EpicFishFingers
Active Member
Hi I'm Alex and I've had bad experience with bikes before, but ever since I've stopped buying rubbish £100 bikes from Halfords, I haven't had any problems. But I've come here mainly to get help with maintaining my two bikes so that they don't fall into disrepair like the £100 bikes did.
This is my current bike, but I also have a road bike (an old Claud Butler that's had nearly every part of it replaced, most recently the handlebars which I managed to somehow pull in half) that I use at uni.
I don't cycle much at the moment, but when I do I always cycle fast (I need to fall off again to take my confidence away, really) and far.
I'm a pretty big bike noob though. I want to start riding 'properly' but I was reading the service manual that came with the bike pictured above and apparently I'm expected to take the entire front suspension fork apart and clean/grease it every year (I've had it about a year now, but I haven't rode it much).
So I have pretty much no clue how to maintain the bikes, but that's the main reason I've come here
I also came here to try and buy a specific bike light fitting separate from the actual light (the old one broke), but that can wait
This is my current bike, but I also have a road bike (an old Claud Butler that's had nearly every part of it replaced, most recently the handlebars which I managed to somehow pull in half) that I use at uni.
I don't cycle much at the moment, but when I do I always cycle fast (I need to fall off again to take my confidence away, really) and far.
I'm a pretty big bike noob though. I want to start riding 'properly' but I was reading the service manual that came with the bike pictured above and apparently I'm expected to take the entire front suspension fork apart and clean/grease it every year (I've had it about a year now, but I haven't rode it much).
So I have pretty much no clue how to maintain the bikes, but that's the main reason I've come here
I also came here to try and buy a specific bike light fitting separate from the actual light (the old one broke), but that can wait