In a few weeks, I'll be doing a London-Amsterdam bike ride (eek).
The organisers have advised to get bikes maintained prior to the multi-day ride. As my bike is fairly new, and has recently had a six weeks check, is there any point in me taking it to a LBS for more maintenance?
My chain does definitely need cleaning and lubing - although I would be mechanically confident in doing this (it doesn't look hard), the fact that its probably going to be very dirty & extremely fiddly (oiling the inside of each and every sprocket?) kind of puts me off (so maybe one for LBS?). But aside from chain, I can't imagine what would need maintaining on a new bike...
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
P.S. I know that I've posted a separate post about gear changing but didn't want to mix the two threads!
The organisers have advised to get bikes maintained prior to the multi-day ride. As my bike is fairly new, and has recently had a six weeks check, is there any point in me taking it to a LBS for more maintenance?
My chain does definitely need cleaning and lubing - although I would be mechanically confident in doing this (it doesn't look hard), the fact that its probably going to be very dirty & extremely fiddly (oiling the inside of each and every sprocket?) kind of puts me off (so maybe one for LBS?). But aside from chain, I can't imagine what would need maintaining on a new bike...
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
P.S. I know that I've posted a separate post about gear changing but didn't want to mix the two threads!