I took my bike to the repair shop (the cranks and pedals were making noise and not moving smoothly). When I got it back, with new cranks and pedals and the thingamajig they attach to, it also had freshly pumped tires. Now the tires were far from soft before and I hadn’t even noticed that they could be pumped harder, but gosh what a difference it made.

I like Bromma cykelservice. At first I only chose this place because it is conveniently located halfway on my commute, where I can take the bus the rest of the way home. But they’re also fast and friendly and they know what they’re doing, and they don’t cost an arm and a leg.