I'm the first to admit that I am not the best at doing all the work that my bike needs, but I try my best, and at the least give it a squirt of oil or two. This morning on the way to the station I passed:
- a lady on a bike that looked as if it was last oiled about 20 years ago, and she was really struggling to pedal
- a lad on a bike whose back wheel was so bent it was rubbing the rear frame on alternate sides, as I went passed I noticed he also had no brake cable in the calipers
- a lad on a bike that was creaking and clanking because his chain was so rusty that I'm suprised it actually worked.
Why do people not realise that they need to at least oil a bike and in doing so it makes a real difference to the efficiency of the bike, not to mention the longlevity of the thing?
I really find it bizarre...
- a lady on a bike that looked as if it was last oiled about 20 years ago, and she was really struggling to pedal
- a lad on a bike whose back wheel was so bent it was rubbing the rear frame on alternate sides, as I went passed I noticed he also had no brake cable in the calipers
- a lad on a bike that was creaking and clanking because his chain was so rusty that I'm suprised it actually worked.
Why do people not realise that they need to at least oil a bike and in doing so it makes a real difference to the efficiency of the bike, not to mention the longlevity of the thing?
I really find it bizarre...