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good shop. but you should most definitely check out the half dozen or so that are closer to you as well.

Scholl's in West View is a good bike shop. They have been around for a long time.

Good shop, good service. It's the closest one to my house & they know me on sight. That's always a nice feeling, and a couple of the guys know my bikes even when I don't have them with me.

The 8 Perrysville and 13 Bellevue bus routes get you within a few yards of their shop.

i got my fuji repaired there last week while i was there i bought a new trek fx 7.2

Great shop. Good guys.

Had a tune up done there and a lot was over looked, not really blaming the shop, didn't get to talk to them my dad took it in as a thank you. Ended up up at a different shop and I now have a 97 stump jumper in tip top shape. Had I been able to talk to them could of been a different outcome.

I tried to call them several times today and they never picked up the phone.

Please help -

I picked up my bike and it was fine. Took off the front wheel for the commute in my car. Got it home, put the wheel back on, and now the front brakes are too tight and the wheel doesn't turn freely. Why would it be fine before and now it doesn't work?

@Italianblend: the axle is probably just a little off-center in the dropouts, so the wheel's at an angle and rubbing against the brake pad.

Loosen the front wheel but leave it in the fork, push down on the bars to bounce it on the ground a little bit, and tighten it again.

THanks,

I tried that a few times but it didn't work. I took a picture: notice how the breaks seem to "lean" to the right? The brakes on the left side of the photo (right of bike) are rubbing against the tire.

Looks like the return spring, silver thingy hanging out on the left side, has popped out of place. On the back side of the brake arm there will be a little post with a slot, push the spring back into place to engage that post. Simple fix, no tools needed. Get that fixed, it's a beautiful day!

Thank you! I did that...and it seemed to straighten them out, but now the other side is rubbing slightly. I appreciate the help, anything else I can do?

There are 2 ways to deal with that, a right way and a lazy way. The right way is outlined here: http://sheldonbrown.com/canti-direct.html

The lazy way, or as I think of it, the way I often do it, is to unhook the spring on the side that is rubbing (doing the reverse of the one you just re-placed) and bend it outward against its resistance a little bit at a time, and hook it back in place, until the pads even up. Trial and error, but it works.

Thanks so much edmond...

Here is a video so you can actually see what's going on before I attempt:

http://bikepicstest.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post_1757.html

Edit:

I was able to play around with these:

After a few adjustments it seems to be fine now. Thanks for all the help!!!

traded my old seat in on my trek 7100 at scholls this morning they gave me a smaller seat dident even charge me just took my old seat in trade. The seat that bike comes with is way to big every time i stood up to pedal my legs were hitting the seat. Did 10 miles on the ghost town trail with it on sunday that was enough i had to get another seat