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General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: telstarbox on 17 March, 2020, 12:52:50 pm

Title: Safe to get a service?
Post by: telstarbox on 17 March, 2020, 12:52:50 pm: Is it likely to be OK to take my bike to the LBS for a service considering:
- I always wear gloves when riding it
- The bike lives in a cold but dry shed between rides and I don't tend to kiss/cough on the bike
- The shop guys use disposable gloves for mechanical work
- They're happy to do the work and it will keep the shop going?
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: bludger on 17 March, 2020, 01:20:15 pm: Yes. Get it serviced! Before the strategy changes and retailers start closing.

Might be worth calling ahead.
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: Blodwyn Pig on 17 March, 2020, 02:28:20 pm: Alternatively learn to do it yourself, and have hours of endless fun ;D
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: BrianI on 17 March, 2020, 03:54:14 pm: Yes! Definitely use your lbs for servicing. I'm sure they will appreciate the custom.
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: Jaded on 17 March, 2020, 04:16:26 pm: Get it serviced, bring it home wash hands thoroughly, leave the bike alone for four days.

Maybe?
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: De Sisti on 17 March, 2020, 04:20:30 pm: Quote from: Jaded on 17 March, 2020, 04:16:26 pm
Get it serviced, bring it home wash hands thoroughly, leave the bike alone for f~~our~~ fourteen days.
Maybe?
FTFY
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: Jaded on 17 March, 2020, 04:32:05 pm: er, actually 9 days to be absolutely safe, depending on the temperature.
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: De Sisti on 17 March, 2020, 05:16:42 pm: Quote from: Jaded on 17 March, 2020, 04:32:05 pm
er, actually 9 14 days to be absolutely safer, depending on the temperature.
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: Jaded on 17 March, 2020, 05:52:07 pm: It's 9. I'm talking about the bike.
Title: Re: Safe to get a service?
Post by: giropaul on 17 March, 2020, 07:12:27 pm: Interestingly, in France, bike shops are exempt from having to close , as repairs are seen as essential to getting people to work.
My friend with a shop near the Alps is offering free service to health and emergency services customers.