not that anal about maintenance so I pretty much just ride the fucker until, something major comes up that I can't figure out what/why, then speak to Jimbilly.
Taking my roadbike back to Mosquito, when I get back but that's because it has gears and I've got lifetime servicing with them for it.
bought a book on bike repairs/maintenance, so usually look/refer to that when anything comes up as I don't do enough maintenance/repairs on a regular basis to know exactly what to do from memory if anything untoward appears.
Looking to do more when I return though, just one less expense isn't it.
PS I'd only really take the bikes to a shop which I trust, and I'm lucky that Brixton cycles is just down the way.
But like hangedup says, riding fixed is usually the quickest, surest way to get someone to maintain their own bike as there is so little to maintain, so the leap from fitting a crankset to building wheels can be pretty short, I've built two sets of wheels and will probably build my own wheels from now on. So what initially looks like a really difficult thing to do becomes really easy and straight forward..
the only thing that would probably stop me from going fully DIY is the need to have some esoteric tools and the cost there in, you know removing, installing headsets, chasing bottom brackets, that sort of thing