Bicycle Maintenance

A sunny day, ideal for bicycling. You wear a helmet, you dress, you'll look for it and you find that this is faulty or deflated. Avoid these disappointments following some maintenance tips.

How to keep your Bicycle

Already bought your shiny Bicycle ? Well congratulations: you've opted for the healthier means of transport, both for you and for your environment, and is also very easy to maintain.

For you to enjoy your Bicycle for a long time, we recommend these simple techniques you can apply daily or as regularly as you prefer him.

Cleaning the Bicycle

For daily hygiene, simply go over the pipes and parts with a soft, dry cloth, preferably cotton. A liquid aerosol product and can help remove stains from spills or other, while the cloth dampened with water will allow you to remove the annoying mud that accumulates in the bottom of the shot.

Be sure to clean the chain and parts with grease properly: a soft, dry cloth and remove the dirt clumps, leaving items ready for a review to let you know if you have to add a lubricant.

Plastic Bicycle (handles, details, seats, etc.) can be cleaned with a cream product, grease or cleaning multiple surfaces using a soft, clean cloth. After rubbing, go with a barely damp cloth to remove cleaner residue. Finish your dry cleaning something, to remove moisture, grease stains and oils , and even traces of your hands to take it.

Bicycle Grease

As we saw during cleaning you can determine if you have to add grease to the gears, chain and moving parts (like the oil pipe and front steering control). Use suitable grease for bicycles, which can be in paste or liquid. Avoid applying the spray in the chain and wheels, thus leaving more waste than you want. Reserve for use inside the pipes handlebars and seat.

Technical review of the Bicycle

Regularly analyzes the state of the brakes , including cables, hardness and fixing levers, rubber pads contact the rim and others. Make replacements as necessary as soon weakness notes: safe Bicycle brakes should always be in immaculate condition.

Daily, or with great regularity, discusses the general condition of the wheels and cameras . You can dip them in water to check with no punctures, inflate when necessary, and check the condition of the valve. Also look closely at the covers or outside of the wheel, analyzing if I had fucking nailed it, at any time, can result in hard way.

Finally, check the good condition of the rays, the rotation of the seat and handlebars, and proper fixation and good lubrication of the pedals. Adjust the nuts once a week, although still noticeable, just for being careful, and your Bicycle is always in perfect condition and ready to be enjoyed to the full.