Originally Posted by
indyfabz
But have you been intimate with them?
Well, I for one take the question posed in the original post very seriously. In that spirit, and while I've never experienced a desire to "know" my bicycles intimately, I believe that there must exist out there quite a few short films on the subject. Let's just call them 'documentaries'. I'm sure that some of these might contain helpful hints and suggestions.
I'm afraid I can't direct the op to specific examples, but I don't think they would be hard to find.