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| - A lot of things may be "like riding a bike," but for me and my equally mechanically challenged girlfriend, bicycle maintenance is not one of those things. So when we decided to actually take care of whatever problems we'd ignored for a year or so on our respective bikes, the logical place to take them to was Bike World, because it a) is a mile from our house, and b) had good reviews on Yelp.
Well, those reviews are well-deserved. We brought our bikes to the service door at the back of the shop pretty late on a Sunday (around 5 p.m.), and the service techs back there immediately welcomed us in and took a look at our bicycles. We thought my girlfriend's chain was rusted, and they reassured us it was normal discoloration from desert heat. These guys could have easily sold us a chain we didn't need, but instead, they performed some basic check-up maintenance, and did it all right away without charging a dime.
The only thing we did actually NEED done was replacing the tube on my rear tire. Again, this was done right away with us standing there, and the tech (sorry I didn't get his name) took the time to show me how to do all this stuff myself, including how to properly remove the tire from the chain assembly. And, again, he went through and did some basic tightening and adjusting on my bike, all without question. He filled all our tires, and had us road-ready in no time.
We were out of there for $17, which covered the new tube, a new rim liner, and the labor - well worth the lessons we got in being more self-sufficient. And never were we made to feel like morons for not knowing how to do this stuff ourselves. These guys were friendly, patient and helpful.
I definitely understand why Bike World has been a Vegas institution for as long as I can remember (easily 20 years), and they now have two new regulars.
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