bike service

[decky]

How often does your bike require servicing,ie mileage or period of time.

 

[onlyhuman]

How often does your bike require servicing,ie mileage or period of time.

Different bits need attention at different intervals. This is set out in various books about bike maintenance.

 

[fossyant]

Oil chain after wet rides and wipe it down, spray some lube on mech pivots (especially as the roads get salted), clean the crud off the jockey wheels and chain rings and cassette (quick wipe with oily rag), and clean it regular. BB's are fit and forget. Headsets - usually lube once every 6 months on the commuter. Hubs - every 6 months (if serviceable) - my commuter's bearings are cartridge - so forget. - If/when they wear, I just replace for a few pounds.

 

[swee'pea99]

Never.

 

[accountantpete]

Just set aside 20 minutes a month to go through the likely problem areas.

1. Check tyres for deep cuts/wear etc

2. Check rims are running true.

3. Give cassette and chain a good clean(perhaps more often)

4. Ditto Jockey wheels.

5. Check for play in pedals and cranks.

Longer term - get the wheel hubs serviced every two years or so(or DIY)

 

[gaz]

i do my own general maintainence, so oiliing, cleaning, re-setting brakes etc.. myself. anything above that and i take it to the shop.

Oil my sprockets maybe twice to 3 times a week depending on the weather, clean the chain once or twice every two weeks depending on the weather.

Then i put it in for a service at around 1,500 miles, which works out to be 3 months. Just to get it to have a check over etc..

 

[Randochap]

Depends entirely on conditions the bike is ridden in. In winter, unless you have a sacrificial winter machine, you may need to do some quick maintenance every day. Then give it a good clean weekly.

W/ rim brakes, keep an eye on brake pads.

 

[andyfromotley]

only when something goes wrong generally. My expensive road bike gets lots of tlc, my 10 year old hack bike gets nothing, and has rarely needed it.

 

[cyberknight]

I do a quick checkover every week and then tend to check the big stuff every month or so depending on time/if anything goes wrong .


I am trying to learn to feel for changes as i ride so things like indexing etc is easy to keep on top of.last week the rear wheel was making a funny noise and on investigation found the rear QR skewer was not tight enough.

 

[SimonC]

[quote name='swee'pea99']Never.[/QUOTE]

+1, apart from your chain for which you need to dismantle each link, then degrease, measure, regrease and re-assemble after each ride.

 

[g00se]

+1, apart from your chain for which you need to dismantle each link, then degrease, measure, regrease and re-assemble after each ride.

Do you follow the Sheldon Brown method?

http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

 

[davidg]

Only a loon would actually do that!

 

[youngoldbloke]

davidg - I will let you in on a closely guarded secret (promise you won't tell anyone else) - its a JOKE!

 

[Bandini]

So, are chain cleaning machines a no-no?

 

[andyfromotley]

+1, apart from your chain for which you need to dismantle each link, then degrease, measure, regrease and re-assemble after each ride.

you dont do it pre ride as well? Slack ar$e!