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Yes, if your bike is stored for more than a few weeks, you should check it thoroughly before riding it. The tires will lose pressure, and the chain will need lube for certain, and depending on the len …

And last, make sure you do you regular maintenance. Open up all the bearing areas (hubs, headset, and bottom bracket) and clean and grease them regularly. …

You can be confident that the maintenance does not need to be performed every few weeks. Your twice yearly tune up should be enough. …

While Shimano does have one shifter (2010 ST-5603 105) which will work with either triple or double drive trains, no 10 speed shifter works with a 9 speed cassette, at all. There are cam adjusters wh …

A clean bike is a happy bike. No, cleaning every speck.of sort off the frame after each ride isn't necessary. However, wiping down the frame, and wiping any extra dirt or crud from the hubs, brakes …

Sheldon Brown was a good man, a good cyclist, and he spent an inordinate amount of time writing answers for everybody to questions that every new cyclist has. In a lot of ways, his answers were prett …

I bought a 700c Jericho hardtail in 1997, which came with a Rohloff 14 speed internally geared hub. I used it as a commuter for five years, at least 150 miles per week, 50 weeks of the year. That's 37 …

There are many different philosophies about how much maintenance a bicycle needs, and on what schedule or basis it should be performed. … I have yet to need more than chains, cables, and lubrication, and I've never had a more serous mechanical than a flat tire on a ride since I started this maintenance scheme. …

Edit: @Qwirk: If you look at your photo, where the chain is resting on the small chain ring, do you see the gaps between chain and teeth? that is a key indicator of either extensive chain wear, extens …

The Dura-Ace BB-7800 is designed to be replaced as a cartridge unit. Replacing the bearing in the cup, without replacing the cup, would be difficult, if not impossible without damaging the cup. These …

On Sora brakes, if adjusted correctly, it should not be possible to force open the wheel release lever by applying the brakes. Likely, your brakes are adjusted too tight to allow the lever to close …

I assume that recommendation is conservative, because it often goes to double that in my environment, but speed of wear is based on maintenance and environmental factors like heavy wet weather, and can …

Suspension is one of the more sensitive components to proper maintenance and tuning. If you treat you fork right, it should last just fine. … Check your manual if you need the maintenance schedule for your particular shock. …

To keep it simple, any place where one piece of metal touches another needs grease. The threads of any bolt or fastener, brake posts, head tube and headset cups, bottom bracket threads, water bottle …

As it happens, I had to use the last resort. Dimensions are 30mm length x 5mm diameter for the alloy portion. 350mm length x 2.5mm diameter for the yellow portion. And a 3.5 degree angle for the ni …