Los Angeles bike shop/new rider

[MulteePass]

hello,
I just picked up a used s40 and it seems to need a tuneup. Does anyone know a bike shop that will service cruzbikes in west LA, or LA in general? Also a brand new rider to two wheel bents and cruzbikes, anyone near west LA can give tips or want to ride?

 

[Frito Bandito]

Welcome MulteePass. Plenty of riders here do their own wrenching, and if you have done any of that on your road bikes then you'll see that other than a few things it is very similar to what you'll do on your S40. Jus tbe careful of overtightening the bottom-bracket clamps. They can snap easily if you go over 3-4ft/lbs.

 

[RojoRacing]

Unfortunately, I'm on the other side of LA, or else I could be a bit more helpful.

It uses all standard 700c road bike parts, so assuming all you need is your brakes and shifting adjusted, any real shop should be able to accommodate. I do all my own work, so I've never dealt with bent bias at a shop, nor do I know how prevalent it actually is, but I'd just ride the bike to a few local shops and ask if they would be willing to perform a service on it. Go with the shop that gives the best first impression based on that conversation.

 

[Always-Learnin]

I've had no problem getting my Cruzbikes tuned up at my local Trek shop. In fact, they had done a lot of upgrades for me too.

 

[LarryOz]

You will have a better conversation with anyone at a LBS if you take your S40 there - then they can see they would just be dealing with standard bike components and probably will not have any issues. If you try and have the conversation over the phone - they will instinctively stop listening as soon as they hear you say "recumbent".

 

[Greg S]

You will have a better conversation with anyone at a LBS if you take your S40 there - then they can see they would just be dealing with standard bike components and probably will not have any issues. If you try and have the conversation over the phone - they will instinctively stop listening as soon as they hear you say "recumbent".

I've definitely experienced this. I do all my own wrenching but didn't have the T47 BB tool when I bought my V20c. Called around and nobody had one and it was a week to get one over the internets so I thought I'd take it into a pretty highly regarded LBS. It went like this:

LBS: What is that? We don't work on those

Me: All I want is for you to install the bottom bracket.

LBS: We can't get it on our workstand.

Me: Showed them how.

LBS: I guess we can do it but won't guarantee the work.

Me: Go ahead, (thought: it's so simple nobody could screw it up)

An hour later they called and said it was ready. It was fine. I've subsequently bought the proper tool.

Note that while I was there they had cargo bikes, e-bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes, etc., all in the service area.

Sigh.