Maintaining Your Bicycle; 1/A Bicycle Should Be Maintained Like A Car; 2/Maintaining Your Bicycle Will Depend On The Way You Use It - Decathlon BTWIN User Manual And Guarantee

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Maintaining your bicycle

1/A bicycle should be maintained like a car.

Your bicycle needs a minimum of maintenance and regular revisions are
necessa- ry. Their frequency will depend on the type of bicycle (town, road,
mountain bike) and types of use.
CLEANING : Your bicycle may be cleaned simply with a water jet, soapy water
and a sponge. The transmission parts may be cleaned with a small brush.
Be careful with using high pressure cleaners! Do not use a vapor jet: grease may
liquefy inside mechanical parts, your bicycle will be permanently immobilized,
bearings and transmission completely seized up.
Avoid too powerful jets, they could damage the frame's enamel. Avoid pointing
the jet at the mechanical parts. Wipe and dry your bicycle carefully.
OUR DECATHLON SELECTION: Greasing kit and oil, maintenance kit (brush,
degreaser, lubricant, grease).
LUBRICATION :
Use a Vaseline type oil for cables and transmission parts. It is preferable to use
specific oil for the chain.
Immediately after cleaning, oil transmissions, links and gear change wheels, shift
levers, brake levers, brake caliper spindles and the chain.
Thing to check and replace your chain (see terminals).
Sufficiently grease the saddle pin and plunge the stem for proper water tightness.
Certain hubs have a greasing hole: inject grease with a syringe.
The play in the cartridge type chain-sets needs no maintenance: sufficiently
water- tight, they are greased for the entire lifespan of the product.
OUR DECATHLON SELECTION: Teflon oil, grease pot.
Warning : All these operations should be renewed frequently in case of
use in a salty environment and before long-term storage.

2/Maintaining your bicycle will depend on the way you use it.

- Town and riding bicycles require periodic maintenance:
grease the chain, brush the cogs and plates, and put a few drops of oil on the
cable housing (brakes, gear changers), remove the dust from the brake rubbers
on a regular basis.
- Mountain bikes should be washed after intensive use on muddy and dusty
ground: frame, wheels, chain, plates and cogs.