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One of our Cytech qualified mechanics will hand build your bike leaving only a few minor adjustments for you to do once your new bike arrives. Working on your bike at home can seem daunting, and we'd always recommend you take your bike to a qualified mechanic if possible.įOR FURTHER ADVICE ON LOOKING AFTER YOUR NEW BIKE SEE OUR KNOWLEDGE CENTRE. If something has changed, or the adjustments aren’t working as before, some maintenance is likely due. Wipe in a horizontal motion, not vertical as you don’t want to force any debris towards the seals.Įvery few rides double check that your suspension sag is correct, as well as your rebound and compression adjustments. After every ride make sure to wipe the seal area and stanchions of your fork and shock. Plus, giving your fork and shock a few seconds of attention here and there can prevent costly repairs or even replacements.ĭirt is the number one enemy of suspension. Keeping your mountain bike’s suspension maintained is one of the best ways to ensure you’re getting all the performance you can out of your bike. You can prevent any movement by tightening the stem bolts and the handlebar clamp with an allen key. Perform this check by standing in front of the bike, holding the front wheel between your knees, and twisting the handlebars. STEMĬheck that your front wheel and stem do not move independently, and that your handlebar clamp bolts are tight. Check the seat is secure by giving it another check once you have finished. Once you have checked these, use an allen key to tighten the seat post clamp. SADDLEĬheck your seat post is not loose and that you have not exceeded the limit marked on the seat post. Any movement indicates that you need to tighten the headset. Hold your fingers between the stem and the frame. HEADSETĪ loose headset can be diagnosed by turning the front wheel to point left or right, holding the front brake on, and then rocking the bike backwards and forwards. Cranks should be checked after every ride for the first week. If there is play in the cranks, the nuts or bolts may need to be tightened. CRANKSĬheck the cranks and crank bolts or nut for tightness grab a crank arm in each hand and try to wiggle them to check for looseness. It’s important that during this process you never come to a complete stop or lock up the wheels at any point.”ĭoing this process should drastically improve the performance of your brakes and prepare them for many happy rides. Then accelerate the bike to a faster speed and apply the brakes until you are at walking speed. “Accelerate the bike to a moderate speed and then firmly applying the brakes until you are at walking speed. SRAM has a really good guide for bedding in disc brakes:

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New disc brakes won’t deliver their full power until the rotor and pads have bedded in. If your brakes start feeling a little spongy after a few weeks, you can adjust them at the barrel or the clamp or ask a mechanic at your local bike shop to do it for you.

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This is partly why new bikes come with a first free service. you have to pull the lever much further back or harder in order to get the same stopping power you once had. The symptom here is that they usually start to feel quite loose. Your brakes will also be affected by cable stretch (provided of course that they are NOT hydraulic in which case this does not apply).

This tune up is considered a necessary part of any bicycles maintenance schedule and as such should not be ignored. It is advisable to get the cable tension adjusted as soon as this happens either by your local bike shop. A front derailleur may no longer want to shift all the way onto the big ring or will require a much firmer push to get it there. Generally you may have to shift up, or shift down a couple times to quiet it down and settle the derailleur into a “happy gear”. A rear derailleur that we have tuned to hit every gear, nicely and quietly, may now not be making each shift causing a sensation and sound of “being in between gears”. CABLE STRETCHĬable stretch tends to occur shortly after a new bike has been ridden a few times.

As a result, the gears may need tweaking, some nuts and bolts may need tightening and you may well need to check the adjustment of the saddle and handlebars. After the first few weeks of use, the whole bike will settle down.

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