Tips and tricks: caring for a bicycle

On the road, everything happens, and your two-wheeled friend, a bicycle, can ask for help. Repair, of course, better done in a specialized workshop. To reduce any possible trouble on the way to zero, you should constantly and carefully look after your vehicle.

Daily care of the bicycle

See how well the cameras are pumped. If too much, it is fraught with tire punctures and, in spite of improved speed characteristics, reduced handling. Poorly inflated will also let you down during the trip - can snooze the camera and tear it. On the half-released wheels it is generally difficult to go. Inspect the chain - it does not tear and how tight it is, and the knots - how the wheels, seat post and steering wheel are tightened.

Bicycle care once a week

Gently rub with a soapy sponge wipe your vehicle, preventing fluid from entering the bushings, transmission and other parts containing bearings. If water gets on them, the lubricant is washed very quickly, which invariably leads to rapid wear of the parts. Dry and lubricate the chain. You can not wash it with water. Apply grease moderately. Because of the small number of knots will crunch, and the details will not survive until next season. If you apply a lot of grease, the chain will "overgrown" with dirt, and this is dangerous for the stars and links in the chain.

Once a month

Monthly care of the bike is simple. Most often during this period the vehicle rolls about two hundred kilometers. So, it's time to inspect the steering column, the carriage, the plug, the frame, the condition of the bushes and chain.

Useful tips for repair and care

To remove the connecting rod, you need a special puller screwed into it. On the road, he may not be. Therefore, unscrew the bolt or nut with which the connecting rod is attached to the axis of the carriage, and at a small speed, not strongly pressing the pedals, drive a few hundred meters. After that, you can easily remove the part by tapping it with a hammer through a piece of wood.

Treatment of disc brakes with an aerosol car care cleaner will save you the sound of unpleasantly creaking discs. This is a sin with even designs with clean and new pads.

On old bicycles the nuts of the wedges can be loosened on the move. To prevent trouble, put Grover washers and flat under each of them.

If your vehicle has a hollow seat post, then you know how dust penetrates the bearing frame through the frame. A wooden or rubber stopper will deprive you of this problem.

Continuous care of the bike will extend its life. But there are very effective procedures that are enough to do once. To steel frames do not rust from the inside, and aluminum does not "mold", arm yourself with a brush and "Moville". And cover the inside of the frame with protection against corrosion.

Small fasteners will not be untwisted from vibration if you drop on the thread with nitro paint or varnish.

It is convenient to fasten all sorts of trifles to the tube of the frame with worm clips that can be bought in any kiosk of auto parts. And the instruments will not make noise if you wrap each key with a soft cloth.

Fasten the rear plastic wing with the saddle with a thin line, and on the potholes you will no longer hear pats on the tire.

Care for a mountain bike will not be complete unless you try to reduce the amount of dust and dirt that gets to different sites. Put on the rings of oil resistant rubber on the cones from the outside. You can buy them at auto parts stores. A mudguard from the truck chamber attached to the front wheel will solve the problem of getting dirt on the sprocket.