Originally Posted by
jrickards
Riding on the camp roads, washboard-dirt roads and in "pothole city" here, probably did havoc to the bike. I can't say I really looked after it other than oiling chain, changing brake pads, adjusting cables. I wish I knew more about bike maintenance although the tools for it can be expensive.
I've got a book "Zinn and the art of mountain bike maintenance" by Lennard Zinn. He does another one about road bike maintenance. It's worth its weight in gold.
You don't have to buy a pile of tools at once, just buy them as you need them.
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