Bicycle Maintenance: Shop Service

Video Transcript

"So if you are doing home mechanicing and working on your bike definitely a good thing to do is keep the chain clean and lubed, keep your bike clean and check all your critical bolts and beyond that if you haven't done that, bring it on in to the bike store and get a full tune up on it. Things like truing the wheels, redoing bar tape and redoing cables are kind of something that a bike store is really good at, has the necessary tools and know how to do that. If you are getting a tune up for the first time this year getting the cables and the housings replaced will give you a lot smoother of a shifting bike, a lot smoother of a braking bike and it will be quiet and correct in every regard so if it has been a long time this housing and this cable is probably time to get it replaced and if you haven't replaced it in a while once you get on the new cable and housing it will like a brand new bike and you will be ready for the next season. Also take a look at your brake pads and pretty importantly, take a look at your chain, the bike shop mechanics will measure your chain and make sure that it hasn't stretched any. If it has stretched, replace it and if it needs anything else, replace it and we can do that at Contender Bicycles."