Least miles, most maintenance?

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I seem to spend an awful lot of time fiddling with my mtn bike. Far more time fiddling than riding in fact!

The road bike I never touch apart from a yearly maintenance job and checks. The mtn bike however has had different pads in and out, fork pressure fiddled with, new bars, new stem. Yesterday I noticed the gears weren't working, no click on the thumbshift down, so that's taken a few hours of fiddling to fix and that's not counting the clean and re lube after every ride. If something else goes wrong I may thrash it with a big branch, Cleese stylee.....
 

goody

Veteran
Location
Carshalton
I had two mtb's last year a hardtail and a full sus. Had one day out on the hardtail and none on the full sus. I suppose I didn't have to do much maintenance, though!
 

si_c

Guru
Location
Wirral
I seem to spend an awful lot of time fiddling with my mtn bike. Far more time fiddling than riding in fact!

The road bike I never touch apart from a yearly maintenance job and checks. The mtn bike however has had different pads in and out, fork pressure fiddled with, new bars, new stem. Yesterday I noticed the gears weren't working, no click on the thumbshift down, so that's taken a few hours of fiddling to fix and that's not counting the clean and re lube after every ride. If something else goes wrong I may thrash it with a big branch, Cleese stylee.....

I find the same, lot more time maintaining the MTB than the road bike. The latter just works, despite months of general neglect and failing to clean it.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
That's off road for you. One wet and muddy day i destroyed a set of pads in a single ride.
 

Ian193

Über Member
I have a road bike that gets a cursory look over before every ride and after if the roads were wet. Sometimes I wish I still had my mountain bike as the roads round here are quite rough
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
Think i spend more time on maintenance with my mtb's for some reason...lol



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User32269

Guest
I have a road bike that gets a cursory look over before every ride and after if the roads were wet. Sometimes I wish I still had my mountain bike as the roads round here are quite rough
I find my old 90's non-suspension mb, shod with 26" slicks, is the perfect bike for the pot holed poor excuse for roads round here. Also gives the option of cutting across trails etc.
Hope I never grow up!
 
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