09-14-2009, 04:12 AM
Hi Sally,
great to hear that your bike is running well again! I forgot about the "stiff link" problem but good to hear that you discovered it. Well, we live and learn... (me too, every day). A bike needs a good service every couple of 1000km (depending on the weather), you will be (are?) able to do some (or most) of the maintenance yourself. Try to find a check list for maintenance tasks (with check boxes to indicate wear, etc.) that you can print out and use, also look at http://bikeride.com/tune-up/ . My list is in German, so it will probably not help you. If anybody has such a list to share, it would be greatly appreciated.
(Oh, and thanks for the sympathy!)
great to hear that your bike is running well again! I forgot about the "stiff link" problem but good to hear that you discovered it. Well, we live and learn... (me too, every day). A bike needs a good service every couple of 1000km (depending on the weather), you will be (are?) able to do some (or most) of the maintenance yourself. Try to find a check list for maintenance tasks (with check boxes to indicate wear, etc.) that you can print out and use, also look at http://bikeride.com/tune-up/ . My list is in German, so it will probably not help you. If anybody has such a list to share, it would be greatly appreciated.
(Oh, and thanks for the sympathy!)
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