Comments on: DIY Series: A Typical Tune Up

By: Larissa

Larissa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:56:30 +0000

Tips for guitar tuning given here are very informative………

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:14:48 +0000

Thanks for the response and I know it may be a little premature. But I want to be able to fix it if I need to , even tweek it.

My maintenance and repairs for the first year are free at my LBS , but like I said, it doesn’t hurt to know. I need to get to the shop this week to replace a couple of reflectors that broke the other day , my front when I went over the top so to speak, an ender. It was a great ride with one of my sons though.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:51:15 +0000

Marc: Thanks! I think for this series we’ll stick close to the list here. Typically fork maintenance, disc brake maintenance, and the like are outside the scope of a tune up procedure.

I may touch on some adjustment techniques in my posts, so stay tuned. If your bike is new, you shouldn’t be needing maintenance beyond adjustments for awhile yet anyway.

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:09:54 +0000

Thanks Guitar Ted,

I am new to the Mountain Biking arena. I just got my first bike for Christmas and can do alot of the basics. Fix a flat etc. But the thought of being able to go thru the checklist that my LBS would in tuning up my bike would be cool. Are you going to go into fork maintenance or disc brakes, manual and hydraulic?

Just a couple of thoughts and questions…

Thanks,