Did you Know? …The AStA‘s self-help workshop for cyclists
charge at least 20 euros to repair a puncture. Here you can get it done for the cost of the tube, about five euros, and 30 cents for the patch; you can do the work yourself.” In this way the self-help workshop [...] experience for that job.” Although he can well understand how difficult it is to part with grandad’s old “bone shaker”, “if the frame is damaged, there’s nothing I can do.” The workshop mechanic, who is paid [...] services, has a few stories he can tell. “The compressor, for instance”, he says, pointing to a coiled hose pip on the floor near the sofa. You often hear people say, “I can cope with that. No problem” –