around 800 mi on my biek so far what maintance should i be doing??
05-15-07, 07:43 PM
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around 800 mi on my biek so far what maintance should i be doing??
i lube the chain every 50-100 miles to keep it fresh. is there anything else i should be doing.
dont have alot of money to replace things later if they break so looking to keep them maintained correctly..
also ami suppose to lube my clipless pedals every so often.. and if so how i have the shimano 105 "look" style.
dont have alot of money to replace things later if they break so looking to keep them maintained correctly..
also ami suppose to lube my clipless pedals every so often.. and if so how i have the shimano 105 "look" style.
05-15-07, 08:09 PM
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You will probably need to check the FD/RD adjustment as these
tend to drift with time and the chain begins to mis-register with
the cassette and the FD cage no longer lines up quite right and
a bit of chain rub can occur that didn't before. www.parktool.com
has a nice writeup of how to do this under their repair button.
Brakes sometimes need adjusting as well. It is good to lube the
chain frequently but it should be cleaned with a dip in solvent
and slosh around now and then to remove grit/dust/crap that
sticks in the lube. Over all wash and clean of the whole bike to
keep the paint fresh and find nicks in the paint that might need
attention. Non stainless cables can rust inside the housing and
a check for this at least once/year by pulling the cable far enough
out to visualise the hidden parts. Once had a brake cable rust
and break about half the strands just inside the housing under the
saddle. Just found it by happenstance. Good idea to slowly rotate
the tires in good light, wipe off the crud and look for significant
cuts in the tread/carcass. These are inevitable but should not be
large enough to bulge or expose innertube (though usually exposed
innertube will herniate through and blow, but occasionally not).
Give the wheels a flip and check for hops and wobbles in the rim.
Sometimes these are easy to fix, but novices best leave this to
the LBS, especially on wheels with 20 spokes or less, or paired
spokes.
tend to drift with time and the chain begins to mis-register with
the cassette and the FD cage no longer lines up quite right and
a bit of chain rub can occur that didn't before. www.parktool.com
has a nice writeup of how to do this under their repair button.
Brakes sometimes need adjusting as well. It is good to lube the
chain frequently but it should be cleaned with a dip in solvent
and slosh around now and then to remove grit/dust/crap that
sticks in the lube. Over all wash and clean of the whole bike to
keep the paint fresh and find nicks in the paint that might need
attention. Non stainless cables can rust inside the housing and
a check for this at least once/year by pulling the cable far enough
out to visualise the hidden parts. Once had a brake cable rust
and break about half the strands just inside the housing under the
saddle. Just found it by happenstance. Good idea to slowly rotate
the tires in good light, wipe off the crud and look for significant
cuts in the tread/carcass. These are inevitable but should not be
large enough to bulge or expose innertube (though usually exposed
innertube will herniate through and blow, but occasionally not).
Give the wheels a flip and check for hops and wobbles in the rim.
Sometimes these are easy to fix, but novices best leave this to
the LBS, especially on wheels with 20 spokes or less, or paired
spokes.
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Road bike stuff lasts a long time. I don't ride my road bike a lot, but I do have about 5000 miles on it in the last couple years. I haven't done anything to it except replace the cassette once and the chain once. I have never touched the shifters, derailleurs. It still shifts just like it did the day i bought it. And it is Sora mainly of all things.
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Mostly, just clean that sticky crap off the chain and clean/lube it regularly. Clean brake smudge off your rims and floss your cassette with the edge of a shop towel once in a while. Oh, and make sure everything is tight.
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oh ok cool.. what about my pedals do i need to lube them at all..??
and i do have some nicks in the paint from my first days with clipless pedals is it a good idea to tough them up what happens if i dont.?
and i do have some nicks in the paint from my first days with clipless pedals is it a good idea to tough them up what happens if i dont.?
